The beach of Chetumal? (Day 168 of the world trip)

19.02.2020

This morning we went to the 'city center', which is about 4 km away from us. Luckily, it was still relatively pleasant on the way there, since it was in the morning, but you could already feel the power of the sun :p

The streets look like what we saw yesterday - quite American :D They are wide and there are hardly any pedestrians. And yeah. You could have walked along this street for hours without the scenery changing. This seems to be purely a residential area ;-)

Every now and then there may be a laundry or a snack shop, but otherwise the shops etc. are more centrally located, like in the USA, at different plazas and shopping courts, so it was almost a bit boring to walk along there for so long. I couldn't believe that a real city center was waiting at the end.

And that's how it was (not) :D In the 'city center' (we can only guess whether it really was, according to Google) there were a few more shops, also for tourist stuff like swimming rings or caps with 'I heart Mexico', but overall it was still more like a car street^^

Finally, we reached the plaza where there is a DHL station. We wanted to check it out so that we can use it as a 'mailbox' while we are here and take care of paperwork.

Actually, the station was there and the employee was not only friendly but also spoke a little English, which made communication much easier :D Cool :)

Next to the DHL, there was also a huge Walmart in the complex. Since I lost my cap on the Habal-Habal in the Philippines and Jonas actually uses his (!!!), I definitely wanted to buy a new headgear

So we spontaneously went shopping at Walmart, where after some trying out, I bought a straw hat, a new pair of sunglasses (yes, I also successfully destroyed my old sunglasses :( ) and: a foldable yoga mat :O

I always avoided doing the exercises because I didn't want to do them on tiles or something, but now I finally have no more excuses and can start fully! (*cough :D Let's see how many days it lasts :p)

After checking out the non-food items, we also checked out the assortment at Walmart and Jonas felt like he was in heaven when he saw all the spicy sauces

But in the end, we only ended up with hummus and spaghetti in the bag, but it's also fun to look at things :p

From the plaza, it's just about 5 minutes to the sea and the road leading there looks quite fancy and green with a kind of promenade that might have been more inviting at lower temperatures or shade^^

We walked past the trees towards the water and when we reached the beach, we were...well, unimpressed/surprised? :D :D

It's such a small area separated from the rest of the sea by sandbags. Nobody was there and only a collection of empty beer bottles gave a hint that people gather here at all^^

Okay. Chetumal is located on the sea, but you don't really need to visit the beach. We already read that beforehand, but calling this piece a beach was pretty amusing :D

The way back to the accommodation was really hot. Well, now I had a hat and my own sunglasses, but we stopped a few times in the shade for a drinking break (#stay hydrated ;-) ).

At the bus station, we bought a ticket to Bacalar for the next day and spent the rest of the day in the apartment watching YouTube, but actually also doing strength exercises on the new yoga mat! :O :D :D