07-15-2009
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beachaholic
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 433
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I absolutely recommend it. The site is great, the location is great, the price is great, and most importantly Roberto, the manager, is there for anything you need. If you want, I can give you his direct address. |
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07-15-2009
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Canada Dry
 Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Posts: 49,560
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sadly, not likely- 4 half-days will be taken up by dive training- and we want to go to Akumal for one day.   Some day we'll get there....that condo looks really nice too.  I know Don would love it, Sue, he prefers the quieter smaller places!
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07-16-2009
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añejo
 Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Playa del Carmen
Posts: 16,233
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We arrived at the Mimi del Mar and hit the beach.
Here’s our little room. We used to pay for one of the big beachfront rooms in the front of the hotel, but it’s almost twice the price of a standard room, and we decided that we spend so little time in our room that it just wasn’t worth it. I really liked the layout of this room. the bed:  the kitchen area:  a photo taken from the interior of the hotel:  Here’s a picture of the hotel from the beach. I love the Mimi. It’s my favorite beach hotel in Playa. Every year we’re there in June, it seems like the owner’s family comes and takes over a little bit, but it is kind of a treat to see such a huge, happy extended family having such fun with one another.  Here’s a photo from the beach in front of the Mimi. It’s a perfect Playa photo. It shows our waiter, Polillo, as wells as someone parasailing, a pretty woman in a bikini, a ferry at the new pier….  That evening we had dinner at Carboncito’s. Delicious, as always. We shared the salsa platter, I had the chicken and poblano tacos and Corey had the coconut shrimp. I’ve never seen such a huge plate of coconut shrimp before! We walked around for a bit but couldn’t really decide what to do, so we went to bed early that night. The next day we had breakfast at the hotel (included in the price) and then spent the entire afternoon on the beach. We had some lunch right in our beach chairs and drank a lot of beer! That evening we went to PG’s because we thought it would be Peanut Pet Shelter night there. However, it turned out to be “Canada Day.” That was OK though because Andy and Gary were there so we finally got to talk to some friends in Playa. We had been so used to hanging with friends in Puerto Morelos, it was nice to finally find some in Playa. We went to Scream Ink to talk to Pony about my tattoo before going back to the hotel. Thursday was a really good day. We had breakfast and then hit the beach. Late that afternoon, our friend Eric, who’s living in Puerto Morelos for the summer and teaching English classes there, joined us. After a long day of sun, swimming, beer (and a little tequila), we all went up the room and cleaned up. Then we went to Bad Boys for music! The best thing about it was that friends came! I saw Anna sitting at the bar. I had never met her before but I recognized her immediately. I love her just as much as I thought I would! We drank beer and tequila and talked just a little, little bit about craving cigarettes. Anna gave me a beautiful gift and also some brownies that Maureen had asked Claire to deliver. They were from Ah Cacao! And they were delicious. The minute I opened the box, this delicious smell of warm chocolate wafted out. And Maureen had enclosed the most beautiful letter. It almost made me cry. Andy and Jen came, and Jen immediately asked about Sandy! Andy hinted that he had a special puppy that he wanted us to take a look at on Saturday.  Gary came, and Sharky, too. And people from Puerto Morelos were there, too! Eric was there, of course, and Mike came, and Leo. It was so much fun! Eric kept hitting on Anna but she wasn’t having any of it! A bunch of us went to La Famiglia for dinner. Jez joined us there. I had fettuccini with pesto. It was delicious! We had one last drink with Eric and Jez at La Rana before calling it a night. Eric spilled red wine all down the front of his nice white shirt and I helped him clean it off. That was my good deed for the day. 
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07-16-2009
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añejo
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Playa del Carmen
Posts: 16,233
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Friday we did the same thing as always – spent the afternoon on the beach, swimming and sun tanning and eating and drinking. This might get old for those of you reading the trip report but, trust me, it’s a lovely thing to do day after day after day.
That night we bought a couple of small cigars and went to Palapa Hemingway to enjoy a high end margarita at the bar. We each had one on the rocks with Don Julio anejo. We sipped them and smoked our cigars. As soon as we opened our cigars, a waiter came up to us and said, “You like cigars? We have some here, a special price, today only.”  Next we decided to head north. I was interested in getting a slice at Pizza Renzo, but there really wasn’t anything good-looking in the trays at that time. BTW I have to add here that I really don’t like Pizza Pazza. Everyone always raves about it but honestly I think that the most of the people that eat it are drunk! Any pizza will taste good when you’re drunk! But in general I think it’s gross.  We decided to go to Luna Blue. I hadn’t been there since the hotel was the Zanzibar. There wasn’t a bar there then. Wow have they changed that place for the better! The grounds are gorgeous and the bar is really nice. Jorge is a great bartender and always plies you with lots of free tequila! We were able to meet Tony and Sheri, who bought us a round of drinks and were very friendly. And then Andy came by with Paco! As soon as I saw him taking the puppy out of the truck, I swarmed in and grabbed him. Andy said, “You can’t have him!” Oh, Paco is such a little cutie. I will post a photo of him later. There were three girls at the bar and they were all over Paco, swooning and kissing him and squealing!The best thing about being at the Luna Blue that night is that we met Kasey and Eric! They came in and sat next to us and we started talking, and it turned out they were going to the pet wash the next day. So we got to know one another that night and then agreed to meet at Mega the next day. On our way home we stopped at Subway so Corey could get something to eat. There was this couple ahead of us and my God I thought I was going to have to kill them. They took FOREVER ordering their sandwiches. They asked about every ingredient and then hemmed and hawed and didn’t know what to put on the bread next and then asked the employee to heat them up and then changed their minds and….God! It took them like 15 minutes to figure it out! To figure out sandwiches at freaking Subway! Ugh, Saturday I woke up with the worst stomach ache ever. Every 5 minutes or so I would be doubled over from pain that swept through my abdomen and roiled around there in waves and waves. It was awful. At first I didn’t think I was going to be able to make it to the pet wash, but I knew I would be so disappointed if I didn’t go, so I bucked up and got dressed and we took a cab to Mega. We bought some dog food and some stuff to drink. We found Kasey and Eric and Andy and Gary and then Pete and Anna and their two boys and we were off to the shelter, where Jen was waiting for us. I hadn’t been to the new shelter location before. It’s really nice. I admit that I didn’t help much with the dogs that day, as my stomach ache had me sitting on the stoop and holding my belly pretty often. But I’m glad I went. There was one particular dog that I did pay a lot of attention to. I'll tell you who in just a minute.         a picture speaks a thousand words:  I love this photo. See that little guy I'm holding?:  Barney!    
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