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An Honest Review Of TULUM - Worth The Hype?!
Now before you booked your ticket and board your flight heading to Tulum Mexico, I highly recommend that you watch this entire video
It's a critical real and raw review of Tulum
It shows you the pros the cons and all the things that a single Instagram post cannot so without further ado
Let's start the video guys. Welcome to beautiful. Beautiful Tulum in Mexico
It is my first time here and I could not be more excited to go and explore. I gotta say we arrived yesterday
It's been a bit of a bumpy start
I need to give it a fair chance now to get started this right here is our room
That is Kathy wanna pull my stuff. Oh
My I'm very hungry right now, this is our room it's a hundred and twenty dollars a night definitely not in Southeast Asia
It's very very expensive here in Tulum. But this is actually really good value considering how expensive it is in this area
We've got a/c we've got a fan. I'm pretty sure electricity runs through most of the day
I think there might be a slight off period you're kind of expected not to be in your room all day
Which is very understandable. So just outside here. You can see we have the ocean. It's so so beautiful
The beach is literally picture-perfect, but there is one catch
This is what you've got
Do you see that water? There's a certain plankton and algae that it's currently going crazy and it's turned the water red
So what should be a beautiful blue white sand beach has become not as beautiful this time of the year
I was talking to a security guard he was saying typically it's about one month of the year that they see it happen maybe even
As little as two weeks this time around it's been seven months and they have no idea why it's still going on
But maybe it's like a sign of global warming. I don't know either way. It's been really bad for tourists
It's been really bad for businesses here. Nobody wants to see red murky water
And unfortunately, that's what we've got. The place we're staying at is called cocoa limited
We're paying for it ourselves so it can be as brutally honest as we need to be. Yeah, I'd like pretty mixed reviews
But so far, I'm happy with it. The only thing is
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi has been really tough throughout all of Tulum
We got our phones set up with telcel which is like the best reception in Mexico, and it's just constant dead zones
Now to get around Mexico there's different ways you can do it it's not exactly the world's most accessible place
So we've decided to rent a car at $40 a day. It's a standard four-door gonna live
Yeah, so just off the main road here. We've entered into a random little cenote
I don't know if it's a good one or what but we've just found it. It was a hundred pesos to get in
Were you ever a gymnast?
I swear. Oh, wow. They know they grew here. It's a wild cerveza
Here we go
She can see it but the water is so clear. It's got like an emerald green to it Essaouira de salta and this
Disorder disorde are uh, Nelson
Cathy just considering going in I'm gonna give her a bit of a help
Now here's the thing if you plan to walk around Tulum
You're gonna be on the very same street that all the cars are going down the motorbikes the cyclists to be honest
It's a little bit unsettling. There's a lot of traffic coming through here on these narrow roads
Now you do have another option and that is to rent a bicycle
You do see a lot of people doing that they have they're very cool laid-back custom pastel colored bike
But the thing is they're on the exact same roads as the cars
What do you think you had to walk to the market last night?
I had to go to the market and I was walking it was completely dark. I couldn't see there is no Street
so I decided to rent a bike and it was even scarier because I was
Traveling he's peddling penguin, and I couldn't see where I was going
So I literally had to stop and wait for cards to pass by so I can see where I was going
Yes, Kerry
We just left us a note a and we said, okay
Let's take a drive to see what we can find around most of the time
There is no signal at all and we're helpless. I really don't know where we're going
We don't know what time things open or close that you know, nothing. No, maybe bring up print map
It will be more useful way more use
So right now it's actually July which is the offseason here in Tulum, but still even though it's the offseason
It feels like a ghost town a very beautiful trendy ghost town, but there's no life right now
And that's the disappointing thing to it
You know, you can have all the beautiful restaurants shops in the world
But if there's no life behind it, it's like there's no real point. It just feels superficial
I would be curious to see what it's like during November December when all the north Americans are trying to run away from the cold
But okay
I need to stop this video right here because Here I am editing this video one month later thinking to myself
Is this my own evil lost twin?
Because all I can hear from myself is negativity and criticism
But the truth is this video was meant to share with you the feelings
We felt the experiences we experienced but the great thing was there was amazing things about this trip, too
So it is now time to focus on the amazing things that Tulum has to offer starting right here
With such a beautiful beautiful Beach, you need to enjoy some romantic nights by it
So Kathy and I have come to a restaurant by the name of Mia and we're gonna have their assortment of tastings tonight
This is a Portobello confit. It's basically like the Wagyu steak of mushrooms
It is looking really delicious. The fig salad was like one of the best salads I've ever had. So this will be very good
This is ridiculously good
Every single dish has being a piece of heaven in my mouth like really really good. This is amazing masterpiece
creme brulee. Yes. Oh my
This is amazing one of my top 5 meals of my entire life
Everything all five courses were like ten of the tens. You have to come to Mia if you're coming at tulum
Definitely not a cheap meal, but overall worth every dollar. It's just so so good
All right guys, 30 minutes outside of Tulum. We have arrived here at muy at the lagoon
Oh my gosh, it's expensive, but we've done it
Anyways, it is seven hundred pesos per passenger to get a one-and-a-half hour excursion on these motor boats
But it looked really cool when the guys showed us the photo so I think it's worth it
We got to do something exciting here. And I think this is one of the best ways to do it
There's like no one else here, which is definitely great. This is our friend here Lana
Now the really great thing is because it's a lagoon. It is not affected by the sort of gas
So in the ocean, so right now the water is like that beautiful crystal
pastel blue
The water is amazing, oh we're going through the mangroves
Mission Impossible is pretty cool. Wow, this is so beautiful. Are there crocodiles in here?
We had a quick little stop here along the way before we get into the river wait, so what is it
is used to
Control the commerce that they used to make so as you can see Mayans were in that whole I definitely know where your ancestry from
You don't even need to take a DNA test very this explains it all. Oh no, I like that
They wanted people to make a reverence
Well, they wanted you to bow before getting it
Okay, it's a little taller in here
Okay, cool. Yeah history now
We are entering into the Little River area where we're gonna be floating for 40 minutes
This is actually what sold me on paying seven hundred pesos per person to come here. It looked really beautiful in the photos
Alright guys, this is how you get the shot. It's also a really hot. Look this season
It's called a double life Jack flotation device. Now. I can use the camera in the river. Let's go
Her portable change room goes wherever she needs. She looks like she lives in the highlands of Peru. Oh
And she's transformed into a bikini model
Yes
Wow the currents strong I'm going see you later everyone
Everyone's looking at me like is that waterproof?
And I'm like no and they're like, well, you better keep it up of water for a long time
I think we have about 40 minutes in here. Look at your camera. Hey, Emma jealous
It's super easy to see here you really need nothing and even if the water is super clear you can't see really well
What's below you so it's a little bit scary
Considering that Kristen told me that he saw a picture with a crocodile. Yeah
It is so peaceful. So quiet in here, and there's no one else
Definitely was worth the money didn't they gotta say that actually?
I'm very glad we were so close to walking away turned out turned out real nice
Three days later and we've made it huzza. Can we go around again?
Alright guys, that was absolutely awesome and that right
There is the power of taking the word of a local so, you know
You may be watching this video and I'm glad I can share a bit of information with you
But don't hesitate to talk to local people store owners. They always have the best insight no matter where you are so far
This is one of the high
later
So there is an absurd line right now we've just arrived at the Mayan ruin which is located like right on the ocean
But we've just found out that this line is actually just for local people
I guess they get in for free, but they have to wait in that crazy line if you pay you can skip it
Well, it was about three and a half dollars to completely. Skip a 3045 minute line
alright
so I had to leave the drone and
My entire bag with the desk if I was gonna come in here, so Kathy's just waiting outside with the bag
I respect that to some extent but at a certain point we left the drone and he's like no
I want your whole bag. You can't bring your lenses which are totally allowed in here. So
not impressed with the
Experience. What the heck is that? That's just inside here
there's this I think it's called the svet just like this raccoon put on a diet and
Here we are part of the ruins red leaf fusion spots
I'm gonna quickly run over because I know Cassie's waiting for me at the front
We're not gonna spend much time here, but it's very very beautiful
I don't know if you can see this guys, but the two iguanas are like communicating with like this head-banging motion
They're like punk rockers. These guys are so metals
Guys as a baby svet look how tiny he is. I came back and she's doing a meet-and-greet over here boy your fans
I thought it was beautiful, but it's all roped off so you can go into the ruins
You can't really even get that close to them interested in the history
Yeah
I mean it's sad but it's a nobody Fiona to go there and have like a beautiful view and just being by yourself
And take nice pictures. It's not the spa. That's place
But I did see little savants. So I'm happy. That's all I needed. Oh
no signal
Alright guys, so I've already had a taco and I have to say these are some of the best I've ever had now
This is habanero sauce and Kathy's been daring me to try for the longest time. It's the black stuff
I just want to prove to you guys that I'm a real man. It's not the real
You get more spicy more hot sauces you're saying a little hotter
And it wouldn't be a real dinner out without a cocktail Kathy got herself the Pina Colada and I got jungle fever
Which is also a mezcal base cocktail here, but with jalapeno peppers. It's like a six out of ten on the spicy scale
I love it
Well guys if you want to experience what I consider to be the best taco I've had get the beef brisket taco here
It's about 13 US dollars, you know, everything here is quite expensive as all of Tulum
But I do think this is a restaurant that can back up the price. I absolutely love my food
I think we made a mistake either so
Get away from mine you Bob digging up for you
All right, it is our last night here and we're back at the hotel room early in the morning
We're gonna take you to one of the most famous cenotes in this area
And I'm very excited about that because it should be one of the highlights of Tulum
Is one of the main attractions to Tulum and it is a
Official cenote the one we went to just off the street and saloon was like yeah, who is okay?
It was a little watering hole
This is a true cenote as I would picture it that beautiful blue water
Underground feeling this one here is called two eyes or Dos Passos those oils
I'll get back to you with my translator. This is the credible Blues that you get out of it
It's so beautiful
To come here was 350 pesos per person and there's actually like a multitude of difference to notice in this area
We came here just to kind of see the biggest and the best and this is the one here
There's many many more outside of Tulum. But this one here was only about a 20-minute drive away
So it's pretty cool right at the end of the day. There's barely anybody here. This is absolutely incredible. It's
260 kilometers roughly of underground rivers and this is just a small fragment of it that you're seeing here
The water is some of the clearest you'll ever see and when the light hits it it turns just into that
Perfect blue ass water my favorite color and I got to wrap up this trip because it's been a polarizing one
It's got some good sides
it's got some very negative sides and I want to give a well-rounded review unto them because
Ultimately, I know it's your hard-earned dollars that are deciding whether you come vacation here or go somewhere else
Now the positives have definitely been that it's absolutely beautiful the landscape
I can picture the beach with the blue water the perfect white sand the cenotes the trendy coffee shops and acai bowls
It's very very picturesque. And that is something that I really greatly appreciate another
One of the positives is the food we had some amazing food and the people the people have been really good to us the Mexican
people are truly incredible now the downsides as you've seen throughout this video poor Wi-Fi - no Wi-Fi
certain limitations to the hotel's
Incredibly expensive whether you're staying in Tulum or going on a boat trip
Everything is just cachinga ching ditching and it gets so expensive so quickly that for me is a big negative
Another negative is that you're probably gonna need to rent a car
If you don't you're gonna be spending a lot of energy getting around on bicycles
Because it's just so hot during the day. I found that things for the most part weren't very accessible, which is unfortunate
Everything is along one Street on a perpendicular line
There's no real hub where you can go shopping hang out have like five or six
Seven restaurants that are all like right across from each other
everything is just spread out and I really didn't like that part and now the last thing and I really hate kicking businesses while they're
Down ultimately, I want to support local businesses, but you guys come first the travelers
I want to make sure that you have the educated decision when you come traveling and with the sargasso right now
It's truly making the beach
Unusable, it's not beautiful. It's completely unstable. You wouldn't really want to spend your time or your money near that Beach now
I really hope for the locals here for the businesses that that clears up sometime soon
but in the meantime
It is in a rough state and the thing is it's been here for seven months and they don't know when it's going to stop
so make sure you've researched whether it's Sur Gossow has
eliminated and for how long
Because there is a chance that you could book your tickets and it could be back next week or the week after
See if it's been gone for a long period of time
Hopefully that will help you make your decision guys
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