The first place I went without parents was Tulum, Mexico, which now is obviously a very tourist-y, fashionable destination. When we went then, it wasn’t expensive; maybe the nicest hotel on the beach was $80. That same location? It’s now $900 or so. It’s wild what happened to Tulum, but I still go back, because I love Tulum very much. If you want to go, stay at Casa Pueblo. It’s a very mellow, underground kind of a hotel where lots of locals hang out. Or there’s a hotel called Amansala, which is on the first stretch of the beach and where the rooms are still reasonably priced. I love them. And go at Christmas, when Tulum is kinda empty. It will be crazy over New Year’s.
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