![]() The taxi came to $40 each.įinally we arrived at Amansala, which was pretty as the photos on the Web site with no models in sight. It's a two-hour drive to Tulum from the Cancun airport, and the camp had a driver waiting for me and few others. – and ditched my hairdryer since the camp runs on solar power and it uses too much energy. ![]() I packed my recommended "must haves" – cardio shoes, workout clothes, bug spray, a flashlight, etc. I paid in full ($1,675 plus tax and service for a grand total of $1,954) and bought my $600 JetBlue ticket to Cancun. In between there are excursions to the nearby jungle for swimming and snorkeling in fresh water swimming holes (cenotes), visits to Mayan ruins and pampering with beachside massages, Mayan clay treatments, lots of agua de limon and plenty of sunshine."Įventually, I noticed a session started on my birthday, which I took to be a sign. An average day there starts with "a beach or jungle powerwalk followed by a combination of body sculpting, power ab sessions or Pilates, and ends with yoga and meditation. Instead, I logged on to the Web site every month to read and re-read the sample itinerary. My friends agreed they weren't going either. The pictures on the Web site confirmed my suspicion: this was a camp for beach babes. When I first read about the six-day Bikini Bootcamp at Amansala, a remote beach off Tulum, Mexico, all I could conjure up were images of toned swimsuit models gracefully sprinting over the white sand, with me lumbering behind them looking distinctly un-sylph like. While white, cool-sand beaches and crystal-blue warm water sounded like heaven, mandatory bikinis and a camp full of women obsessed with their bodies would surely be pure hell. Ap- It took me a year to book my trip to Bikini Bootcamp. ![]()
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