That’s how the day started. We couldn’t even have coffee on the balcony. It was all wet. After breakfast we started planning activities other than beach that we could do. A long walk down the beach sounded good.
It was actually really busy at the beach. All the people it seemed had the same idea about that stroll. It was a bit chilly, and long sleeves felt good. It took us about 20-30 minutes to get to the end of Playcar, see Playa del Carmen in the distance, and then we turned back. It started to drizzle, and the rest of the day didn’t sound too good.
But, just as we got to our hotel beach around noon, the sun came out. The lounge chairs filled up in no time, and people were in the water. It turned out to be a great day! The water was warm enough, and after passing the area where the waves crash, one could swim without being tossed around. The sun was very strong. Because we didn’t want to check in any bags, I couldn’t bring my 75 SPF sun lotion spray and face cream with SPF because the bottles do not fit in the little ziplock bag. I only had SPF 30, which I thought was enough. But, I got sunburned. Pretty bad. Now I really look like a silly tourist. : )
We had brunch and the inevitable coffee right there on the beach. And some cocktails. I enjoyed the nice weather so much, that I didn’t even want to go to the lunch. It was our last full day, and with the best weather, so I didn’t want to waste any of it. We stayed until 4.30, when the clouds rolled in again, and then got ready to go downtown. Since our dinner reservation wasn’t until 9.30, we thought we had enough time to just walk to the town, which is some 30 min away by foot. But, after 5 minutes of walking, a mini bus stopped in front of another hotel, it was going to the downtown, so we got on. It wasn’t until I started talking with some passengers that we found out it was only for the guests of Riu hotels. Oops! We always have to cause trouble. : ) The bus was going every 15-30 minutes. Well, we got off at the next station, close to downtown, but then quickly got back on thinking there could be an even closer stop. But the bus then went back the other way, to the other Riu hotel. So we did the full circle. : )
We finally got to Playa del Carmen around 6 and started walking. And walking. And some more walking. We didn’t get all the way to the end of the main street, but since we both had tired, blistery feed, we decided to turn back. I had a feeling mom was no longer enjoying any of the sites and shopping because she was so tired. I guess all that sun got to us. We were hoping that Riu bus would still be working where we got there at 8.30, because we really didn’t want to walk another half an hour. But it wasn’t. I didn’t want mom to walk any more. I didn’t want to walk any more. So, I stopped the first taxi, which got us to the hotel in couple of minutes.
We still had 45 minutes until our dinner, but we knew if we got to our room it would be hard to make us go out again. Plus, there was no need to dress up because there was no way we would willingly put on the heels. Knowing how little food was served at the Italian restaurant the night before, we first got something to eat at the buffet, and then got us some desert and drinks at the courtyard. By the time we got to dinner, we were no longer hungry, or really interested in the atmosphere. And there wasn’t much of it there. I felt bad that we were leaving so much food uneaten, but it really wasn’t that great. We had good laughs anyway. As we walked to our room, we made a short stop at the pool, just to cool our feet and soak in a bit more of that night scene that they have going here. We dragged our tired feet to bed, realizing we felt so tired as if we were working out the whole day, but it was all from the sun, sea, and walking.
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