Tulum Adventures - pt 1

 The adventures started at 3am (oy) to get to the airport for a super early flight. We connected through Denver, which is a really neat airport, and then on to Cancun.

 

Once we landed in Cancun, it was quite the adventure trying to link up with Dana. We came in at different terminals, and Dana was immediately swindled for some cash trying to get over to our terminal. It was a hot mess, but we eventually found each other AND our private shuttle, and made our way to Tulum.  It was about an hour and a half drive, and our driver gave us a lot of great info about the area, how it's growing, what is being built (including an airport IN Tulum, to be opened in a couple of years), and some tips for getting around. We also included a one-hour stop at a grocery store to stock up on some essentials for the house.  We even found Idahoan potatoes!

Once we got to the place, we realized it was a little late to be wandering around to find a place to eat. On the street where our place was, there were a lot of apartment complexes, condos, and a few hotels. Thankfully, one of the hotels half a block from our place had two restaurants, so that's where we landed for our first meal in Tulum. We all played it safe with enchiladas, which were delicious. We even had a dinner time visitor!

It was a relatively early night for us as we were all pretty tired from the long day of travel. We had to be up early the next morning for our full-day tour inland on the Yucatan Peninsula.