Playa Carmen - two day love affair!

We made good use of the first day.  I had a fantastic early morning surf.  I was a bit hesitant heading out early morning alone, but once I got out there and got a few waves I was right into it! What a place.  Sitting out in the surf, riding lovely peeling waves, warm as water, flocks of birds surfing the air currents just above the waves, looking back onto miles of white sand beaches and beautiful tall green trees, and knowing that the surf probably wasn’t going to disappear in a hurry.

Back to ‘Hotel Buenismo’, for our huge breakfast (included) complete with eggs, beans, fresh fruit, fresh fruit drink and coffee. 

Snowdon hired a long short board from Charlie the host, and we were off for a late morning surf.  He even let me give him a few tips – and (to my absolute delight he was loving it).  Then I went to get some more waves..

We finished the day with a late afternoon surf with the sun setting on the horizon – OH MY GOSH – I have found a new paradise!

Playa Carmen (and Playa Santa Teresa further North), is made up of, a long dirt road with people walking, driving or riding quads (many with boards) along it. It has restaurants and hostels jam packed on either side.  And then the beach runs the whole way along, 100m walk from the road.  When I walk onto the beach I have to squint because the sand is so white and the sun is so bright and the ocean so immense and the sun reflects from all directions!

The next morning we had to leave to get the car back to Jaco by 8am the next morning.  So we had a lovely breakfast, an even lovelier surf, and after a quick look at my dream school (see attached photo – they have surfboards in their classroom and waves like we we’re getting as a school backdrop) we we’re back on the pot hole filled road, the ferry, then on the new main paved road to Jaco.

What a hard place to leave, but we we’re comforted by the certainty that we would be back!