Bumming on the beach, and Tulum: December 13-14
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When I am lying on my back on the sand and look up, the palm trees are upside down.
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There is a bar called OM (the Sanskrit is correct) - which I thought was very funny, as Hindus and Buddhists don't really drink.
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Inside the "100% Natural" restaurant (it's a chain in Mexico, actually), they have a waterfall cascading over fruits and vegetables. These are not ornamental. From time to time, one of the staff plucks some fruit to be used in a smoothie.
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Panoramic view of the ruins at Tulum (about an hour south of where I was staying. I got there via Mexican public transit, which is a guy driving a van and picking up and dropping off people along the main drag. It cost me about $3 to get down to Tulum.)
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An excellently preserved sharp outline of a man (or a god?)
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A first glimpse of the incomparable beach at Tulum.
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I think this was off to one side.
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A crumbling temple.
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The steep steps of the main temple.
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More perspective on the main temple.
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The Tulum complex is perched right along the shore.
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The view down to the ocean from just in back of the main temple.
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People swim in the little cove, under the watchful eye of some part of the ruins.
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The beach at Tulum.
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Ditto ...
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... and ditto ...
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It was a great place to hang for a while.
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I bought this "Mayan" blanket from a stall near Tulum. I liked the colors and the patterns.
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A closeup of the guy.
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And a closeup of the border pattern.
Marianne Mueller
Last modified: January 8, 2005