Puenta Allen is the end of the line, 57 kms due south from Tulum, along a sometimes paved, sometimes not, beach road through the "Biosphere," a tract of land in the mangrove swamps, which the Mexican government has designated for protection. (As an aside, the "treehouse" lookout in the preserve is definitely worth a climb.)
Getting to Puenta Allen takes 2 hours and when you arrive you realize it's the Mexican equivalent of a one horse, or maybe half a horse town. The main drag is pretty straigtforward, you're looking at it. There aren't too many places to eat here, but the town does boast an "army base," which turns out to be one guy with a rifle hanging out on the veranda and a forelorn patrol boat. It's good to know that Mexico is taking that homeland security thing seriously.
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