We cracked the shutters to let the beautiful Caribbean sun into the bedroom. It was somewhere around ten in the morning after a long night of watermelon margaritas and beach tunes at Mezzanine club in Tulum, Mexico, that we realized where we wanted to spend the rest of our lives.
My wife and I are music lovers at heart. We hail from New York City and, while there’s no lack of musical inspiration here, find ourselves traveling to the edges of the globe in search of more. We found Tulum by accident, having gotten lost on our way to Mexico City, and looking back on it, we may have made the best wrong turn of our lives.
Every travel destination has its own unique musical identity. The African congo has this great thumping heartbeat characterized by drums. France has that twangy bistro sound that you hear coming from windows in quaint villages. And the Caribbean has this relaxed sound quality…at least we thought.
At this one particular club on the beach in Tulum, Mexico, we found ourselves blown away by DJs and dancers who, backed by the sound of crashing waves, seemed to be in heaven. The party ran late into the evening and eventually into the morning where slow tunes seemed to woo everyone back to their bungalows.
Luckily, we happened to be staying in the same
Tulum hotel so our walk wasn’t far. But waking up in the morning, we realized this was the life. Great weather, fantastic people, a superb nightlife scene and all within the span of a few pristine miles of white sand beach. In New York sure, we have this too. But there’s no gorgeous beach, and the weather, specifically now, is close to freezing.
If you’re a music lover and looking for somewhere new, the town of Tulum in Mexico is among the best we’ve experienced. There are legendary rave-like parties on the beach which have a way of enticing even non-rave-lovers and there are several other restaurants/bars which offer live music: all with the Corona-commercial-like scenery of a silky beach and turquoise blue waters. Upon returning to New York, we became hooked on the music we had heard for the first time in Tulum. We picked up several mix albums from the DJ and reviewed our photographs hoping we could get back there as soon as possible.
