Travel with Tobey and Sue

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Sunday, February 12, 2017

February 11, 2017–Tulum, Mexico

Happy Birthday to my Mom, today! 

Last night we took our laundry to the lavandaria then walked to the square and got dessert. This is a kind of crispy crepe filled with nutella and cajeta (caramel) and it was delicious!Today we hung out in town, going for a bike ride in the neighborhoods on the west side of the main street. (Our apartment is on the east side.) We passed two more of the encampments of the 2 de octobre occupation. I have been trying to research this and figure out what is going on. My Spanish isn’t very good and the translations are a bit hard to follow. I think the government had promised some sort of housing, then when the people came – more than 1500, they refused to leave even though they don’t have permission to build, for fear they won’t get the housing. This is one of the websites I found about the occupation:  https://www.quequi.com.mx/crece-la-invasion-la-colonia-2-octubre/

We continued to the barbacoa stand to have tortas (sandwiches) for lunch. They were big, but not as good as the tacos barbacoa. Two sandwiches and two soft drinks was $210 pesos ($10 USD). 



A stop at the grocery store rounded out our bicycle trip before heading home. We spend a quiet afternoon reading and hanging out. We picked up our clean and folded laundry – 4kg for $60 pesos ($3USD) and split an ice cream $65 pesos before coming home. Tomorrow will probably be a beach day … so many choices!

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