Chillaxing at Xamach Dos

At Xamach Dos we did a lot of “chillaxing” as Azor and other friends in Norwich would say. There were hammocks in the central restaurant palapa that were comfortable.  We especially enjoyed their specialty drink made with jamaica (hibiscus flowers) and pineapple juice.

Mom, Aimee, and I went out on an exploratory snorkeling expedition yesterday morning. Mom and I swam and Aimee paddled a kayak.  We found patches of coral and returned to get everyone else and eat lunch.

When we went out again, it was really windy and there was a strong current pulling us out to sea.  On the way back, Dad and Sammy were in a single kayak that flipped when Aimee was getting on.  Both my camera and Aimee’s camera got wet and stopped working even though they were in plastic bags.  Luckily we still have Dad’s camera.  Overall our second expedition wasn’t very successful.  Sammy and Azor still haven’t seen any coral.
- Brook

Today was the final day of our four-day Sian Ka’an bike ride.  We rode back to Tulum from Xamach Dos.  This was our longest ride but it turned out to be easier than the two segments in reverse.  We left Xamach Dos at 9:30 am and arrived in Tulum at 2:30 pm.  After returning the rental bikes we taxied to Dreams Tulum where Aimee will be teaching fitness classes and we will be spending a decadent week “resorting” with the Goodwin’s.

Several people including those that rent bicycles in Tulum strongly suggested that it would be better and possibly cheaper to rent a car and not ride bicycles into the Reserve.  Having ridden bikes in lesser-developed parts of the world, we decided to ignore their advice and now we are glad that we did!