Tulum the most wonderful Mexican beach town. However, even in places like Tulum, you must always remain focused. One time I didn't.

My girlfriend and I were driving bikes all month when we stayed in Tulum. The town was tiny, and the weather was perfect, so it was the most convenient mean of transportation.

Anyway, one day we decided to visit Playa del Carmen, a town nearby. We locked out bikes in the middle of Tulum, took the bus to Playa del Carmen, had some fun there, and came back in the evening... to find out that I have lost the key to the locks. Our bikes were stuck in the middle of Tulum.

Gladly, all the police officers in Tulum were on strike that day, and they happened to strike just by the place where we locked our bikes. I don't know why they didn't say a thing while we were trying to break the lock and take the bikes. I mean, it surely looked like we were thieves. Well, maybe it's because they were striking?

Anyway, after failing to break the lock on our own, we went to ask for some help from the police officers. With little to no Spanish, we explained our situation and ten police officers surrounded our bikes in no time. They tried everything to break the lock, including cutting it with a knife. It wouldn't have been surprising if one of the officers had taken his gun and shot straight through that damn lock. Gladly he didn't. I must remind you that those officers didn't know if the bike was ours. They just didn't give af and wanted to have some fun while striking.

By the time every enthusiastic officer had tried his luck with that lock, an older and shy officer came holding a freaking key from that lock. Apparently, I dropped it on the street after locking the bike in the morning. Gladly, it was him who found the key and saved the day.

Twist Of The Story

At the exact same moment when I lost the key to our bikes, my girlfriend left her credit card at the ATM. Sadly, no police officer came to the rescue, and we lost a decent amount of money. It was sad. Very sad. Extremely f-ing sad. Brooklyn Nets kind of sad. However, how in the world can two people lose something at the exact same time? It still boggles me.