2001-08-31-chelem-yucatan-mexico.md (1358B)
1 +++ 2 title = "Chelem, Yucatán, México" 3 date = "2001-08-31T14:00:00Z" 4 slug = "chelem-yucatan-mexico" 5 tags = ["Mexico", "Travel"] 6 +++ 7 8 Grabbed a bus north to Progreso to go to the beach. While it was beautiful 9 weather and the ocean looked great, there were no palm trees on the beach, so 10 it was impossible to find any shade. We’d heard that in the next town over, 11 Yucalpetén, there were some great beaches, so we asked around and finally found 12 a colectivo headed out in that direction. The one we found stopped 13 by a bathing centre and the town of Chelem. Now right now I’m going to come 14 straight out and say it: if someone ever tells you a story about the amazing 15 beaches at Yucalpetén, just back away slowly and do not make any sudden 16 moves—the person you are talking to has probably escaped from an asylum. 17 18 {{< figure src="/post/2001-08-31-chelem.jpg" alt="Main street of Chelem" 19 title="The main street of Chelem?" >}} 20 21 We wandered around for a few hours, but we never did find a beach in decent 22 condition. In the end we sat on a grass embankment close to the ocean, 23 observing what appeared to be the remains of a house that had been bulldozed 24 across the beach and into the ocean; there still were big chunks of concrete 25 wall strewn all over the place. It was sort of post-apocalyptic looking. On the 26 bright side, there was a nice cool breeze.