These past few days have been pretty much action replay. Wake up, have coffee and breakfast, go to pool, sit there all day, go for dinner, come home and go to bed (usually by 8 pm). A couple of specifics:
On Monday, we went to the pool and had dinner at home - spaghetti and chorizo sausage … and our Gato (cat) is back from last year.
On Tuesday, we went to the beach club. Our place is loaded in the hills and they have a beach club on the beach (where most beach clubs are located). It is small but fun area - we spent the day there. We had dinner at Sandzibar. One of our best meals in PV. They made a fabulous tuna steak (Bob and Scott), mahi mahi (Robyn) and homemade sausage (Jan). We were the only people in the restaurant. What a shame because it was a fantastic meal - we sat beachfront and Leo our waiter was outstanding. Robyn mentioned that she loved the bread and they sent some fresh bread home with her.
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| Sanzibar |
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| Good Morning! |
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| Beach Club |
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| Beach Club |
On Wednesday, we went to the pool and had dinner at Frescati's - great italian food although I had a tuna steak (I can get italian at home).
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| Frescati's |
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| Frescati's |
On Thursday, we went to the pool and took a margarita making class form 4-5pm. It was really interesting - we made strawberry, classic lime, tamarind and jalepeno. The jalepeno margarita was delicious with only a hint of jalepeno taste. We had dinner at Xocolatl. Great view of the bay - we had fajitas (Scott), coconut shrimp (Jan), mahi mahi topped with lobster sauce and a jumbo shrimp (Robyn) and chile relleno topped with a lobster sauce, a jumbo shrimp and a shrimp enchilada (Bob).
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| Margarita Class with Jairo |
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| Margarita Class |
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| Xocolatl |
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| Xocolatl |
On Friday, we went to the pool and then decided to wander around town eating a various places for supper. We started at Tacos on the street but limited ourselves to 3 tacos each (Scott and I) and 2 for Jan and Robyn (not our usual 7-8 each). Delicious as usual and very hard not to order more. We then walked to El Asadero on main street and shared a BBQ plate of chorizo, chicken, flank steak, fried onions and refried beans. Delicious. We then wandered round town until we came across a little gem - La Ballena Blanca (The White Whale). You walk in and there is no roof, just tarp like sails stretched across various places. The menu is limited - Tacos (much like Tacos on the Street) - shrimp, marlin, fish - we tried the shrimp and marlin, both excellent, but the shrimp were better. We had some cervesas and a margarita (excellent). A band started playing at 8:30 (a half hour past our bed time), but we endured and the place was hopping. What a great little place! They only opened the previous Sunday and it is being run by a bunch of young adults and they were fantastic. I would recommend this place to everyone. It is owned by our waitress's father, but the building was once a restaurant owned by her grandfather which was destroyed by a hurricane a long time ago (hence no roof).
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| La Ballena Blanca |
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| La Ballena Blanca |
On Saturday, we had a spa day and had massages and pedicures. What a great day. We returned to Glorietta's for dinner. Ismael (my bro apparently) offered us a seafood feast. We jumped in. The huge platter came out with lobster, coconut shrimp, breaded shrimp, garlic shrimp, octopus, mussels, grilled mahi mahi, breaded mahi mahi, rice, baked potato and salad. We met 2 couples from Edmonton and they offered to show us their place at Punta Esmerelda one day. We then walked down to La Ballena Blanca for dessert - shrimp tacos and had some cervesas and margaritas. We wanted to support these great young ones in their new endeavor. Back to our place and in bed by 8:30. Can't party every night.
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