This is the end
Puerto Morelos
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| The wonky old Lighthouse |
So off we went from Tulum roaring down the road towards out final destination. For this we had chosen Puerto Morelos, a small fishing town (or a small drinking town with a fishing problem as one bar described it). Although there are other more famous places we could have gone to such as Playa del Carmen or Cancun we had decided on Puerto Morelos as it was described as being less busy and resorty but a little more charming. For this reason it was a little bit of a shock when we had been bombarded by people asking us into their shop as soon as we stepped out of the taxi that had run us the few miles from the bus station to the sea front.
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| Beautiful cups at Lola y Moya |
Our time here was short and generally meant to be relaxing, as a result there wasn't a breadth of things that we had planned to do apart from walking by the sea front and seeing the wonky old lighthouse. We did however find an amazing cafe place called Lola y Moya which was charming. They did everything there from stuffed full bagels and fresh orange juice, to crepes and coffee. One particular thing we tried here was Molletes which are a little bit like cheese on toast but with a base of refried beans and some pico de gallo on the side (a condiment made from onions, limes, chilies, tomato and a bit of pepper). These were seriously good and had us coming back for more.
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| Molletes |
Due to the expat nature of the place there was also plenty of opportunity for pizza. One particular one we tried was a fantastic Goats cheese, parmesan, prosciutto and balsamic vinegar pizza which oddly enough was called Lola. I don't know who the infamous Lola is, but I hear she was a showgirl?
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| Massive pizza! |
For us a particular thing we wanted to do while here was snorkle or dive the Mesoamerican reef. This is the second largest coral reef in the world after the Great Barrier reef. Despite running down the bottom of the Yucatan peninsula and also being off shore from Tulum we had left it until Puerto Morelos which is particularly close to it, so close you can swim to it in fact.
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| Apparently the proper way to apply suncream... |
In the end we decided to snorkel as the reef was only about 2 metres below the surface of the sea. So we left it for our first day there deciding that we would leave it to the last day as a special thing to look forward to, and make going home seem a little further away. But when we arrived on that day we were turned away due to strong winds! We decided not to worry about it and go the next morning instead.
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| Black forest ice cream! |
Thankfully after breakfast at Lola y Moya we saw that there was a blue flag meaning we could swim in the sea once more. So after a long wait for people to sort themselves out we were out onto the water to go and see the reef. The reef was amazing and we saw all sorts of colourful fish everywhere as we swam along. It was a little weird breathing underwater to be honest, but you soon got used to it and felt a bit of a marvel at what you were seeing. Oddly coral isn't that colourful, but then I'm not sure if that was just that the fish seemed more colourful. Particular highlights that we saw was a manta ray in the distance, a puffer fish (oddly square), a moray eel and half a lobster, the half being longer than my elbow downwards.
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| Pretty cool guitar shaped pool |
We were really glad that we managed to snorkel but then ended up with a mad rush to vacate the room in time. But as our flight wasn't until the evening it wasn't too stressful after that and the hotel was understanding.
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| Sad to be going |
As I write this we are now back in the UK, it's raining and a fair bit colder than Mexico. We have had an amazing time in our travels and loved seeing the world. We are now simply looking for jobs and employment so nothing too exciting our end (unless you fancy sponsoring us to go travelling...). We will write to you once more about all of the things that we have seen and learnt (in a sum up post later in the week).
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| Bye Mexico! |
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