It has been a while since my last post. Work has been crazy, so this Thanksgiving I am grateful for time – time to spend with friends and family. Just because I haven’t had time to post, doesn’t mean I haven’t made time to wander. This fall the usual suspects and I spent a long weekend in Tulum, Mexico celebrating Remco & Chinda’s 20th Anniversary.
Tulum was the perfect place to unwind and enjoy quality time with friends. We stayed at Amansala Resort & Spa. It was just our speed. You could start the day with yoga and Green Goddess juice and then spend the afternoon lying in a beach cabana drinking margaritas. We did a fun excursion with guides from the hotel: a bike tour to a nearby cenote in a grove of mangrove trees. We swam, paddle-boarded, kayaked and ate watermelon with the iguanas – an unexpected and enjoyable afternoon.
Our bike tour led us to discover a great taco place: La Taqueria. Tucked in a food truck park, it is pretty fancy for a taco stand in Tulum. But the tacos were AMAZING. The carne asada tacos were so good that we went back on our last day for the carne asada burrito. Yes, we had some delicious and festive celebratory dinners at Gitano Jungle and Rosa Negra. But the meals I will try to recreate at home will be those La Taqueria carne asada tacos (and Amansala’s, huevos rancheros).
The cenotes were the highlight of the trip. These underground and open air pools are fed by groundwater, so they are crystal clear and refreshingly cool – no matter how hot the weather is. There are thousands of them across the Riviera Maya and each is unique. Our private cenote tour from Carey Tours Riviera Maya took us into the jungle to visit to three cenotes: Gran Cenote, Taak Bi Ha, and Xunaan Ha. It was the perfect way to spend the day and left us all wanting to come back to Tulum to swim in more cenotes. (They also provided some great pictures of our cenote adventure.)
*photo credit: Remco
** photo credit: Carey Tours Riviera Maya
