Tuesday 23 April 2013

Easter Monday

So fully recovered, I'm ready for the next cultural exploration with "Easy Tours". As always they are 20 minutes early, and apparently it's our fault people are waiting around! Not a great start. Thankfully, Helen is quick getting back from Starbucks with breakfast and we soon head off... Still 15 minutes early so not really sure what the issue is.

Tulum is not too far which is good, about an hour to get there and meet our guide. This is where we find out the group is Dutch and English, so half the time the guide is speaking Dutch, the other half English. The guide is also not exactly the most personable, quite aggressive. Everytime he finishes speaking English he basically tells us to move on... It's hard to hear him and we don't seem to be getting much information so there is a sad moment when both Helen and I switch off! Tulum is beautiful and scenic, nicely set against the ocean it's just a shame our guide is not great... We actually end up trying to listen in to other guides to see if they are better!

It's almost a relief when we get our own free time to explore and can walk round. That's when I see the attack of the killer gecko, a small child sitting on the floor eating a peanut butter sandwich (well I assume that really as they are Amercian), and all of a sudden a gecko comes charging across the floor up to the child. Luckily the father steps in between and rescues the child. However, the surprise is then the dad takes the sandwich off the child and starts to feed the gecko... What is wrong with these people!!! I swiftly move away....

After a few classic touristy shots, we then get to paradise beach. It's gorgeous, and the water amazing, perfect to swim in I am sad we will only have an hour here. It's nice to walk up the long stretch of beach and relax in the sunshine, and I could swim here forever the water is so lovely and warm, flat and clear. But sadly the hour ends too quickly and we head back. Once again, frustrated that the driver is saying everyone is waiting. He said 12.50 and it's 12.49, so if they are waiting that is there problem for not making the most of the beautiful beach and time we had there.... Whereas we made use of every second!!! I'm starting to wonder what the easy in easy tours stands for because it certainly isn't easy going! Sadly they seem to have a monopoly on tours in the area.

We get back to the hotel and head to Zenzi bar, grab a sun lounger and order food and decide its time to have a few cocktails... PiƱa colada here we come! Food as always, amazing I have tuna which is pretty much fresh off the boat and tastes divine. We sit back, relax, enjoy the afternoon sunshine and long around with cocktails... Well in a few days we will be freezing in the UK so best make the most of it!

In the evening we head to another hotel recomendation Diablito Cha cha cha, and it's a fabulous find of 50s chic, with Asian fusion menu... The food is by far the best we have had so far, and the settling is lovely, we have eaten so well in Mexico which is a real surprise, I'm pretty impressed I have to say!

After dinner we head across the street to a bar for a quick drink, its not exactly party night as its monday and this particular place has about 10 times more staff than customers, but the first drink is free so who are we to turn it down! We sit quietly drinking and notice in the corner of our eyes a couple dancing, they stand out because well no one is dancing, but everyone is staring. Its not the best dancing I've seen, but they seem to be enjoying it.... what the real surprise is during the chorus the guy suddenly starts breakdancing to riders on the storm.... To say the bar is gob smacked would be an understatement, he does it again!

It's at this point all the iPhones come out and whilst I at least attempt to subtly video this event, some are just blatantly pointing the phone at the guy as he does it again and again. It is hysterical.... But basically our queue to leave this establishment!

 

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