Mexico Nights Ahau Tulum Hotel

    At sundown, people in Tulum begin to congregate. From their tables in the dining area at Ahau Tulum, customers and friends watch the sun go down as the Caribbean Sea vanishes into dark. As sunlight dims, people leave the beach, wash away sand and suntan lotion,put on sexy night clothes and sit down to dinner and a few drinks. There are families here, romantic couples, locals who sit at their favorite tables, waiters taking orders and hustling drinks.  Most guests are fleeing winter in Europe, United States and Canada. Table candles are made from Corona bottles and waiters bring little flashlights out of their shirt pockets to help guests read the menu as the sun hits the water. As a visitor to Tulum, I am enjoying living the life of the rich and famous, as I imagine they live. In reality, as nice as this hotel and restaurant is, it is just another budget eatery for people, like myself, of modest means. Most of us can’t dream as big as our modern uncrowned royalty and business billionaires live. Some men and women,these days, not all of them politicians, live a lifestyle that would make Caesar blush.