February 22, 2017 - Tulum, Mexico

It was a tough day today – we had to decide where to eat – TWICE! This morning we hung out reading and catching up on emails, then hopped on the bikes and headed out for lunch. Tobey wanted empanadas, so we had lunch here, at Yamileta’s Antojitos.

  

I had two salbutes de pollo and they were a little spicy, but very good. A salbute is a puffed deep fried tortilla that is topped with chopped cabbage, pulled chicken,  pickled red onion,    and avocado. I added some sour cream and washed it all down with a horchata.  Horchata is a sweet drink made of ground almonds, sesame seeds, rice, barley, tigernuts, or melon seeds.

Tobey had 2 carne asada empenadas and a coke. His empenadas were large but the flavor of mine was much better. He’s lucky that I am so nice because I shared my salbutes with him! Our lunch came to $75pesos including the tip. ($3.75 USD)

We saw the military police blocking off one street so we circled around the block on our bikes to get a closer look at what was going on. We were able to ride though and still couldn’t figure it out – lots of people milling around, but no problems. When we got home, we talked to Joanne and she said there was a big military presence on the beach road today, stopping vehicles, also. Who knows? They were doing their jobs, keeping Tulum safe.

I spent a good share of the afternoon by the pool, reading, cooling off, getting some sun. Tobey challenged me to cards and he beat me two games of rummy, but I am still ahead in the overall count. YES!!

We wandered down the main street trying to decide on dinner, stopping at several restaurants checking out their menus. We ended up at Sabor de Mar. I ordered the shrimp burrito and Tobey ordered a shrimp taco. A fun surprise was we were served a fish broth soup before our meal. It was really good! The burrito was large and very different that anything I had ever had. It was filled with lots of shredded red cabbage and carrots which overpowered the shrimp. There was a spicy chipotle sauce over the top. It was okay, but I would not order it again.The shrimp tacos were okay, also, but they are not like the Baja shrimp tacos we have had in the past. Cost was $190 pesos with soft drinks and tip. (just under $10 USD).We saw another mini-parade after we finished our dinner and were leaving the restaurant. We haven’t figured out what these little parades are about, unless they are a preview to Carnaval starting in Tulum. We will have to bike over to the “fairgrounds” where they set up to check it out. We are hoping the noise from the Carnaval doesn’t start too soon! It was really windy today and the humidity was a little lower today. Tomorrow will probably be a beach day!