Palmul

We snagged a small RV site near the beach & showers early in the morning then headed to Playa Del Carmen to do laundry, grocery shop and buy some propane (Really Butane, since that's all they sell in Mexico). The Butane run was a real boondoggle. We found the really nice laundry in the Chedraui supermarket. While Peggy was washing I followed the girls directions for Butane, just across the street she said.

Well we are on a 4 lane divided highway with 2 lane lateral roads and you could not go across, so I headed to next main intersection. However there is no U-turn allowed, so I managed to finally head in the correct direction and saw a place that had gas bottles in front. I went around in another circle to get there. They informed me that they don't fill bottles here, I must head 5 miles west. The road turned to gravel, I passed the prison and found a huge Gas depot. However, they only fill bottles not RV tanks. They said go back to the city it's across from the store that Peggy was at. I finally found it and then had to drive out of town to find another place to make a U-turn. When I got back, Peggy was just finishing up. What a way to spend the morning. After shopping, we had go around in circles a few more times and found our way back to Palmul.

 It's $30/night and most of the people have permanent palapas built over their rigs. For pictures and a description of these palapas there is a great Blog by Glen from Ontario. We met him and he gave us the tour of his new palapa. It was very impressive but I'm not sure I would ever buy into something as elaborate as this. Many are for sale, depending on the condition and site location they seem to run from $69K to $150K usd, in addition there is a $6 k/yr rental fee plus which includes the utilities.

They have a swimming pool, a large restaurant and a dive operation plus many activities. There is not much of a sand beach for our morning walks but it looks like there is some nice coral for snorkeling.
I can't see us spending an extended stay here so we may stay for two nights and then see what Acamaya Reef Resort & campground at Puerto Morelos looks like.