{"id":3011,"date":"2014-11-30T19:32:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T00:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=3011"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:49:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:49:05","slug":"checking-out-all-the-changes-at-xpu-ha-la-playa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=3011","title":{"rendered":"Checking out all the changes at Xpu-Ha La Playa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3394-252520-252528Custom-252529_thumb-25255B3-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"First Beach Walk\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3394-252520-252528Custom-252529_thumb-25255B3-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3394 (Custom)\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>We haven\u2019t got our sleep cycle adjusted yet to Central Standard time. It has been a two hour change from when we left Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>Our early morning walk on the beach found the workers picking up seaweed as usual.<\/p>\n<p>Of course our little rest stop under the palapas at the end of the beach is still there but we could find any good seats to rest on yet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3397-252520-252528Custom-252529_thumb-25255B4-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 4px 2px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Our Palapa Rest Stop\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3397-252520-252528Custom-252529_thumb-25255B4-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Our Palapa Rest Stop\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">There was one lone Pelican.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/JohnK\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/WindowsLiveWriter-429641856\/0083F11D4FD3\/$IMG_3392%20(Custom).JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 4px auto 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"One Lone Pelican\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3392-252520-252528Custom-252529_thumb-25255B3-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Pelican\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">There was a new structure at Esencia, the small boutique hotel, right on the beach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Esencia-252520Lookou_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Esencia Lookout\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Esencia-252520Lookou_thumb-25255B2-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Esencia Lookout\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">The old water tower, bathrooms and two story beach structure that was between our camp and the beach has been leveled..<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/OldBuildingGone2-252520-252528Custom-252529_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"OldBuildingGone2 (Custom)\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/OldBuildingGone2-252520-252528Custom-252529_thumb-25255B2-25255D-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"OldBuildingGone2 (Custom)\" width=\"800\" height=\"410\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Top view from camp, bottom view from beach<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/OldBuildingGone-252520-252528Custom-252529_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"OldBuildingGone (Custom)\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/OldBuildingGone-252520-252528Custom-252529_thumb-25255B2-25255D-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"OldBuildingGone (Custom)\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nicole &amp; Stephan built a large palapa to cover their fifth wheel, making this the third big palapa in our camp. It\u2019s starting to look like Paamul. Rob &amp; Shirley\u2019s little Sprinter RV on the right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/$Stephan-Nicoles-Palapa%5B6%5D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Stephan-Nicoles-Palapa\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sephan-Nicoles-Palapa_thumb-25255B3-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Stephan-Nicoles-Palapa\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We heard that all summer long lots of Germans were passing through on their way to Central &amp; South America. They have big military looking rigs and usually only stay for a short time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/German_Overlanders_Rvs_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"German_Overlanders_Rvs\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/German_Overlanders_Rvs_thumb-25255B2-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"German_Overlanders_Rvs\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We haven\u2019t got our sleep cycle adjusted yet to Central Standard time. It has been a two hour change from when we left Cleveland. Our early morning walk on the beach found the workers picking up seaweed as usual. Of course our little rest stop under the palapas at the end of the beach is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=3011\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Checking out all the changes at Xpu-Ha La Playa<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1415trip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3011"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6943,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions\/6943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}