Tulum Mexico

June 1st till june 4th
After our 10 day Holiday from the holiday, Cal and I were anxious to get back on the road get out of the tourist trap and search for a little beach time by Tulum so we can enjoy a last couple days in the ocean before entering Belize and Guatemala.
Another shock....
After hearing from people this was the backpackers place to go... not so much anymore, Tulum is starting to boom like Playa.
The Beach fronts are all expensive little bungalows, the beaches are spectacular, turquoise blue water but again was no spot to camp around Tulum. When we arrived rain started to come down, so we need a place to camp soon. The only place we found was an 8 dollars a night (what they call campsite) under some trees. - A real rip off! - so where do the budget backpackers stay?? in town for $30 a night, Not so much budget Mexican style.
The next day was still grey, A tropical Storm was hitting Honduras and Belize at the time and we were getting the tail end of it. We decided to walk along the beach and see if we could sneak in the Ruins of Tulum... and we did, a trail led us along the rocks and into the Ruins, we popped over the rock wall, tourists looking at us thinking... where the hell are these guys coming from??
But hey... we saved 80 pesos!! so we didnt feel so bad about our $8 camp fee, as we were able to leave our bikes there while we visited the Ruins for free!!

As we were about to leave, we spotted an internet cafe so we decided to stop for a good coffee and email season. While Cal was working on the computer, he started to chat with a girl that was curious about our journey, so they talked for a while and next thing we knew, we had a free place to stay on the beach, she was from New York living in Tulum and teaching yoga. So we took her offer and extented our time in Tulum by an extra couple days and enjoy more beach time as the sun finally came out.
One morning, we woke up with the sound of a crying cat... the owner of the house was screaming, it was 6 am... wondering what had happen, the poor cat had been the pray of a Boa constructor of about 1 meter long! Poor thing, Jungle and cats don't mix well.
so it was time to leave and make our way to Belize...