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Every Mom's Dream, part 2

What WAS that rat-a-tat-tat on the door I told you about in part one?

-Melina Gerosa Bellows

DAY 2  I awake fully rested. It's as if my inner self has finally synched with the serenity of my outer surroundings. Whether it was the ten-hour snooze or foiling the door-knocking kidnapper, I don't know, but I feel like a new person.

I'm off for an excursion to the seaside ruins of Tulum. This pre-Columbian walled city is one of the best-preserved Maya sites on the Yucatan Peninsula. No offense to the Temple of the Descending God, but the real site here is the tourists. Hordes of them, with British, German and American accents. Read more on what every mom's dream would be...