Sat 8/28/10 - salsita!

We had dinner at the french restaurant. I had beef tenderloin, Kel had the shrimps. After dinner we headed to the martini bar. Its made out of this thin yellow stone, and at night when they add light behind it, the whole bar lights up. Its really nice. Anyway, we go have a drink and notice the bartender making something odd. Hes adding a lot of different ingredients and its taking him a long time. So I ask and he wants me to try one. "OK" I say, a little one". It was a salsita. Two shots, the first shot is tequilla, hold in your mouth, then a shot that has a mixture of tobasco, clam juice, tomato juice, mexican spices, steak sauce (and anything else they can throw in there). Yowza, IAy caramba! That will put hair on your toes. the last pic as an agave plant in the guest garden, these bright white globes are all over the garden

Sat 8/28/10

We've noticed all around the property some really cool abstract art - very modern. I snapped a couple pix and attached them here. That bust of a women is made out of old lightbulbs.

Saturday was another quiet slow day. The ocean here is very warm, it has to be 75F or more - very nice. We're looking into the Chichin-Itza Mayan ruins tour for monday. There service so far has been great, everyone has been very friendly. They take drink (and food) orders at your seats. No need to ever get up. Also, they have a LOT of seating near the pools,everywhere really. They dont have umbrellas, each pair of lounge chairs has a grass hut. they have them on the beach as well. Around the property they have these daybed things under the huts - like ounge beds. They are all over and no extra cost, and no problem getting one. That is one big plus for this place, no problem getting seating anywhere you want. We actually saw people with two sets of lounge chairs - one under the hut and one in the sun for tanning.

Sat 8/28/10 random pix

random artwork and pictures from the property. There is a guest garden. Former guests plant agave, cactus and such. Its a really artistic 'garden' with sculptures.

Sat 8/28/10 wildlife

roaming the grounds we saw some wildlife

Fri 8/27/10 nightlife

We had Mexican festival night. There was a authentic Mexican buffet, with a mariachi band (pandering for $) but very cool. We missed the mexican tribal dance, but I could see and hear it from the room and it was awesome. Kel and I were getting ready and couldnt make it in time, but I think its a 'dont miss' next time. You can see the pix, there was a self serve tequllia table! Dangerous. One of me enjoying a
cadillac margarhita' - need I say more.  Also, a couple more pix from the beatiful hotel lobby.

Fri 8/27/10 Monkey drinks!!

Friday was a slow day, Ken is still catching up on sleep. Gotta say, Mexico in Aug is f%$#-ing hot!! The thermostat says like 95-100F, but with the humidity it feels like 120F. We're drinking lots of water, sweating like dogs, and cooling off in the pools. One daily ritual here are the 'monkey drinks'. Carved out of a pineapple, and filled with a sweet alcoholic elixor, these things are great. They only pass out like 30 a day, so you have to line up at the Sol bar. You can tell all the newbies, they are walking around with these stupid monkey drinks made out of pineapple! Sidenote: bathrrooms are not easy to find. Another sidenote: the chez lounges are beautiful, made out of wood, but there are not very comfortable.

Thurs 8/26/10

Dinner and a show. We had dinner at Toscana, good, but not great. Then we saw the premier show here - Micheal Jackson. I am not a MJ fan, but this show was pretty good. It was a mix of video archive of MJ, a bunch of lip-sync songs and some great dancers. Here are a couple pix of the auditorium during the day, check the tribal masks.