Welcome to the Hotel Colorado... such a lovely place...
I can´t help singing the Eagles song in my head every time I walk through the gate to the Hotel Colorado, which is my home for the few days before the GVI guys pick us up and ship us out to Punta Gruesa. I'm actually annoying myself.
But I digress. Playa del Carmen is great - a bit touristy, with more bars and restaurants than you could shake a piñata stick at - but has a European feel and is nice to chill for a few days. Unfortunately it hasn´t escaped the obligatory Subway, Burger King or Golden Arches along 5ª Avenida... There's also a huge Walmart, but this did come in handy for the few things I still needed to pick up, such as bedding for when I get to the base. Not really any cheaper than at home, but better than carrying from the UK. There's loads of dive shops too. In fact, I probably could have just bought everything I needed when I got here...
For the fews day before I arrived they've had tropical storms so it's been seriously humid and very windy. I went down to the beach this morning for a bit of sun bathing, but ended up in what can only be described as a sand storm. Yes, I am prone to exaggeration. But still, I couldn't lie down because my nose filled with sand and having valiantly (or perhaps, to be more accurate, stubbornly) stayed put for an hour, I retreated back to my apartment for a shower, looking like the Sandman out of Spiderman 3. Not cool. By my calculations, I reckon that if I stood on that beach for a full day I'd probably be down to a size zero, purely due to sand erosion. So alas, I've not improved my tan much but, damn, I'm well exfoliated.
On the upside, I have learnt some more fish since I've been here! Not all of them, granted...
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