Arrecifes Suites

... , have a shower and some cervesa, not necessarily in that order.  A quick stop at the local market and we were off to Suites Arrecifes.  Last year we had a bottom floor garden suite but this time we have a 2nd (top) floor balcony suite which is ...

... .  Yes, bravo, you have breasts...put them away. Getting towards 5ish, I had a chat with the retired boys staying in the suites and of course a happy hour cocktail or 2.  Everyone seems to be going out for dinner tonight but I am happy with my ...

In the Caribbean, liming is a way of life.  Having a lime does not always mean cutting up fruit to put in your cervesa or squeeze over your tacos.  To lime is to relax, hang out, do absolutely nothing, not a care or worry about what happens ...

Alas today is my last day in beautiful Puerto Morelos, Mexico and so I slept until 630am and then used up some veggies for breakfast.  I made a potato frittata with zucchini, orange pepper, green onion, garlic, hot banana pepper and then melted 2 ...

In my attempt to start using up some existing food, I reheated the remaining frozen spaghetti sauce from wk 2, boiled up some noodles and had a pasta breakfast complete with grated cheddar and extra dry chilies thrown ontop.  After blog and tea, I ...

Got an early start at 530 and after tea and blog, ate my leftover tamales for breakfast.  As usual I ever so hopefully looked up the winning lottery numbers and no surprise, they ain't on my ticket!  It was an extremely overcast, non-beach day ...

Today, January 22, 2011, is the day I confirmed that I am an idiot.  I mean 28 entries in and I only just find out that I spelled the word 'cerveza' incorrectly? (I have been spelling it 'cervesa') And it is in the title of my blog too!  Did ...

This morning I awoke with a tummy ache.  It was the unmistakable rumble of 'traveler's tummy' so it was necessary to stay close to my room for fear of....well, you know what I'm talking about.  My Doc back home advised me to avoid running for ...

I tried to have a sunrise dip in the ocean but the wind was blowing fairly strongly so I only bothered to go up to my waist.  The clouds quickly burnt off and it is obviously going to be a spectacular and hot day.  After a little bacon and ...

Today marks exactly 7 days left in Mexico.  I couldn't stay asleep so I got online at 5am my time.  Almost immediately I receive a call on skype from Carrie at 3am her time.  I just got up and have a cup of tea in my hand and she was still ...

After a rather crappy nights sleep, I had breakfast with Donna, Doug, Becky and Chad so I talked them into trying the recipe in my little Mexican cookbook for eggs with chorizo on tortillas. The men weren't biting but the ladies enjoyed. Today I am ...

Do any of you remember that old Kodak commercial a few years back where a young couple are describing their honeymoon with flashbacks? Wife:  The hotel was beautiful. Husband:  And it rained. Wife:  The service was wonderful. ...

A 5am I could hear my shower running.  I am alone here and there is someone in my damn shower?  Creeping out of bed and the 5ft down the hall to the bathroom door I peeked in.   Noone is there and the shower is not on.  What the ...

Was up befoe the 530 alarm and packed up to be ready to go on a very windy morning.  Was out before the sun came up and was chilled out in shorts and shirt so went back the 2 blocks to my room to get my capri Labatt's beach pants on and my ...

I slept like a log from 9 - 530am then it was tea, blog and at 7am off to the laundria to wash all my smelly travel clothes.  I picked up a whole pineapple for $18peso = $1.56Can and 1/2 of a fresh papaya for $10peso = $.87Can.  Ah, so that's ...

I had another crappy night's sleep which makes 2 in a row.  My paranoia has crept into my sleep patterns.   Although I have always felt completely safe at this hotel, that little 1 inch crack btw the bedroom wall and the side of the curtain was ...

I have 2 goals to accomplish today: Snorkel the reef and make pasta that is not interlaced with lemon cake. I didn't follow my usual routine, I just had some tea and went on a jaunt up to and over the highway into the Zona Colonia. The Colonia is the ...

In biblical terms, Jan. 6th is referred to as Epiphany, the day the 3 wisemen left the stable to return home. It seemed only fitting that today was also the day that my new friends left Mexico to return to their home in Minnesota. I gave them a lift to ...

This morning I slept in til 8am. I have no idea what time we got back last night but i do know that i slept like a Iog. I realized during my morning routine that today would have been my Dad's 79th birthday. My Dad loved a beautiful warm day, a ...

Today started much like every other morning since I arrived: 6am sunrise, beach walk, quick swim & cuppas. Yesterday I invited Vic and Sara to brunch so when the market opened at 8am so I took a stroll down to get some bacon and ham. (pork fat rules!) ...