This is the first photo I took in
Akumal. I quite like it. Lyle is looking out across the inlet. The water is fairly calm as there is a coral reef out a ways that stops the giant waves from pounding the beach. I took this photo and then went back to bed. I had that stomach thing in full swing on the first day there.
This would be the second day. I claim I am feeling better. All I want is a hamburger. I am totally faking it for the camera right here. This is the bar/restaurant at
Lol-Ha. Across the street inland is a body of water that connects the sea via an underground passage. We are probably sitting above it in this photo.
The beach at
Akumal.
We went for dinner one night at the local
hotspot La Buena Vida. I think it was Wednesday. That was the "big" night as Jungle Bob brings in his Karaoke machine. La
Buena Vida is famous for it's Swing seat at the bar. There is a restaurant upstairs. From what I gathered, the chef has changed recently and the menu is all new. Some people were not too thrilled with the all new menu. However, I had the fresh fish fillet
sauteed in butter (my stomach was still a little off) and it was good.
Brad and Monica at La
Buena Vida.
Ricky is a swinger!
This photo took every once of strength I had to look like I was having the best time of my life.
The hostess with the mostest kicked off our evening's entertainment with her very own serenade of "Love Shack".
Brave, brave Ricky joined in later for a little duet. I only wished I was feeling well enough to do a little number, but alas, there was no way I was feeling well enough to fit into my Kylie Showgirl outfit.
Another day we stopped for pizza in the "town" of
Akumal (opposite side of the highway from the beach village of
Akumal) because we were very hungry and I couldn't face any corn tortillas. The pizza was not very good.
In fact, it was so bad that when Lyle threw his end piece of pizza crust to this dog on the sidewalk, he wouldn't even sniff it let alone eat it.
Though I don't have any photos taken there, I can
recommend dining at the
Turtle Bay Cafe in
Akumal. In particular I can
recommend the Key Lime Pie. I had two.
I also suggest a little shopping. I enjoyed
Mexic Arte just across the street from Turtle Bay Cafe. I found some lovely Christmas decorations!
Can you see the color of the water in the background? Amazing.
You didn't think I'd stop posing did you?
Hola Señor Frosty!
Check out the prices at Taco Paco. $1.60 for a shrimp taco. $1.60 for a fish taco. $2.40 for chili relleno and for an entire shrimp cocktail - $5.50. Oh and these taco have enough in them to split them into two tacos which makes them really about 80¢ a taco.
Then you haul you soon to not be little bottom over to the condiment bar. All the traditional things are there including many, many salsas. But what I enjoyed was putting mayonnaise and pickled cucumber on my fish taco as if it were fish and chips in a tortilla.
There was also a peanut sauce that I paired up with the shrimp taco and it gave it a lovely Thai feel. All the food there was DELICIOUS.
This is not sunset over Akumal Bay. This is sunrise. I got this photo from the nuttiest person I know on a vacation, Brad. He kept telling me that he was up for sunrise every day of our vacation. He would have his coffee, watch the sun come up and then go for a stroll on the beach. I told him to take a picture for me because there was no way in hell I was going to be up early enough to see that. Thanks for the photo Brad, it's gorgeous!
