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YEAH! i WiSH i WOULD HAVE KNOW iT iS A GREAT TiME TO iNVEST BEFORE PACKiNG MY BAGS AND HOPPiNG ON AN EXPRESS TRAiN FOR NARiTA AiRPORT. SO, i BOARDED A FLiGHT FOR WiNNiPEG, CANADA WiTH A TRANSiT iN CHiCAGO, USA. SPENT A COLD & SHORT CHRiSTMAS WiTH MOM BEFORE BOARDiNG ANOTHER FLiGHT BOUND FOR CANCUN FOR A BUDDY’S VACATiON WEDDiNG. CALLED UP AN OLD LAC DU BONNET BUDDY, WHiCH MADE CANCUN HiS NEW HOME, TO LET HiM KNOW i WAS ON MY WAY. HE WAS EXCiTED TO ENJOY SOME TEQUiLA WiTH AN OLD NEiGHBOURHOOD FRiEND. HE KNOWS HOW MUCH i HATE THAT STUFF, TOO. SO, HE WAS MORE PUMPED TO BRAG ABOUT NEW LiFE iN A 12-MONTH SUMMER SEASON, RESORT TOWN-CiTY.

TOUCHED DOWN iN CANCUN WEARiNG WiNTER-PEG WEAR. COMiNG FROM -30°C to +30°C. AS SOON AS THEY OPENED THE MAiN DOOR ON THE PLANE, i FELT THE HUMiDiTY HiT ME. i WALKED OFF THE PLANE DRENCHED iN SWEAT. HiGHLY RECOMMEND YOU HAVE A TANK TOP, A PAiR OF SHORTS AND FLiP FLOPS PREPARED iN YOUR OVERHEAD BiN. RUSHED TO iMMiGRATiON AND CUSTOMS. AFTER COLLECTiNG YOUR CHECK-iN LUGGAGE, iT’S LiKE A GAME BEFORE EXiTiNG BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PRESS A BUTTON WHiCH WiLL EiTHER SHOW A GREEN OR RED LiGHT. RED MEANiNG iNSPECTiON TiME OR GREEN AND NOT BE iNSPECTED AT ALL. i WAS LUCKY AND RECEiVED THE GREEN LiGHT. SOON CHANGED iNTO MY BEACH WEAR. WALKED OUT OF THE iNTERNATiONAL AiRPORT AND SOON SAW MY LAC DU BONNET BUDDY STANDiNG BY HiS OLD BEAT-UP PiCK UP TRUCK, WHiCH HE HAS HAD SiNCE WiNNiPEG. WE BOTH LAUGHED AND REMiNiSCED THAT TRUCK. HE SAiD HE HAD A GREAT SURPRiSE FOR ME AND HEADED BACK TO HiS PAD.

AFTER ARRiViNG AT HiS PAD, i WAS AMAZED WHEN WE PULLED UP iN THE DRiVEWAY, PARKED BESiDE A BRAND NEW HONDA PiLOT & AUSTiN MiNi. A BEAUTiFUL 3-STORY, CUSTOM, DESiGNED HOME iN A HEAViLY SECURED GATED COMMUNiTY WAS FLASHiNG, BLiNG BLiNG!! RiGHT iN FRONT OF ME. HE SAiD, “WELCOME TO MY HOME SLASH BUSiNESS.” HE WANTED TO GiVE ME A TOUR, BUT i SAiD NO THANKS AT THE MOMENT AND ASKED HiM TO TAKE ME STRAiGHT TO THE POOLSiDE FOR SOME DRiNKS. WE ENJOYED A GOOD NiGHT OF LAUGHTER BY THE POOL AND THE ROOFTOP. WE FiNALLY PLANNED OUT MY DAYS iN MEXiCO. BEFORE GOiNG TO ANOTHER BUDDY’S VACATiON WEDDiNG iN PLAYA DEL CARMEN. LDB BUDDY TOLD ME THAT MY SURPRiSE iS WAiTiNG FOR ME iN TULUM, MEXiCO. WELL, i WAS EAGER TO GET THERE SOON. BEFORE CRASHiNG THAT NiGHT, i ASKED HiM WHOSE CARS WERE iN THE DRiVEWAY? HE SAiD HiS. “WTF, WHY WOULD YOU PiCK ME UP iN THE OLD CLUNKER!?”, iN A HURRY i ASKED. HE REPLiED WiTH A SMiRK, “i DON’T LiKE SHOWiNG OFF.” HAHA! THEN HE BRiNGS ME TO PARADiSE. WHAT A GUY!

ENJOYED A FEW DAYS iN CANCUN, CHECKiNG OUT THE HEART OF THiS BEAUTiFUL CiTY. iF YOU ARE AN EHBUDDY FOLLOWER, YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW MUCH i, BATO HATE RESORTS. WE FiNALLY MADE OUR WAY TO TULUM. TULUM iS A TOWN ON THE CARiBBEAN COASTLiNE OF MEXiCO’S YUCATAN PENiNSULA. iT’S KNOWN FOR iTS BEACHES AND WELL-PRESERVED RUiNS OF AN ANCiENT MAYAN PORT CiTY. 131 KiLOMETRES FROM DOWNTOWN CANCUN.

i WAS BLOWN AWAY WiTH THE BEAUTY AND HiSTORY. THE MAiN STRiP IS SHORT, BUT FULL OF GREAT RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS. ATE LiKE A KiNG, BUT NOT AT A VERY CHEAP PRiCE. WELL, iT WAS TiME AND WE FiNALLY WENT TO THE BiG SURPRiSE. PULLED UP TO THIS HIGH FENCE WiTH A SLiDiNG GATE, PAiNTED WiTH GRAFFiTi. HONKED THE HORN, SENT A TEXT MESSAGE 20 MiNUTES BEFOREHAND, A MEXiCAN iN HiS 40s OPEN THE GATE. WE ENTERED SLOWLY, ALL I SAW WAS THiS PRiVATE AREA FULL OF WHiTE SAND AND PALM TREES WiTH AN OCEAN ViEW TO DIE FOR. MY FiRST THOUGHT WAS, WTF?! HE TOLD ME TO TURN ON THE GOPRO, AND THAT iS EXACTLY WHAT i DiD….