We’ve been coming to Cabo every year since 2003, but this was our first time to Sunset MonaLisa Restaurant. I don’t know where else you could have a truly amazing dining experience with such a marvelous view. And then once you add in the amazing service, the serenading, and the food—it’s just hard to top…
Category: Mexico
A New Way for Cooking with Charcoal
Some of my Spanish-speaking friends have already commented on the name of this restaurant, particularly the second half of it. The name of the restaurant is CarbόnCabrόn, and, yes, the second part by itself is one of those “bad words” we’re not supposed to say. Our hostesses for the evening, Mariela and Alicia, explained that…
Faro Inclinado – The Leaning Lighthouse
It’s estimated that there are over one million visitors to Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa each year. Certainly there aren’t that many that trek to the beachfront town of Puerto Morelos in the state of Quintana Roo along Mexico’s Caribbean sea coast. But those who do go there can visit a site that is just…
A Massage Worthy of the Mayan Gods
#ventusatmarinaelcid Situated along the sandy beaches of the Caribbean Sea about 135 miles almost due East from the Mayan ruins of Chichén Itzá is Puerto Morelos, a community in the Cancun-Riviera Maya area. That this area is under a three-hour drive to Chichén Itzá is relevant in that the memory of one of the most…
A Crazy Travel Schedule
I head out on Friday for my first cruise of 2016 — that is shocking to some people who know me and how I love to travel. But this summer was dedicated to working in the yards as we are doing a lot of re-landscaping. I built new redwood planter boxes for the back yard,…