New Years Eve, Tulum, Mexico.

Well... here we are. We made it through another year - just about.
After a lazy day yesterday (and no daily post), spent resting my feet and catching up on sleep, food and drink, I thought I'd make an effort and visit what's referred to as Tulum's public beach. It's so awkward to get to, it needs either a taxi ride, a bike hire, or a walk to get there . Inevitably, it seems, the part of the coast around the public section of beach is hemmed in by hotels with their 'ooh look at me with my posh lounger and designer swimwear' clientele.
I walked to one of the places where there's a gap between hotels and got onto the beach that way.
I can't deny it. The beach was fabulous. Probably the best beach experience of this trip. It was gorgeous. The sand was golden powder, the sea was really clean apart from a little bit of seaweed, and it was hot, hot, hot. Scorchio. When the occasional wispy cloud drifted across the sun, it was a blessing.
The walk from shore to sea was gradual and it was a good hundred yards to where I could swim (you know how tall I am).
Hours later I walked north up Los Paraiso beach and climbed the steps to Tulum Ruins again. The courtesy electric shuttle got me to the main ruins entrance and the 'colectivo' bus back into town.
I had a small disaster earlier in the day - one of the thongs on my nice leather flip-flops from Gap broke. "maldito y maldito" as the Mexicans might say.
Sadly, I had to shell out the princely sum of 49 pesos (c. £2:00 ) for a cheap replacement pair. Well, I'll need something light to stroll up to the square where I reckon the New Year will be let in.
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