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Mark Moxon's Travel Writing

Mexico: Making the First Move

Rain in Tulum
Not long after we arrived in Tulum, the heavens opened...

Making the first move is always a bit scary, whether you're travelling or trying to meet your future wife, but sometimes you just have to bite the bullet. After ten days of being on holiday in Playa del Carmen, which we spent getting over jet lag, learning to dive and trying to acclimatise to the tropical fug, we finally decided to hit the road for the first bit of real travelling on this trip.

Rain in Tulum pouring through a restaurant roof
...and started pouring through the roof of the restaurant where we had lunch. Nobody batted an eyelid; this is Mexico, after all