A look back on our honeymoon in Tulum.

For the first half of our vacation, Karl and I stayed at Sol Caribe, which is a resort located in the reserve of  Sian Ka’an, about two hours South of Tulum. Aside from the road to get to the resort and our little rental car, everything about our stay was perfect. After all the stress of wedding planning it was so nice to relax on the beach and soak up as much all-inclusive goodness as we could. For the last five days, we traveled back up to Tulum and stayed at La Zebra. We ate fresh ceviche every day, went swimming in the bluest ocean and carried on laughable conversations in Spanish. We visited the ruins in Cobá and in Tulum.  The Cobá ruins had the ancient pyramid that you can climb. All one hundred twenty steps.  I have never really been scared of heights before, but combine poor choice of footwear (my saltwater sandals) and the fact that those steep steps were about 4,000 years old, definitely had me clutching onto dear life. But, I survived. And the few from the top was definitely worth the sweat. Another highlight of our trip were the turtles. One morning we saw tracks in the sand of a mama turtle, who had shuffled onto the beach to lay her eggs during the night. Then another night while we were watching a salsa dance party, we saw sea turtle’s hatch from their nest and crawl towards the ocean.  It was really remarkable to watch them follow the light of the moon. Since the beach was so crowded one of the beach guards ran around with a box and collected the turtles to make sure they made it safely to the sea. 

And of course, it was wonderful to have our first adventure as husband and wife.