The Beach Life

Hola from Fellipe Carrillo Peurto!

We've been living under the radar for the last couple days and I can't complain one bit.  After Tulum, we spent two days in the Sian Ka'an Biosphere.  It was an absolutely gorgeous ride along the coast with much less traffic than we had seen the days before.  Taking two days to ride the biosphere gave us the opportunity to camp on the beach - our own private beach!! Everything about it was perfect!  We arrived around noon and had plenty of time to relax.  Did I mention Brian proposed when we arrived?!  Like I said, everything was perfect!

 Coconut water

 Sian Ka'an coastal road

 Topes, so many topes

 camping on the beach

 The ring

 Killing time before bed, shadow puppets!

 Camp, Sian Ka'an biosphere

 Beach riding

 Hannah, Sian Ka'an bioshpere

Coastal Road to Punta Allen

Coconut transportation

Ocean on one side, Lagoon on the other

Entering Sian Ka'an biosphere

Caribbean sunrise

Back on the mainland, Into the deep jungle all by ourselves

Jungle, No cars in site for hours

Beach riding

Our second day in the biosphere ended in Punta Allen - a small fishing town of about 400.  We camped on the beach at a guesthouse, ate fajitas and liked it so much that we stayed another night!

This morning, we took a motorboat across the lagoon to continue into the biosphere from Punta Allen complete with dolphin siting and everything!  From there, the first 30 miles were on dirt as we headed away from the coast and farther in the jungle.  Even through the road was rough, it was nice to have the road to ourselves.  When we hit the highway again, it was clear that we left the sea behind.  The last 30 miles were HOT - flat, but hot.  After pounding out the miles, we finally made it to town, found a hotel, had ourselves a taco feast (a spicy taco feast!) and are now happily sitting in the air conditioning and watching TV in spanish.  The man at the taco stand was even surprised at how many tacos Brian could put away!!

Heading to Limones tomorrow - 40 highway miles.  After today, it shouldn't be too difficult.  One week in and we are healthy and happy.