Walking About Playa

[lovbuds]

Libby - what a great idea - thanks so much. Your pictures are awesome! Like someone else said - a mini trip report!! January seems like so long ago and your pictures are enough to put me back in Playa! It gives me something to look forward to in the mornings before work.

Nancy

[HAWKEYE]

Libby, this is a great idea again.
Look foward to it.
Are you getting a little workout
or are you going at a leisurely pace on
your walks?
Craig.

[PlayaLove]

Thanks again Libby for sharing your pictures,we all love what you are doing keep it up.

[psa24]

I LOVE this thread!!!

[Libby]

Originally Posted by HAWKEYE

Libby, this is a great idea again.
Look foward to it.
Are you getting a little workout
or are you going at a leisurely pace on
your walks?
Craig.

Well, with all the picture taking, I'm certainly not getting a cardiovascular workout. But it's more exercise than I get being glued to my computer screen all day long. So, it's all good.

Thanks for the kind words everyone! I work from home, so this gives me a good excuse to get out of the house more during the day. The pictures I post are so everyday and commonplace to me that I worry it's too boring. So, I'm glad to hear that you guys are enjoying this! And I will keep it up!

Tomorrow, we hit the beach!

[TEX]

Originally Posted by Libby

Tomorrow, we hit the beach!

[John]

I had a business meeting in Playacar yesterday, so I snapped a few photos while I was out and about.

Garden at Xaman Ha Condominiums:


The outside of Playacar Palace isn't too scenic (basically a drop-off circle), but their wall was a little more interesting:


Entrance to Playacar Phase 1:


The other side of that modern new shopping mall they are building at the entrance of Playacar Phase 2. This is the view from Plaza Antigua:


The south entrance to Paseo del Carmen:


A new restaurant on Juarez called Cholula Life, right off of 5th Avenue:


The morning food carts on Juarez and 5th Avenue:


Souvenir shop on Juarez, near restaurant Cholula Life:


Fountain at 5th Avenue and Constituyentes:


George and Dragon is for sale. Anyone interested in owning their own British Pub in Playa del Carmen?

[aineetiny]

[quote=John;29230]I had a business meeting in Playacar yesterday, so I snapped a few photos while I was out and about.



The morning food carts on Juarez and 5th Avenue:


MMMMMMMMMM.....I CAN SMELL/TASTE THE TACOS AS WE SPEAK!!!!
Tomorrow morning...Playa bound...AT last!!!
Nos vemos en Playa
AInee

[marissab]

Libby and John,

Soooo happy ya'll are out and about in the mornings AND doing these great reports for us!

Thank you so very very much!

- Marissa

[Libby]

Today, we set out to have lunch at Bad Boys for their Wednesday special, Southern Fried Chicken. We had been planning this ever since we realized we missed it last Wednesday! There's no real fried chicken around these parts, so I was totally psyched when I learned that Bad Boys had it on their menu. Upon arrival, I asked the waiter if they truly did had Southern Fried Chicken today. He assured me that they were serving today's special. Yes! I could already taste the crunchy, greasy goodness!

We ordered margaritas. The marg on the left is a small marg on the rocks with fresh lime juice and Don Julio. At $50 pesos, it was quite tasty. On the right, is the standard marg -- large, frozen, house tequila, $70 pesos. Tasted pretty nasty IMO, but John managed to drink it down.


After the margaritas arrived, we were informed that there was in fact no fried chicken. Major bummer! So, we sat back and enjoyed the view while we pondered our next move.




After finishing our margaritas, we got on with the walk heading south along the beach from Bad Boys.



The Blue Parrot advertising their 11pm fire show.


Lifeguard station


Smiley face parasailing


The beach is not an ashtray!


Walking back north:

Las Ruinas beach club





Bang Beach Club


Hobie cat near Fusion Hotel

[Libby]

What exactly is a chirophysic?


Mosquito Beach club


Residences El Faro


That's $179,900 for ocean view, ocean front! Sound too good to be true? Well, silly, that's for fractional ownership!


At least they left this well-known landmark standing when they tore down the El Faro Hotel.




The beach is nice and wide here.


Zenzi Bar & Beach Club



Not sure what they're installing here on Calle 10 between El Faro and Corto Maltes. Looks interesting.


Corto Maltes


Late lunch at Babe's


Limonmenta - Frozen limeade with mint, very refreshing!


Sesame Chicken


Thai Chicken Salad

[ycraig]

Great pics thanks. 8 days to go

[TEX]

I just love this thread. Thanks for taking the time to post these, John & Libby. You guys are teh bestest!!

[psa24]

Thanks for the photos. I am so glad to see the beach in front of El Faro is so wide and beautiful. This is where we usually hang. Did you happen to notice a lot of construction noise coming from El Faro?

[PlayaLove]

Thanks again libby for the great pictures you to John. I sure would love to sit down at Babes for dinner tonight...YUMMMMMY

[John]

For over 2 years we've lived right next to something being built, torn down, or renovated. For the most part, we are able to tune it out. Therefore, I unfortunately can't say whether the construction noise at El Faro was loud or obnoxious. I didn't notice any.

However, from my experience, the loudest construction noises are when they are working on the inside of the buildings. This is when they use a power saw to cut through metal, concrete, plastic, etc. It appears that they are still weeks, if not months, away from that phase of development.

[psa24]

Thanks! Let's hope they're more than 2 months away from that phase. The reason I asked is when we were there in November it was fairly loud. They were doing a lot of drilling and demolition it seemed.