Take a Walk Around Playa del Carmen
| February 26, 2013 | Filed under Mexico, Travel Films |
We live on Calle (street) 32, situated just north of the busy tourist area of Playa del Carmen. We love being within walking distance to supermarkets, restaurants, great cafes and of course the beach, and have no complaints about our gentrified neighbourhood which is extremely clean and secure. But last Sunday we took a wander through the back streets of the local neighbourhood north of town, which although not very far, is a world away from the paved pedestrian walkways and European style coffee houses of our neck of the woods.
Mexican people are among the most unassuming and chilled out that I’ve encountered anywhere in the world, but even so, we received a few surprised looks as we made our way through the local Sunday flea market selling everything from holographic Virgin Mary prints to pirated DVDs and underwear.
Down on the beach, modestly dressed locals armed with jumbo-sized bottles of Coca Cola and containers of delicious smelling food enjoyed a day out with their families under colourful umbrellas. Kids played in the white wash, young couples snuggled discretely under coconut palms and round-bellied older ladies gossiped together on the sand.
It was one of those days where nothing really happened, and yet it stuck in my memory as one of the best we’ve had here; proof that sometimes it pays to just take a walk.
Fancy a walk through the backstreets and beaches of Playa del Carmen? It’ll only take a minute…
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Mmm…..that’s nice. I love Mexico.
Now that I’m on foot, bike (rarely), or bus, I find that I’m slowing down a bit. I still move and talk quickly, but I tend to be more patient with getting from A to B and notice things a little more. There are frustrations from time to time, but mostly, it’s nice to slow down.
Thanks Carmel, I’ve been loving my walks too (sometimes I think it’d be nice to have a car, but then, I’d miss so much!)…
Nicely done Sarah! I enjoyed that minute-long respite from our cold weather!
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Thanks so much Patti
Well captured Jane, funny how fun something like just a wander can be.
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Yup, and nice to have the time to just stroll…
“It was one of those days where nothing really happened, and yet it stuck in my memory as one of the best we’ve had here; proof that sometimes it pays to just take a walk.”—- Awww, so simple yet so profound. No wonder you’re one of my favorite writers. The video rocks! Love the music!
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Marisol, seriously, thank you. For you to say that, especially since your photography absolutely kicks ass over anything I see on the internet, just means so much to me. So right back at ya sista! Rock on!!
You are so right about taking a walk. We are in Ko Lanta at the moment and every few days we walk around the neighbourhood. We love chatting to the locals, getting some tasty street food and just watching the world go by. It is good to un-plug and just “be” for a while.
Take care,
Paul