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 | Cabanas Copal: Loved By Many But Not The Best Value
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No electricity. This is not a disaster, but it sure forces some thinking your way through daily activities you take for granted. What do you do at night? We caught up on our reading or played cribbage. Others find more carnal activities. Whatever gets you through the night, eh?
We had one of the better cabanas. It faced on the beach, so air moved at night keeping things cool. It was the briefest of walks to encounter one of the prettiest places on the planet. The constant wave noise made sleeping a delight. The king bed in our cabana was perfect, firm but not like a cot.
On the down side, privacy just ain't there. If it is dark out and a light is on inside, anyone walking by doesn't have to guess whether you are playing cribbage or not. We put our beach towels up in the front window to give at least the illusion of privacy. Secondly, sand becomes part of life. (Why don't they give you a broom to keep the sand outside?) Thirdly, the brackish water means that soap does nothing. My Edge gel didn't foam at all, so I shaved with essentially soapy suds. FInally, lack of insulation from sound had its minuses. One night, a coversation fueled by youth and beer did keep us up for quite a while.
Ah, the beach. Nothing like it in my experience. Just enough wave action on a windy day, warm as a bath on quieter day.
Ah, the skin. I spend my day looking at diseased, wrinkled, old, smelly skin. (I'm a doc.) It is so nice to see youthful, smooth, healthy skin, and a fair amount of it. (Totally nudity is pretty common among the men, rare among the women. Most of them are topless.)
Few Americans. I met Brits, Frenchies, Swiss, Swedes, Mexicans, Danes, even an Aussie. Precious few Yanks. Theme: OtherPrice: US$80-120 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averagePhone: 877-532-6737Directions: Head south from Cancun on Mex. 307, around 90 minutes. Turn left at the signal (the only one in town) BEFORE you get to town, go 4 clicks to the east. Head south on the beach road around 0.5 kms and look on the left.
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 the view from our cabana
(leftmost, #5) by noah_pedrini
The view of the turquoise waters from any of the 20+ cabanas here is picture-perfect, and you wake up feeling like you're in a postacard or snowglobe. There are about 5 outdoor hanging beds circulated about the site, an internet cafe, a small sea-side pool and bar, and numerous wholistic activities available at their Mayan Spa (free yoga at 7am, sweatlodge, etc). It is about 2 miles to downtown Tulum, a distance that you'll likely not want to walk but that is certainly bikeable. Staff is very friendly and accomodating.
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| Cabanas Copal: Paridise by the sea
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 by Petrosken
There's no electricity at all, but the cabanas are very confortable, with a tank of fresh water, a large bed, an anti-mosquitos net.
You can forget your privacy here. Our cabana was one of those with sea-view and the wall toward the sea was made of glass. To cover it a small tent that didn't actually cover it all. Also the bathroom had only a small tent so ... well I think you imagine what I mean. From the shower you get a somewhat salty water. I think it's desalted sea water. Not all that bad, it works, but it is not good to wash your teeth (use the water from the tank).
The picture shows the view from the door of our cabana. This view alone compensates everything. You wake up in the morning and you see this!
There's a small pool in the seaside bar area and some hanging beds on the beach. They will ask you to spend at least 20 USD at the bar for the privilege to use these hanging beds for the whole day. I think this is reasonable after all. BTW, on the beach nudism is allowed but not mandatory, so be prepared to see someone naked bathing in the sun or swimming.
The restaurant is very good but is more or less 30% more expensive than restaurants in the downtown area. If you stay here for just 2/3 days it can be OK to live in paradise and avoid contact with the world. We stayed for 8 days so we also wanted to try something else. The cost of the taxi to and from the center of the town compensates the price difference of a normal meal so it's not really a matter of money.
Iguanas, pagurians and gekos are everywhere. We also found a few bugs (cucarachas) and of course mosquitos are a plague so take your precautions. If you ignore the sign asking you not to introduce food in the cabanas be prepared to be visited by iguanas expecially if you have fruits with you. I suspect the sign has nothing to do with the protection of iguanas' health anyway. Theme: HotelPrice: US$80-120 » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averagePhone: 877-532-6737
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