La Frontera!

Okay, so here’s the skinny: I left Kristin (as planned) in Tulum and headed south for the border with Belize by way of Chetumal, a large-ish city of 150,000 (huge for Yucateco standards) but with a squarely small-town vibe. Stupidly I had no reservation here (as per usual, but now I am alone and cellphoneless) but it doesn´t seem to have mattered: I went to the first hotel listed in my guide – Villa Deportiva – which, as the name suggests, in near a sports academy and as near as I can figure is run by a nurse. A very hospitable nurse at that . MXN$50 (or US$5) later, I am sitting on the edge of the ocean and two countries – so far so good.