Our Honeymoon Day 6

Well, after yesterdays adventures we had a quiet morning, me scowling at the sea when I could, and decided to go and visit Tulum, a smaller site of ruins.

We opted to go after midday, when we figured the sun wouldn't be so hot. I don't think it thinks like that at all! It's hot all afternoon!

Anyway, after lunch we were going to go, but Steve had a nap, and then it was 2pm. We weren't allowed a taxi, Steve wanted to see 'real Mexico' so we walked through Peurto Aventuras and out to the main road, and underneath a road was a 'collectivo' stand, a bus stop.

With neither of us speaking any Spanish we stood there feeling foolish, approaching a couple of mini buses but being told 'no' via a wagging finger. I attempted some spanish to enquire about buses, and it seems we just hail one, which we did and it worked. BUT it was very full, and the driver told us to get on so Steve and I stood, hunched over for over 1km, very sweaty and wondering if we were even going in the right direction. This bus pulls over all the time and just picks people up off the main road and drops them off, so we were able to get a seat shortly, and admittedly, it cost us 30 pesos each rather than the 300 for a taxi to the ruins.

Once there we walked the distance to the Tulum ruins and got tickets at 51 pesos to go in. We worked our way around the site, some lovely ruins and views, and the beach was amazing. Steve did a bit of filming and I sat in the shade with an iguana and we then headed down to the beach and bobbed in the crystal clear waters.

After some more time lapses we headed out again, and walking along were hailed to a collectivo so we didn't have to hail one on the main road. We were back before we knew it, and had successfully managed a day out on our own!

After showering and changing, we dressed up and went to the Mexican restaurant here. It was fabulous. We had nachos and guacamole to start, then our first course, then soup/salad, then we both had a steak, Steve went for fillet stuffed with cheese, and I had rump and they were delicious. We couldn't manage pudding, but Steve did knock back a cherry tequila, and back to our room we went, rolling rather than walking though.