15 minutes before a Tulum Sunrise  by soboy5

15 minutes before a Tulum Sunrise

Veronica and I just returned home from a glorious week in Tulum, Mexico. We stayed in the part of Tulum that is completely off the grid, each small cabana or hotel has to generate their own electricity and the infrastructure is very basic or non-existent. As a result, it is an uncrowded, zen-like beach, bordered by the Mayan ruins to the north and a gigantic nature preserve to the south. A truly magnificent place to relax, meditate, enjoy nature and unwind. Our room was directly on the beach, and our views were incredible. The entire week was like one non-stop Corona beer beach commercial!

Tulum is famous for its sunrises. When we stayed in Tulum in December, I was blown away by each day's magnificent sunrise. In June, the sunrises were not as spectacular as in December, but this one was pretty darn nice. This is the first image I have processed from Tulum and it was taken 15 minutes before sunrise, shot from the upstairs sun deck of our room.
Glorious sunrise! Where did you fly into?
June 18th, 2012  
Welcome home! Such a beautiful sky !
June 18th, 2012  
@dauber Thank you so much! We flew into Cancun, rented a car and drove two hours south to Tulum.
@groovygirlrn Thank you, Sheri!
June 18th, 2012  
Lyn
Goodness - from New York to Mexico? Do you stay at home ever? What an incredible shot of the sunrise!
June 18th, 2012  
Fabulous - stunning colours!
June 18th, 2012  
@lyno Yeah, I am the world traveler these days - lol! Glad you like the sunrise, it was a very pretty one.
@boogie Thank you, Mags! My girlfriend missed every sunrise as she would not wake up that early! But I am an early riser so I captured all of them!
June 18th, 2012  
Awesome, really nice sunrise!
June 18th, 2012  
Gorgeous sunrise shot! Lovely!
June 18th, 2012  
@sanfil Thanks, Sandra!
@paintdipper Thank you, Junan!
June 18th, 2012  
Phenomenal shot. The tones are amazing. Glad you had a great time in Tulum. It's a beautiful area in the Yucatan peninsula.
June 18th, 2012  
It looks lovely, Danny.
June 18th, 2012  
Rob
A beautiful shot! Fav!
June 18th, 2012  
Jim
Ah...I remember seeing some beautiful sunrises like that in Cozumel. Thanks for sharing and reminding me of such a wonderful time we had in Mexico when we were there last
June 18th, 2012  
@anazad511 Thanks so much, Tulum is a magical place!
@peadar Thanks, Peter.
@jdr4690 Thank you for the nice compliment and for the fav, Rob - that means a lot to me!
@jcarrollphoto Thanks, Jim!
June 18th, 2012  
Superb sunrise capture!
June 19th, 2012  
Such a great landscape
June 19th, 2012  
@marieooi Thanks, Marie!
@petaqui Thank you!
June 19th, 2012  
breathtaking!
June 19th, 2012  
Well captured - lovely shot!
June 19th, 2012  
WOW!......This is just SO Beautiful! : )
June 19th, 2012  
@auroralinda Many thanks!
@yrhenwr Thank you, David!
@annbo Thanks so much, Ann!
June 19th, 2012  
really gorgeous colours in that sky, lovely shot:)
June 19th, 2012  
@trude Thanks so much, trude!
June 19th, 2012  
So beautiful Danny! Happy you had a great trip!
June 19th, 2012  
@jgilker Thanks, Jessika - we had a marvelous holiday!
June 19th, 2012  
Must have been nice to be closer to tropics
June 19th, 2012  
@peterdegraaff It was lovely as long as we stayed on the beach, the heat was intense as soon as you crossed the beach road into the jungle!
June 19th, 2012  
sensational! I could photograph sunsets all day long (except it's not possible!!)
June 20th, 2012  
@jackie8 Thanks, Jackie - I love sunrises and sunsets and could be right there with you, but first we need to move to the beach!
June 20th, 2012  
WOW again, Danny. I love this place, but since I'm not a sunrise person, I'm hoping you'll share with us a few sunsets, too. Another fav for me. The clouds really pop in this shot.
June 22nd, 2012  
@sandier Thanks So much for the nice comments and for the fav, Sandie!. The Tulum sunsets were much prettier in December than they were last week. I will share some of the December sunsets on my project to show you what I mean - they were awe-inspiring!
June 22nd, 2012  
Leave a Comment
Sign up for a free account or Sign in to post a comment.