Tulum - February 5, 2014

We certainly have become creatures of habit! The sun was shining this morning, so we were off to the beach on the 10:30 colectivo. We enjoyed walking the beach, taking a swim, walking a while longer. We borrowed some lounge chairs and relaxed in the sun while our suits dried out. We then walked back to one of the hotels that has easy access back to the street to catch the 1:30 colectivo back to town.

We stopped at one of the “cocinas” (kitchens) that we have walked by almost every day for lunch. The owner had a couple choices for lunch so we took one of each. The one was like a chicken noodle soup with beef meatballs. The other was a spicy (tasty) soup with beef meatballs. It came with rice and black beans and tortillas. We added soft drinks and it was $130 pesos ($10 USD) – actually pretty expensive for the quality of food. Most cocinas don’t have a set menu – it’s just whatever they cook that day – and so no prices are posted. I suppose we should have asked before we ordered, but it was an adventure!


Back at the apartment, we took a swim in the pool and sat in the sun a while. We spent time reading and catching up on emails and even got the chance to talk to Tyler for a while.

For dinner, we decided to try another place we walk by often that is always crowded. We had to wait for a table and ended up inside – not my first choice. They had live music which was REALLY loud and the people at the table next to us were smokers (UGH!). Fortunately, the food was good and there was lots of it!

Before our meal we were served chips and picante, as well as a huge bowl of pickled vegetables. This weird looking white item above is a pickled garlic! The carrots and garlic were the best. We split the beef fajitas and Tobey ordered a chocolate/banana smoothie – yumm! The dinner was $187 pesos including the tip ($14 USD) – a good deal!

No plans for tomorrow – hmmm …. maybe the beach??