05-14-2012
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beachaholic
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Location: ENSENADA, BAJA CALIFORNIA MEXICO
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playa may 2012! newbies and extended family!
ok, as most of you already know I am from Mexico...so my main language is SPANISH, so donīt judge me about my spelling. I will make my trip report as understandable as I can. So excited to share our wonderful trip with you guys. so here it goes:
TOTAL IN GROUP: 9 YOUNG ADULTS (HUBBY, HIS DAUGHTER, 4 OF MY HIGHSCHOOL GIRLFRIENDS, AND A MY HUBBYīS DAUGHTER FRIEND) AND MY 12 YEAR OLD GOING ON 20 BABY BOY. FIRST PART OF THE TRIP WE WERE 9, THE REST OF THE TRIP ONLY US FOUR (FAMILY). THE OTHER 5 HAD TO RETURN TO REALITY ONLY VISITED FOR 5 DAYS....BUT THEY WERE HOOKED ON PLAYA RIGHT THEN AND THERE. HALF STAYED AT ONE PLAYA DEL CARMEN (PAID WITH CARD POINTS) WE STAYED AT HOTEL RIVIERA CARIBE MAYA. TIJUANA AIRPORT  WAITING FOR OUR 6:40 AM FLIGHT (RIGHT ON TIME)  UNA SERVIDORA....(ME)...HUBBY NAPPING   MY FRIENDS BEING SILLY....THE PLANE WAS SOOO UNCOMFORTABLE! YA QUIEROOO LLEGARRRR!  LLEGANDO CUN AIRPORT  HUBBY AND HIS DAUGHTER (THIS WAS A MILESTONE FOR US), HE HAD NEVER BEEN ON A VACATION WITH HER, NOR WITH HIS TWO KIDS TOGETHER!!!!!!! SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL YOU GUYS!  WE LEFT TIJUANA AT 6:40 AM, LANDED CUN 3:10 PM...(THERE IS A 2 HOUR TIME DIFERENCE)..BOOKED QTS QUALITY TRANSFERS 70 DLLS FOR THE 9 OF US, GREAT DEAL, (WHEN WE WERE 3 OR 4 WE TOOK THE ADO, BUT THIS WAS FASTER AND CHEAPER SINCE WE WERE 9), TO THE FRONT DOOR OF BOTH HOTELS...LOVED THE SERVICE.....SO THE FIRST THING WE DID AS SOON AS WE CHECKED IN WAS HEAD FOR THE PIZZA!!! HERE HUBBY AND HIS TWO BABYS  FIRST PIC OF LA 5TA  THEN WE RE-GROUPED AND HEADED TO LA SIRENA MAR Y BARRIO, WE WANTED SOMETHING FRESH (MARISCOS)...IMPORTED FROM MY HOME TOWN OF ENSENADA!  WE HAD A LOT OF STUFF, THIS WAS MINE: TUNA TOSTADAS (BETTER LAST YEAR), AND THE TUNA ADOBADA TACOS YUMMY!!  THE TO THE BEACH...THIS PIC IS PRICELESS, MY FRIENDS FIRST TIME IN PLAYA....UNDERSTANDING WHY WE LOVE PLAYA SO MUCH.  THEN DESERT ...MY NEW FAVORITE PLACE IN PLAYA!!!!!! WENT THERE 5 TIMES (MORE ON THAT LATER) CHEZ CELINE....5TH AND 34TH STREET  MY FRIEND...SOOO MANY CHOICEEEES!!!  THEN OF TO SHOW THEM THE BEAUTY OF LA 5TA....WE HAD TO TAKE THIS PIC....  TO BE CONTINUED.......HOPE YOU ENJOY MY TRIP REPORT! 
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05-14-2012
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beachaholic
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Continuacion...
1ST NIGHT...WALK ON 5TA...MANY NEW PLACES....OK...THIS IS A NEW STORE...*LLENA ERES DE GRACIA* 5TH AND 16TH ST. LOVED THE DECOR
 ALDEA CORAZON ...NEW FOR ME TOO..DIDNīT TRY IT..MAYBE NEXT YEAR  OK...SATURDAY APRIL 28: WOKE UP EARLY....COULD NOT WAIT TO GET SOME SUN HAD BREAKFAST AT EL FRESCO (10TH AVE BETWEEN 28 AND 30). RIGHT AT OUR HOTEL. BASIC CONTINENTAL...WE ORDERED FROM THE MENU...OMELET FOR ME...GOOD BUT NOT GREAT.    THEN OFF TO THE BEACH....KOOL BEACH CLUB   ORDERED THE SEARED TUNA SALAD...THEY NEED TO PUT A LITTLE MORE OF TUNA IN THE SALAD...IT WAS VERY LITTLE COMPARED TO OTHER TIMES...THE SHRIMP CEVICHE YUMMY AND PLENTYFUL AL ALWAYS  AFTER A DAY AT THE BEACH....EXACTLY AL 4:30 PM WHEN WE WERE READY TO LEAVE, IT STARTED POURING!! FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES..ONLY RAIN WE SAW ON OUR ENTIRE STAY...THE WEATHER.COM HAD PREDICTED SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR THE LENGTH OF OUR STAY...WRONG...HOT HOT HOT ANS SUNNY 99% OF THE TIME WHILE WE WERE THERE. THEN A QUICK SNACK AT BRO-CHETAS   THIS IS THE POOL AT THE RIVIERA CARIBE MAYA...  LATER THAT AFTERNOON WE WENT TO BE PLAYA TO TAKE SOME AMAZING PICS     LOVE THE FLOOR AT LLENA ERES DE GRACIA...WANT IT FOR MY BATHROOM!  CALLE CORAZON ANUAL PICTURE  THEN....MY FRIEND FOUND HER LONG LOST MUSICAL FAMILY!....  LOL. TOO FUNNY SKINNY BIKINI POTATOES  DINER AT SHUSHITLAN...GREAT PRICES...GOOD SUSHI...5TH BETWEEN 28TH AND 20TH STREET....NEXT COCO BONGO   WE BOUGHT TICKETS TO COCO BONGO ON SATURDAY MAY 28, FOR $500.00 PESOS EACH (THEY GAVE US THAT PRICE BECAUSE WE WERE NATIONALS..OR SO HE SAID). ONLY 5 OF US WENT TO COCO BONGO. LINE WAS LONG, HOT AND CROWDED...I TOUGHT MY HUBBY (WHO DOES NOT LIKE BEING SQUISHED LIKE A SARDINE) WAS GOING TO TURN BACK AND GET OUTTA THERE...WE GOT INSIDE...SUPER CROWDED...IT WAS KIND OF DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE FIRST THING I DO WHEN I GO TO A CLUB IS LOOK FOR THE EMERGENCY EXIT...DID NOT SEE A SINGLE ONE, AND THERE WERE WAY TO MUCH PEOPLE THERE....THIS IS MY 7TH TIME IN PLAYA....1ST TIME AT COCO BONGO....ANYWAY...WE MANAGE TO CLIMB TO THE TOP MEZZANINE, ON THE CORNER, AND GRABBED OUR SPOT. OUR WAITER WAS AWESOME!!!! WE GAVE HIM A $200 PESOS TIP UPFRONT....SERVICE ALL NIGHT LONG....SUPER FRIENDLY...HE NEVER KEPT US WAITING...DRINKS WERE SO SO....THE SHOW WAS AMAZING...IT WAS WORTH THE PUSHING AND SHOVING AT THE ENTRANCE... HUBBY HAPPY CAMPER....LATER THAT NIGHT AT COCO BONGO    SHOTS    3:30 AM WE LEFT...HUBBY DAUGTHER AND ONE OF MY FRIENDS...WANTED TO AFTER PARTY....ME I WANTED TO GO TO SLEEP...SO WE ALL CALLED IT A NIGHT. TO BE CONTINUED!........... |
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05-15-2012
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beachaholic
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Sunday april 29...coba and tulum
WOKE UP..AND HEADED TO LA CUEVA DEL CHANGO!! FAVORITE BREAKFAST IN PLAYA.
 RENTED A VAN (WICH I DROVE) AMERICAN RENTAL 5TH AND 28TH STREET. 1200 PESOS PER DAY. OFF TO COBA WE GO  ARRIVED SINCE IT WAS SUNDAY...MEXICAN NATIONALS WERE FREE!, SO WE DECIDED TO PAY FOR A 45 MINUTE TOUR GUIDE (WABI).   THEN RENTED BIKES FOR LA GRAN PIRAMIDE 2 KM RIDE....(IT WAS SUPER HOT THAT DAY), I COULDNīT EVEN REMEMBER HOW LONG IT WAS SINCE I RODE A BIKE. THATS MY FRIEND LA MONIS!  MADE IT TO THE TOP.  GOING DOWN DE **NALGAS** BUTT FIRST  HEADED BACK TOB PLAYA, BUT FIRST STOPPING AT TULUM BEACH. IT WAS SUNDAY AND THERE IS NO PARKING!...BUT WE FOUND A SPOT      WE WERE HUNGRY SO...OF TO PLAYA....AND KARMA BAGELS!!!  HAD DINNER AND CALLED IT A NIGHT...(WELL I CALLED IT A NIGHT...THE REST WENT OUT TO PARTAAY) I WAS SOOO TIRED IT WAS A LOOONG DAY..... TO BE CONTINUED.......NEXT MONDAY DIA DEL NIŅO AT XCARET! |
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05-15-2012
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beachaholic
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Monday april 30th
SINCE THE RENTAL HAD NOT EXPIRED YET...THE DRIVER FROM THE CAR RENTAL OFFERED US A RIDE TO XCARET....WOHOOO...
WE HAVE BEEN 4 TIMES TO XCARET, BUT THE NEWBIES HAD NOT, SO WE HAD TO DO XCARET.      EL PESCADO COQUETO....LONG LASHES...AND HE POSED FOR THE PICTURES  TURTLE DISPLAY    MAYAN CEMENTERY...MMMM BEER  HACIENDA AT XCARET LOVE THE FLOORS     NOW OF TO MEXICO ESPECTACULAR    SHOW ENDED, AND HEADED OF TO PLAYA....WE DECIDED ONE LAST TOAST...AT EL DESEO....BECAUSE HALF OF THE GROUP WAS LEAVING THE NEXT DAY.   I AM NOT A BIG DRINKER....BUT ME DRINK OF CHOICE IS MOJITO....BELEIVE IT OR NOT I GOT TIPSY WITH ONE MOJITOOOO! LOL  SO WE STAYED UNTIL DESEO CLOSED, AND CALLED IT A NIGHT..... NEXT TUESDAY 1 DE MAYO! DIA DEL TRABAJO....TO BE CONTINUED |
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05-15-2012
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beachaholic
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Tuesday may 1st
WOKE UP REALLY EARLY SO WE COULD HAVE BREAKFAST AT CHEZ CELINE...OMG OMG.....LOOOOVEEE IT....EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT, DELICIOUS.....THE COFFEE WAS T DIE FOR...NO WAIT TIME FOR US, WE GOT A TABLE FAST..SMOKED HAM AND CHEESE OMELETE....BAGUETTE IN THE BACKGROUND
 THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS DELICIOUS BAGUETTE AND CROISSANT   FINISHED BREAKFAST...AND HEADED FOR MY FRIENDS LAST DIP IN THE OCEAN. WICH BY THE WAY IT WAS LIKE A SWIMMING POOL. SUPER CALM...NO WAVES...PERFECT ENDING TO A SHORT TRIP TO PLAYA..  NO ME QUIERO IR, NO ME QUIERO IR...ME REHUSOOO! (I DONīT WANT TO LEAVE...) ♪ ♫..THATīS OUR GOODBYE SONG FOR PLAYA  AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR: LATER THAT DAY....ENJOYED THE BEAUTIFUL BEACH AND OCEAN  HEADED TO THE HOTEL POOL  HOTEL RIVIERA CARIBE MAYA   GOT HUNGRY AND HEADED TO CANIBAL ROYAL. 2 X 1 BEER AND MICHELADAS ON TUESDAY          HEADED BACK TO HOTEL..TAKE A SHOWER...AND GO WALK ON LA 5TA.. THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOG...SAW HIM EVERYDAY...LOVE THIS CUTTIE  RAVIOLLIS FROM SCRATCH  LOVE THESE ECO FRIENDLY BAGS  OK....?  LA BODEGUITA DEL MEDIO...BEST MOJITOS EVER!!! TRIED THE MANGO MOJITO!!!   LEFT MY MARK   HAD ONE MORE...AND WE CALLED IT A NIGHT....TO BE CONTINUED..THANKS FOR READING..... |
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05-15-2012
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beachaholic
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May 2nd.....
WENT FOR BREAKFAST AROUND THE CORNER ON 32 STREET...AY MAMACHITA! GOOD PRICES....GOOD BREAKFAST
    HUEVOS A LA MEXICANA  HUEVOS DIVORCIADOS  HUEVOS CON CHORIZO  FINISHED BREAKFAST AND HEAD TO THE BEACH...THIS TIME WE USED OUR 50% OFF VOUCHERS FOR 4 LOUNGERS AND 2 UMBRELLAS ...WE ONLY PAID $90 PESOS.... WHILE WALKING DOWN TO MAMITAS....MY SON HAD TO DO HIS...IīM SEXY AND I KNOW IT MOVES...LOL  CHILAXIN...CHLLING AND RELAXING  WE SPENT THE AFRERNOON HERE, THEN OFF WE GO TO LAS HELODIAS FOR SOME LITRO MICHELADAS...AND VIRGIN PINA COLADA FOR MY BOY.    THEN BACK DOWN TO MAMITAS....AND NORTH TO 38TH STREET VIA BEACH....NEXT LA PIOLA...  PIOLA...MMMMMMMM LOVEEED THE PIZZA LOVED SALAD...LOVED PIOLA      THEN SOUTH BACK TO OUR HOTEL...PASSING BY LA BODEGUITA DEL MEDIO..FOR A REFRESHING MOJITO TO GO   LOUNGED AT THE POOL FOR A WHILE....SHOWERED AND OF TO LA 5TA... THIS PIC IS A MUST....EVERYTIME   WHILE HEADING BACK TO THE HOTEL...WE STOPED AT KITXEN....GREAT BAND PLAYING...SINCE MY SON IS A BASSIST OR BASS PLAYER...HE WAS IN AWW  THAT WAS ALL FOT MAY 2ND.....TO BE CONTINUED.... 
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05-15-2012
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beachaholic
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Thursday may 3rd
CANīT REMMEMBER WHERE WE HAD BREAKFAST
 BUT DOWN TO THE BEACH WE WENT MAMITAS AGAIN...$90 PESOS FOR THE 4 OF US.   PARADISE  HE MADE A FRIEND  LATER THAT EVENING WE WENT FOR GUERRERAS NIGHT....FIRST LA AZOTEA...FREE MARTINIS FOR US GALS  APPLETINI...SIMPLY DELICIOUS  MY HUBBY IS A DJ....SO I HAD TO TAKE THIS PIC  THEN TO LA SANTANERA..FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTE...OPEN BAR FOR THE LADIES...  LOVE THIS PIC OF MY STEP DAUGHTER   I CALLED IT A NIGHT....HUBBY AND DAUGHTER LEFT ME AT THE HOTEL..AND CONTINUED TO PARTAY....MORE TO COME..... |
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HERE WE GO AGAIN!!! PLAYA APRIL 26, 2013!!
