Tulum, Mexico

07.05 – 11.05

After the arduous process of crossing the border of Mexico, we managed to arrive to Tulum, formerly a hippy settlement and a bagpacker friendly place. Well, times have changed, the beautiful white sand and crystal clear water have attracted more wealthy tourists, and the new eco-chick lodge hotels are so expensive that a bagpacker cannot do anything else than dying of hunger!

We arrived late at night, and after asking couple of prices we decided to sleep in the beach under the stars and try to get a decent place where to pinch our tent the next morning. And so we did, finally we accepted the price of the cheapest camping (18 euros to sleep in your tent! Amazing…), as it was the cheapest place in the whole coast of Yucatan! At least there was a very friendly atmosphere in the camping, and it was just on the beach, so it was a good deal. There we meet very nice people, did yoga in the morning, meditated, do slack line and watched the beautiful sunset.

Arrival at camping Chavez

The perfectly located camping

The kitchen

We also met a lot nice people that gave us a ride from the beach until the village, around 7 km far away.

We visited Xcacel, a little natural park, where we swam in a cenote, a fresh water little lake inside the mangrove forest, and then we went to the play in the perfect beach!

Swimming in the cenote

The beach...

Building a Mayan Temple

These are people that gave us a ride back to Tulum in that amazing Volkswagen from the 70´s, which broke down on the way... but gave the opportunity to drink some fresh beers and and a nice chat with them! Really nice people!!