In April, three college friends and I celebrated our collective 50th birthdays at Maya Tulum, a spa located on the undeveloped part of the "Mayan Riviera" just south of Tulum. Tulum is the spectacular Mayan site, set on a high cliff overlooking the Caribbean Sea. The narrow spit of beachfront which stretches from Tulum to Puenta Allen is about 60km long and boasts one beautiful beach after the next. (Not exactly pristine, unfortunately, as all manner of plastic garbage washes ashore.) Unlike Cancun, which is an over-developed, Spanglish mess, this part of the coast is still predominently beach shack territory. Thankfully, the Mexican government has set aside a lot of land, designating a "biosphere" among the indigenous mangrove swamps.
I hope this small corner of the world can remain free of the globalization that threatens all countries, but I am fearful. I feel lucky that we were able to see it now and stay in a place where the windows still opened to the sounds of the wind and waves and the crabs and lizards crawled freely into our rooms.
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Julee,
Only 50th birthdays; 50th college reunion, now that would be a feat. I highly recommend Maya Tulum as a base of operations.
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