After a crazy day in the jungle we decided to take a more low-key tour of the ruins at Tulum. Instead of a crazy hot crowded bus, we went with just a few people in a tour van. The ride was pleasant and we stopped at a silver jewelry factory on the way. Christian bought me a pretty cool bracelet and then we were on our way.
Tulum is right on the coast, so the weather was much better, not as hot and much more beautiful. Our guide on this tour was really nice and explained a lot about the area, including that Tulum may have been an ancient light house.
We had a lot more free time to tour around, and enjoy the scenery.
These iguanas are EVERYWHERE, just running around all over the place.
Also, Mayans seem to have been much smaller than the average person...
We met a cute couple on this tour who were from Utah, after some more questions, we found out that Alex (the husband) had grandparents who lived in Castle Dale. It was fun to find someone who knew the same people. We chatted with them for a while and then sat by them at the dinner show at the resort that night.
The dinner show cam with a complimentary cowboy hat, which Christian promptly sported with the Yankee hat.
And a complimentary bandana, which I made into a lovely scarf.
Alex was chosen on more than one occasion to participate in the dance show that night. We laughed a lot and he was a great sport.
The night concluded with several different acts all depicting different aspects of Mexican culture and history.
We even found a dancer that reminded us of our friend Andrew, who was ironically enough, serving a mission in Mexico. We thought that maybe he escaped and joined the dance show.
The crazy dance skeletons were pretty creepy.
The acrobats were pretty amazing!
We ate a lot of great food from the buffet that night, and ended with a nice walked back to our room.
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