L&L In Tulum

Tulum, which is a 2-hour drive south of Cancun on the Eastern coastline of Mexico, was a special place to our friends Leif and Lily (L&L for short). They chose to have their wedding there and invited tons of friends and family from around the world. Mia and I fortunately were able to go a couple days prior to most guests arrival and had a brief vacation at a hotel called, Mi Amor. We showed up around 3pm from a full day of travel and the only room left was unoccupied because the AC unit was being replaced, but still in progress. Fortunately it seemed to be the room with the best balcony and view of the ocean. We waited happily with some complimentary beverages and food while unwinding from the flying and driving to get to Tulum. All was good, the next day we rode bikes to the Mayan Ruins in Tulum, which was impressive to see, although it was a tourist-heavy place. The days go by quick in Tulum. You wake up, each hotel we saw has really cool healthy restaurants and exclusive beach areas for their guests, for relaxation without enormous resorts, this is probably the easiest and coolest town to be in. Historically, Tulum began it’s popularity by being a yoga retreat town. That vibe still exists, but it also has a surf-town main road of restaurants, bars, clubs, shops, and spas. The water feels about 80 degrees and yes the seaweed is famously a problem there, people spend all day trying to clean up the beaches only to start all over again the next day.

The wedding was essentially a 3-day long, super mellow hang out between 70 friends and family. Most hotels have between 12-20 rooms, and our closest friends occupied all of them at Sanara where the wedding took place, so people we knew were everywhere all the time, it was a ton of fun.

Disclaimer - the humidity, abundant sand everywhere, and my constant state of mild intoxication were factors influencing me not to have had my camera out a lot, so below is what I did photograph plus a couple of iPhone photos from friends.