Aventuras y excursiones...

I´m still trying to figure out how to do a Picasa slideshow from my "limited administrative access" work computer! In the meantime, I will post a select few pictures from my most recent trip to Tulum this past weekend.

It was a pilgrimage of sorts - I had been dreaming of going to this place for a long time! So this past Saturday I took the bus from Valladolid and got there at about 11 AM. I checked into a youth hostel and took the free shuttle to the beach at noon. As we turned onto the road to la playa and I caught a first glimpse of the Caribbean, I admit, I got a little verklempt. It is an ultimate paradise...

And this is me...

because I was surrounded by this....

I can hear you all clicking away on your keyboards right now, looking up the next flight to Mexico! (As you should!)

I was able to go snorkeling there, and I saw beautiful fluorescent-colored fish, sea turtles, a bright green and black eel, and a 5 foot-long barracuda! And the barracuda was not too shy - It wanted a piece of me, my snorkel guide told me later, because I had on a shiny necklace that shimmered like a silver sardine. The last thing I need is a barracuda to the jugular - luckily, Isaí, the expert snorkeler and el capitan, shooed it away and had me tuck my necklace away.

From the boat, we were able to get a different perspective of the ruins at Tulum.

I didn´t get to visit the ruins this trip, but since it´s only an hour and a half away and about $6 US by bus, I will be going back soon....Wouldn´t you?