Thursday, February 25, 2010

No, you haven't missed anything. Wednesday was a nothing day with clouds, winds and some rain so we just hung out. They even moved Mexican Night dinner in the palapa into an indoor meeting room.

Thursday, turned into a beautiful day, almost cloudless with lots of sun and not too much wind. Late in the norning we walked up to the beach, just a short five minute walk. The beach here is beautiful. We are used to the beaches on Long Beach Island and their beauty. Here, they are wide with fine white sand. Even on a good day, there is always plenty of room to spread out. There are beach chairs and drinks can be ordered. There are multi-storied hotels and time-share buildings along the coast. Notice the pictures below.

Thursday evening we had dinner at Carloos and Charlie's. It is a big bar-restaurant that seems to cater to the younger crowd (At least younger than we are). Loud music, waiters in a dancing line, sombreros for all, people making hats, etc out of balloons, etc. It was interesting but the food wasn't extraordinary, so we enjoyed ourselves, but won't go back. While there, we saw the finals of the Olympic Women's Ice Hockey. Canadian women beat the US. From what we saw of the two teams and individuals, the US women seemed to be sore losers. They accepted their medals with little grace. Second, the silver medal, isn't such a bad deal!

Friday, we just hung out and spent quite a good deal of time in the palapa chatting with the other members and partaking in happy hour. We are partial to Mud Slides.

Friday evening, we did the theme dinner at the Club which was French. The only thing French about the whole deal was the French onion soup. The meal wasn't bad, but certainly not French nor up to French standards. We do know a bit about them.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Since we did very little today that you might be interested in, let me tell you about our accommodations. We have a two-week time share in Cancun called the Cancun Clipper Club. It was one of the first time-shares in Cancun and Alexandria bought it over 20 years ago when all of the new places here were non-existant. Unlike most of the places here that are on the beach, we are located on the lagoon. The resort area of Cancun is located on an island (see the picture on the website linked above) It runs parallel to the mainland and at the point where it turns toward the left and toward the old city, you can find the Clipper Club opposite the new Converntion Center. It is in a wonderful location right in center of a lrge number of restaurants, shops, night clubs (if you are interested in this). The beach is only a short distance away. More of the beach later..

The Clipper Club has about 75 rooms (apartments) which are mainly time -shares, but there also some rentals. The grounds are well-cared for with many opportunities to lounge on the lawns or around the pool.

Photos show the entrance of the property, some of the resisences around the pool, and a promenade along the lagoon.

A few more photos of the area.

The deck around the pool at the palapa restaurant, our dining area, the two of us in the palapa.

This evening we went to our favorite restaurant in Cancun. It is called Mocambo and it sits right on the ocean beachfront. Its is a lovely place to dine with good food and drink. We had a table right on the edge of the water and had the waves breaking right in front of us. We had a delicious meal of some of the retaurant's specialties. It was only a short walk back to the Clipper Club.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Our usual habit here is to get up at a leisurely pace, shower and dress and have breakfast in the room We have a fridge, utensils, and a microwave so we can have toast, fruit, yogart, milk, tea, etc in the room. We then do some chores or some reading and have a bit of lunch in the palapa (which is a thatch-covered space). We usually have a bowl of the very good soups that they serve such as seafood, tortilla, beans with pork, chicken. With a few slices of bread, it is a good lunch that keeps us going until supper. Here is the palapa.

We went into the old town of Cancun by bus to get some provisions for breakfast for the week. You would never guess where we shopped. We could have gone to Sam's Club but since we weren't members, we settled for Walmart. Yes, they have an immense store with everything you could imagine. Many familiar brands, but also many Mexican ones. Lots of good fresh fruit and a wide selection of breads and pastries. We got our week's supply and headed back on the bus. It's convenient to get to and much cheaper than the small convenience stores (OXXO) located in the hotel/tourist area. We'll talk more about the old town later on. This evening we had dinner at Ray's, the complex restaurant under the palapa. It was Italian night. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, they have a theme dinner. More about our complex tomorrow.

Cancun in 2010

Sunday, February 21, 2010.

We arrived late last night in Cancun for a twenty day stay here in our time share. We have two weeks here every year but we tend to trade the two weeks for another location every other year. The prevous post was our trade in Malaga, Spain last year and now we are here in Cancun for the regular time.

Our plane arrived at 23:15 and by the time we got to the Clipper Club, checked in, and got ready for bed, it was 1 am (CST). We got up late this morning and had breakfast in the Palapa restaurant called Ray's. After, we went out and did some shopping for a few provisions. We ran into friends of ours from previous years, Kingsley and Janet and had a nice chat. We went out to visit another old friend, see the photo below.




He has been here for many years. Our place faces the lagoon here as opposed to the sea. Bathing is not allowed in the lagoon because of our friend and his relations. After relaxing the rest of the afternoon, we had dinner at one of the small local restaurants across from the hotel complex.