Tulum, Mexico - Thursday, October 30, 2008

We woke up around 6:30 or 7:00 and decided to go to Zamas for breakfast. Mr. Sassy ordered huevos Mexicanos and coffee. I had citrus coconut french toast and Mexican hot chocolate. The french toast was very yummy and reminded me of doughnuts....it was deep fried and decadent. We were incredibly hungry this morning, so we ordered a third breakfast which we shared - huevos rancheros. Everything was very good. Our bill came to $220 pesos, or about $18.50 USD.

Back to the cabana where we hung out all day. Much to my dismay, it was another windy day. In fact, today was the windiest day so far - so windy, in fact, that it was getting on my nerves so I went inside the cabana and lied in bed and read most of the day. Even there, I could not escape the weather as the sand was blowing in and coating EVERYTHING in the cabana. Even Harry didn't venture out today. We never even caught a glimpse of him. He must have been hiding under the patio all day to protect himself from the blowing sand. I called to him in my high-pitched voice, but that probably only made him more determined not to come out. ;)

We did stick our feet into the ocean and it was like bath water, but so rough.

After awhile, I got bored with reading, so I went around snapping photos of various things.

For dinner, we went back to Zamas. Mr. Sassy ordered the delicious fried fish dinner, iced tea and a beer and later, a Coco Loco (which is an adorable rum-based coctktail served in a goofy looking coconut).

We shared an appetizer of potato skins ("sin carne"). I had a pizza with mushrooms, onions and tomatoes. It was very good - a lot like what we had at LaNave - thin crust, wood-fired. I also had a banana daquiri which was clearly made with real bananas (not the mix) - so yummy - and flan for dessert. Service was slow and a bit inattentive tonight. A cute little gato visited us at our table which kept us entertained while we waited for our slow waiter. Our bill came to $515 pesos, or about $43 USD. By the way, Mr. Sassy thinks I am crazy for constantly taking photos of the food. He doesn't realize how important these photos are to the people on the Tulum discussion board!

Today I thought I would talk about a girl issue - hair. There are very few things I dislike about going to Tulum for a vacation, but there are a couple. The homeless animals, which I previously mentioned, and the other thing is - I cannot stand my hair when I am on vacation in Mexico. I am not a prissy woman by most peoples' standards and don't mind roughing it. As long as I have a bed, a clean room and a warm shower, that's enough to make me happy. However, I must say that I hate the fact that I cannot look decent when going out to dinner because I have no electrical outlets, so I cannot style my hair. And my hair is the type that does not look good unless a blow dryer and round brush is taken to it. So that you understand what I am talking about, this is what my hair normally looks like on an average day when it's been styled.

And here I am in Mexico with no styling tools - hair combed back into a headband and then tied in a ponytail. Blech! Oh well, I guess if this is the worst of my problems, I should count my blessings, right? (Mr. Sassy is lucky. He doesn't have such hair worries.)

By the way, I forgot to mention that one day during our vacation, the elderly man that works at TDS (he does the gardening), chopped open a coconut for Mr. Sassy. Here's a video I was filming of the view from our deck and you can see Mr. Sassy having a zen moment with the coconut.