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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTulum ruins and the ocean<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A tale of two places<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Tulum is the town on the side of highway 307 as you continue south from Cancun after Playa del Carmen. If you continue on this road you will reach Chetumal and then the border of Belize. In fact, it’s not that far from here, 200km or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tulum town is close to the beach but it is not right on the ocean. So this means you have to make a decision. Do you want to be on the ocean or would you like to stay in town. Each has it’s advantages but the selection of places to eat (and the prices of said places) swayed me towards town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This would probably be an ideal place to rent a car as the beach is about 5km from here and 2 centotes are also about 5km in the other direction. But I decided to take a bike instead. A bike works well but remember that is gets very hot here so take plenty of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There must be hundreds of nice restaurants in Tulum. I almost think there are more places to eat than people. Since Tulum is quite laid back, it’s a nice walk down the main street to check out the menus and decide what you want for dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I cycled out to the archeological site and it is for sure worth checking out. There are lots of people trying to sell you “made in China” trinkets on the way in, but if you are on a bike they tend to move out of the way before you run them over \ud83d\ude42 Well, at least that has been my experience. I have never injured a tout yet \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Usually you can go swimming at the beach down below the ruins. However, since it is turtle hatching season it is closed off. You can however cycle a bit further down and use the public beach there. There are also a selection of hotels down that road that would be happy to have your business for lunch and I had a really nice meal by the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What’s in a name? I figured before I even write about the town I should write about the pronunciation – otherwise you may get funny looks when you pronounce it like you see it. It’s pronounced too-loom, the double oo’s … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PXL_20201218_001207507-576x1024.jpg\")
<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>Getting around<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Tulum Ruins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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