We've just returned from a week in Cabo San Lucas. We try to visit twice a year, and we may make it three times this year if we plan right. In fact, we were there last December, at the end of February, and now in May!
We always stay at the Cascadas resort on Medano Bay. Our visit in January/February is at the invitation of my brother and sister-in-law who own six weeks in the Luna penthouse (a third floor, two-bedroom unit of only 6300 square feet with its own swimming pool). We also owned (until very recently) a humbler two-bedroom villa in December, and we have numerous certificates for a week's stay that we earned when purchasing various units in the past. We still have a couple of banked weeks on the books with the management company, too, so December's visit may be at a property in the Conchas Chinas area of Pto Vallerta. Last time we were in PV, we were on a Mexican Riviera cruise that stopped for the day.
Our time in Cabo was wonderful. We spent most days under a palapa on the beach eating/drinking/reading our time away. We did walk over to Sam's Club and the Super Walmart once for supplies, but ate most meals at the resort's restaurant - either under the palapa, in the open-air restaurant, or on the beach in the evening.
During our February visit, we sampled the restaurant at the rebuilt resort, The Hacienda, and found both the service and food quite good and reasonably priced, so we ate five dinners there during this visit. We were fast friends with the staff by the end of the week. The service slipped once or twice, and they got our drink order wrong one night (and wouldn't admit it), but they redeemed themselves on the last evening. So we'll be back next year! [Their signature dessert is a hand-made paper bag of churros served with both a chocolate and (our favorite) a caramel dipping sauce. Yummmy!]
We did take a couple of cooking classes and attended a couple of tequilla tastings (controlled pandemonium), but otherwise it was a week of sloth! In February the weather was a bit chilly - I frequently went to the beach wearing Levis and a shirt. This time the weather was better, although there was a strong wind each evening/night that tossed around the palm trees outside our villa. We stayed in a Malaga unit this time: a one-bedroom on two floors. Patio, Jacuzzi, living room, kitchen, and bath on the first floor; bedroom and bath on the second. And the first floor of the villa was on the third floor of the building, so we had a very good view of those tossing palm trees!
We flew from Mexico City and had arranged transportation from SMA to DF using a local shuttle company. We paid for the combination bus/car travel (car from SMA to QTO and a cushie bus on to DF). However, both coming and going we traveled by either car or a shuttle van - for the original price! A very comfy way to travel. Of course, we can't always be certain we won't be driven to/from the Queretero bus station, but it sure was a nice upgrade!
We're now back in SMA and working on our move to the new house. More on that later. It's food to be home!
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