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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Tulum Dreams

Posted by on April 25 at 16:24 PM

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In December, I asked Slog readers where in Mexico I should spend a few days. Several people mentioned Tulum, and having just returned from a brief escape to the Mayan Caribbean (roll footage of snorkeling in the beautifully creepy caverns of the world’s largest underground river system, croc spotting in a coastal lagoon, climbing a 1,500 year-old pyramid hidden deep in a jungle, eating shark-and-tortilla pie piled with smoky chilies in the atrium of a colonial villa, jumping gentle turquoise waves, shopping for hand-woven hammocks, sipping custard-flavored rompope-and-rum cocktails, chasing translucent crabs as they doodled sideways over soft white sand, laughing hysterically with three of my favorite people under a generously starry moonless sky…) I am grateful for the sound advice.


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Oh, you made it to Coba. Wonderful. And Suenos looks pretty nice. A bit posher than the place we stayed, Tierras Del Sol down the road a little ways. Wireless Internet! (But no electrical power, of course).

If they ever pave or bring 24/7 power down the Boca Paila road they'll ruin that place forever.

Ok, Amy, I officially hate you.

Just kidding. But gee, you and your international jetsetting ways can really make a guy jealous. Glad you had a good experience.

Huzzah! I think I was one of the folks who mentioned Tulum - I'm so glad you went, and had a comparably awesome experience. I love that stretch of coast more than just about anyplace else on earth. And that starry sky - man I just had a huge flashback to sitting on the beach under that sky....*sigh*

F&*(. Tulum another place ruined so the masses can have another playground. Welcome to the new Cancun. Time to get drunk and stay in all-inclusive resorts with other Americans.

Fnarf: The road was freshly paved to the Si-an Kaan gate... and they're building an airport in Tulum; anyone considering going should go soon.
This stretch of beach was the best tropical beach I've ever been on—-mostly empty, no rocks or shells, powdered-sugar sand, crystal water of an otherworldly hue, no undertow, no menacing creatures, nice constant breeze off the ocean... Words are inadequate. And I don't even really like the sun or palm trees!

dewsterling: I wouldn't call it Cancun yet, nor even close--the resorts on this stretch are all small, off-the-grid, low-impact-living eco resorts. Fingers crossed that it survives w/o sickening mega Club Paradise places for years.

I am perfectly aware exactly of what Tulum is like. I was at Azulik for the winter holidays. However, as further evidenced by your post, Tulum is becoming well-known. As such, it will inevitably become just like Cancun. In fact, construction of new and bigger resorts is already well under way.

"Winter holidays" at an adults only resort? Straight TRIBAL, dewsterling. Chill out, puta.
P.S. Mexicans are Americans too.

Tu puta madre, mijo.

"Winter holidays"? Is my vernacular off? Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I am given to understand that Solstice, Channukah, Christmas, and New Years all happen over a finite period of time during the calendar year. This period is during the season commonly referred to as "Winter" in the northern hemisphere. Those events are also commonly refered to as "holidays" - thus Winter Holidays.

Please explain in detail the offense of an adults only resort. Making the distinction that the resort in question houses multiple cabanas that have no electricity. I am interested to know. I am an adult. Is the presence of children required to have a valid vacation? Re-reading my earlier post, I made no reference or claim to tribalism.

I am, however, disappointed that Tulum is becoming so well-known. It is an empirical fact that when places become popular vacation destinations, hotels, resorts, restaurants, etc. are built to support the volume of visitors. Frequently, over-development ultimately destroys the elements that attracted people in the first place.


P.S. I know that Mexicans are Americans too. I apologize for lumping visitors from United States with the locals in that statement.

You left out Virgin of Guadalupe day! Dios Mio Dewsterling!

Kids rule, adults drool!

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