Mexico Trip Report-Day 6

Goooooooooood Morning Isla Mujeres!!! Today is the day we will golfcart AGAIN…but this time, I have my two missing items with me.


1. My Hubby
2. A working camera!!!!

Three cheers… Hip Hip Hurray…Hip Hip Hurray…Hip Hip Hurray!!!

We went to a little French Bistro for breakfast. Yum!!! I got some kind of breakfast sandwich that was amazing, and Aurelio got the waffles… Great little place. (Now that I am thinking about it, I loved all of the food so much on this trip that I wish I took pics of all the entrées. Next time for sure!

This orange kitty greeted us every morning AND every night walking home. Michael really took to this cat. Not sure what he named the cat, but we really liked him!

We went to Punta Sur…again. Aurelio loved it, and so did I. We walked through the garden and all down the side of the island tip. On the way to Punta Sur, there is a tiny airport that houses small personal planes and helicopters. After the airport comes my favorite part….the tiny houses that obviously were at the bottom of the food chain here in Isla. One of my passions of photography is to take something “out of the norm” and make it beautiful. While working in the NICU, I really enjoyed taking pictures of the babies that passed. The families would approach me and ask me to do this for them. The pictures always turn out beautiful. Same with cemeteries…and also the same with this strip of very poor houses. These are some of my favorites.

This is what the speed bumps in Isla look like. We quickly learned that people call them tities... LOL Here is a tripple titty. We also saw a double titty and a quadrouple titty! (Immature, I know, but still funny)

The elementary school on the island.

After passing the lower part of Isla, you come to an obvious more wealthy area. These houses were huge and amazing. It almost seems as though you ever have money…or you don’t. There aren’t too many houses that are “middle class”.

The Grass House.

Candace pointed out that this is NEW construction. I know it looks old and run down, but I'm sure in a few months it will be stunning!

Talk about a privacy fence.....geez

This is actually the shape of the island...4 times. The very top triangle part is Playa Norte...where our condos are. And obviously the very bottom is Punta Sur...where this sculpture garden is.

Here is the Mayan Temple. It says "Don't touch" ...but we did... (no pregnancy here...damn Goddess Ixchel)

This says "You are standing on the easternmost point in Mexico! "Cliff of Dawn" is the first part of our country to be touched by the sun's rays every morning. Come back early enough tomorrow and you can tell everyone that you were literally the FIRST person in Mexico to see the sun that day"

We swang by the Villa La Bella for a beer…The sign explains it all. Yes, our beer was cold!

Some more of the southern part of the island...

Then we went to the Soggy Peso for some wings and beer. Even Peso himself was there to greet us. Cute little doggie.

This place had signs everywhere!!! I mean, EVERYWHERE!!

The wings were fantastic and so was the company! The bartenders there were beyond friendly and love entertaining the newbies. I went to the ladies room, and when I came out, I naturally started washing my hands…I feel something on top of my head, so I look up, and let out a small scream. It was a fake spider on a string… I fell for it! Aurelio knew about this so he had the camera ready. Jerk! Ha ha ha

We made a few more stops looking around on the island before we wanted a snack. We headed down to the pier/ferry for some guacamole. There were tons of boats docked that day. They all had names on the back of them..this is the one we liked the best.

We began to walk down the pier when this man was running by...His shirt said "Photo" so I said, "Alto" and snapped a photo of him. In broken English he says, "No no no, I photo you". Ha ha ha, well I thought it was funny, and I think the photo turned out hilarious! Gracias Senor!

We then went to the baseball field on the island and then over to our last stop of the day…Jax.

We turned the cart in and decided to walk through town for our last souvenir purchases. We got a spoon holder for the stove at home, and I got a ring! Woo hoo…took a little bit of negotiating, but we talked the guy down from 55 USD to 25 USD! Good job honey!

Busy day, but so glad that Aurelio attended this golf cart tour!

More Pics from the last day.....

Mexico Trip Report-Day 5

We woke up around 10 am….Finally a full nights sleep. C&M went scuba diving early in the morning, so we were just going to meet them at Como No for breakfast. I ordered migas, but didn’t eat any of them because as soon as they put the plate in front of me…I, out of no where, started feeling sick. Not because of the food, but just out of no where…So I didn’t eat breakfast that morning. Instead I had a glass of water and some tummy medicine. Yum...


We headed down to the beach to relax and lay out. We didn’t take many pictures this day because we really just wanted to relax. Candace went up to take a nap and Aurelio, Michael and I went to the pool until 5:30ish.

This was a party boat from Cancun. Usually they don't "dump" the passengers off on the Caribbean side of Isla, but this particular boat did. This was the ONLY boat the entire week that we saw come to this side. Trust me, if everyone that did a booze cruise knew how beautiful this side of the island is, then they would ALL start coming. Not good news. Attention booze cruisers...stay on the bay side!!! (look at me, being an island snob already)

We had dinner reservations at a place called Olivia’s at 7, so up to the condo we went to get ready.


From the website:

Welcome to Olivia, Tastes from the Mediterranean.

Israeli couple Lior Ben-shafrut Zelzer and Yaron Zelzer have introduced their culture and traditional flavors to the enchanting island of Isla Mujeres, Mexico in a wonderful fusion of Moroccan, Greek, Bulgarian and Turkish influenced cuisine. Olivia is a mélange of cultural recipes of the couples parents and grandparents. After living in Isla Mujeres for four years and missing the variety of flavors and home-cooked meals they grew up with in Israel, Lior and Yaron decided to bring some of their home to the island and recreate the recipes their Mothers and Grandmothers handed down to them, which was not a simple task, to say the least.

The result is Olivia, a refreshingly diverse restaurant with a loyal following of both local residents and visitors to Isla Mujeres. Everything served at Olivia is homemade “from scratch” daily. From the delicious selections of freshly baked bread to the unique spices and seasonings used to flavor the freshest produce, fish and meats. Lior and Yaron pay homage to the home cooked food their Mothers and Grandmothers so lovingly brought to the table.

All I can say is that it was AMAZING!!! Everything we ordered was outstanding! That will be a place that we continue to go to every time we visit the island.

There was live music at Café del Mar again, so we headed that direction to have some drinks under the stars and with the beautiful huts all around. The stupid iPhone always comes in handy…I say stupid, because I use to make fun of it, and ever since I got one for myself, in 2008…I LOVE it. Anyway, I have an app called iParty, and its basically the game CatchPhrase. Great party game…We sat in the dark, listened to live music, enjoyed the drinks, and played this game for several hours.

Time to turn it…

A half way island snob,
Me