Chick trip #3 - Feb 12-26/10
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 3:41 am
Not sure how I want to write this report....day by day or try and pick the highlights. I tend to ramble so read, skim or skip as much as you like.
Our flight arrived on the 12th at around 10 pm. Took the airport taxi (26 US or 230 pesos) to Loma Del Mar. The condo was awesome!! We spend about 5 minutes looking around and got directions to our favorite street! Apaches for martinis..yum!!! We met a lot of interesting people there including a retired principal. Ted was 69 and awesome!! He ended up showing at Roxy's later that night and we danced till the wee hours of the morning.
The next day my daughter (23) arrived to join us for a week. We hit the beach and ran into Kim (another Loma del Mar owner) at Playa Los Arcos. We ended up walking to one of the tequila stores we frequent and spent a bit of time at Breezes...bar which is now closed. I have read some negative reports about it but we had a pretty good time thre having free drinks and made plans to meet some of them at Bodeguita del Medio. Enjoyed dinner at Cafe Tizoc and said Hi to our favorite waiters there. Coconut shrimp! Delicious! Watched the carnival parade on the street. Not as big as last year but still good. Ended up "adopting" Jordy. He had been traveling with his family and was now on his own. Walked along the malecon and picked up a beverage to go at Day Off Beach Bar. This was a place we were to frequent alot in the next two weeks. My daughter made friends with one of the bartenders. Really nice guys that we still talk to. I seemed to adopt alot of sons in those two weeks.... Off to the cuban bar where low and behold the owners of Breezes showed up! Oh yea...and Jesus from the tequila store. We had a blast. My daughter and I love dancing salsa and dancing partners are easy to get including the waiters! Fun times. Stopped off at Roxy's where my new sons from Day Off Beach Bar also arrived. We ended the night with toasted tomato sandwiches at our place....I love having a condo.....
February 14th Valentines Day!! figure it deserved some fan fare. Had some adventure today. Managed to pick up a blanket for 200 pesos. The vendor hated me because I was pretty firm but I really didn't need a blanket. Okay...maybe we did just a little since the waves kept coming up on shore and swamping our towels!! We were the entertainment for the other sun worshipers. Ended up showing a couple the condo as they were interested in buying. Figure there has got to be a way for us to get some free accommodations for future years... They told us about the drag show at the Blue Chairs resort. Now since it was Valentines day and we didn't have dates (ok..I'm the only one thats married) we decided to exchange Valentines gifts. Red boas, blinking hearts, red ties, and Heart necklaces. We were just a little obvious. Dinner at CYC's that night. Love eating with the sand in my toes! We did check out the drag show and it was somewhat entertaining. Our outfits made us fit right in. We ended up gifting everything to a bunch of friends at the Day off Beach bar and our little hearts were given to the cutest little boy...yes I know..another boy. But he was only 3 or 4! More of the same ... dancing..etc! We did meet an interesting woman dressed in the greatest outfit. She read our palms which was kind of eerie but neat. Late night of course.
Next day quiet. Stuff happened but nothing to weird...now the next day....that will have to wait for tomorrow...think capsized boat! Stay tuned...
Our flight arrived on the 12th at around 10 pm. Took the airport taxi (26 US or 230 pesos) to Loma Del Mar. The condo was awesome!! We spend about 5 minutes looking around and got directions to our favorite street! Apaches for martinis..yum!!! We met a lot of interesting people there including a retired principal. Ted was 69 and awesome!! He ended up showing at Roxy's later that night and we danced till the wee hours of the morning.
The next day my daughter (23) arrived to join us for a week. We hit the beach and ran into Kim (another Loma del Mar owner) at Playa Los Arcos. We ended up walking to one of the tequila stores we frequent and spent a bit of time at Breezes...bar which is now closed. I have read some negative reports about it but we had a pretty good time thre having free drinks and made plans to meet some of them at Bodeguita del Medio. Enjoyed dinner at Cafe Tizoc and said Hi to our favorite waiters there. Coconut shrimp! Delicious! Watched the carnival parade on the street. Not as big as last year but still good. Ended up "adopting" Jordy. He had been traveling with his family and was now on his own. Walked along the malecon and picked up a beverage to go at Day Off Beach Bar. This was a place we were to frequent alot in the next two weeks. My daughter made friends with one of the bartenders. Really nice guys that we still talk to. I seemed to adopt alot of sons in those two weeks.... Off to the cuban bar where low and behold the owners of Breezes showed up! Oh yea...and Jesus from the tequila store. We had a blast. My daughter and I love dancing salsa and dancing partners are easy to get including the waiters! Fun times. Stopped off at Roxy's where my new sons from Day Off Beach Bar also arrived. We ended the night with toasted tomato sandwiches at our place....I love having a condo.....
February 14th Valentines Day!! figure it deserved some fan fare. Had some adventure today. Managed to pick up a blanket for 200 pesos. The vendor hated me because I was pretty firm but I really didn't need a blanket. Okay...maybe we did just a little since the waves kept coming up on shore and swamping our towels!! We were the entertainment for the other sun worshipers. Ended up showing a couple the condo as they were interested in buying. Figure there has got to be a way for us to get some free accommodations for future years... They told us about the drag show at the Blue Chairs resort. Now since it was Valentines day and we didn't have dates (ok..I'm the only one thats married) we decided to exchange Valentines gifts. Red boas, blinking hearts, red ties, and Heart necklaces. We were just a little obvious. Dinner at CYC's that night. Love eating with the sand in my toes! We did check out the drag show and it was somewhat entertaining. Our outfits made us fit right in. We ended up gifting everything to a bunch of friends at the Day off Beach bar and our little hearts were given to the cutest little boy...yes I know..another boy. But he was only 3 or 4! More of the same ... dancing..etc! We did meet an interesting woman dressed in the greatest outfit. She read our palms which was kind of eerie but neat. Late night of course.
Next day quiet. Stuff happened but nothing to weird...now the next day....that will have to wait for tomorrow...think capsized boat! Stay tuned...