HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE BROTHER!!! I was thinking of you on your special day! 
We took a 30 minute ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen, then caught a bus ride for 45 minutes to the Tulum Mayan Ruins. We had a phenomenal tour guide, Leide, who had a degree in history and shared lots of cool history about the Mayan people with us. Her accent was beautiful and I could listen to her all day. This is the main temple where human sacrifices were made on the summer/ winter solstice. 
The day was EXTREMELY hot! Think 90 degrees and tons of humidity. There was a 1 km walk from where the buses parked to the ruins. Apparently the diesel smoke was degrading the limestone on the buildings of Tulum fairly quickly so they moved the parking lot farther out. However once Leide completed the 45 minute tour, we were free to swim in the Carribean. You can see the view behind Joey. Again, Joey's favorite part was not the hot walking looking at old buildings, but jumping in the surf. 
Now, keep in mind that the surf was enough to stir up a lot of sand and Joey and Dan found lots of sand in odd places days after we were done with this particular tour. We placed our stuff on some rocks just below the cliff. Camoflauged on the rocks were natural wild iguanas all over. Here, Dan poses with one.
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