We enjoyed walking around Tulum ruins. That was nice and
pleasant. But... just one small "but" spoiled that day... it was a bit toasty. And I guess now I
understand the feeling of the piece of steak being grilled on the iron pan. No,
that wasn't that bad, actually, when we were walking along the coast line where a light breeze made it really pleasant... but once we turned around and strolled along the
"second" line of ruins we weren't pleased anymore. We were slowly roasted under the burning sun... So we walked there quickly and... escaped. I
mean literally jumped into the car and drove back to Playa del Carmen.
While
driving, we were talking and quickly agreed these ruins were real miracles. So much work was put in by the people who didn't know the wheel or iron yet. While we were discussing that we enjoyed another miracle, today's miracle ;). After just 10 minutes in the car the freezing cold air generated by AC
cooled the interior down and made us feel much-much better. I would say almost
perfect. So we decided there is still some life in old dogs yet and we turned
from the beaten path to visit some relatives. Oh... I know this is confusing.
That wasn't our relatives actually, but our resort's :) Sandos resort is a part of a big
chain, united three resorts in Mexico and some
more in Spain. And two of the Mexican resorts are located really close to each other.
One (Sandos Caracol) is on north-east of Playa del Carmen, the other
(Sandos Playacar) - on south-west. So we wanted to see the south-west sister and, probably, compare it with our resort.
Yeah...
Sandos Playcar is definitely the most luxurious one, for sure. But it comes
with the price. And I am not talking about the higher "price" one has to pay
to stay here, this is pretty obvious. But this "better" place is also
much more crowded and busy... and we didn't feel we fit there. Have no idea
why, but we found our Sandos Caracol one is more relaxing, more loose
and definitely more human friendly. So... we grabbed a cup of coffee, had some
snacks at the beach bar, walked barefoot on the beach and just returned
to our car and headed back home, I mean to Sandos Caracol resort :)
But
I need to admit, the beaches are much better at Playacar place. The sand
is thinner, whiter, the sea bed is not as rocky and everything is taken care
of... That was a bummer it was so windy that day and the waves were too big,
so we didn't have a chance to swim there... Next time... next time...
By
the way, we left this place, but you shouldn't leave that quickly...
Follow the link below and drop the "person" somewhere on the trail (Street View is working there!) and
enjoy exploring Sandos Playacar resort without even leaving your
armchair... Isn't it amazing? Now one can travel and enjoy new places
without leaving their living room. Isn't it a miracle? When they are
going to find a way to bring the heat and salty air to your home,
that will be the end of the tourist industry... No one will need to really go
anywhere to see the new places. But I hope I won't be here when this
finally happens. I guess I better go the old fashion way - traveling and touching everything to feel it's real, not virtual...
To read the next part click here - Mexico, vacation... Playa del Carmen, town for tourists, part 12
Pictures were taken in March 2018.
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