CancúnTom's Mexico

Pasteleteria…….new restaurant in Cancun

CancunTom — Sat, 04 May 2013 18:47:30 +0000

Saturday morning we attended the grand opening of a new restaurant in Cancun. It is across from the new Malecon park on the lagoon and behind the new part of the Plaza Las Americas Mall complex.

They are open for Breakfast, lunch, & Dinner

We were served an assortment of breakfast items, juices, coffee, tea and sweets.

The entry signage…..

The exposed kitchen and bakery counters…..

Goodies galore……

and more……

Pre-made salads to go…….

Chocolat’s………….yummy!

Gelato’s…….

Large high ceiling main dinning room from above…..

Wood carving of a bird in flight……

They will be having wine and cheese tastings in the near future upstairs featuring only wines made in Mexico

All the wines are nicely temperature controlled……

Glass enclosed children’s play room on the balcony…..

This is the cook staff…….this is a big place….

The wait staff…..all nicely uniformed……

The blackboard menus above the bakery and kitchen…..this one for their selection of salads, quiche, and torts

Sandwich menu……

cafe, and much much more…..

We had a great time and enjoyed all the delicious samples. This is a beautiful place and we wish them the most success.

Bob Marley

CancunTom — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:16:54 +0000

While vacationing in Nassau we stopped by the Bob Marley Resort & Spa to check out the gift shop and grounds……

The gates to the resort and spa

The entrance way to the gift shop

Inside of the gift shop

This is the driveway into the resort

A quiet corner of the grounds with pools of water in a natural setting

From the lobby looking out towards the ocean

This is the back of the resort with rooms facing the Caribbean and the pools

There is a Marley room with many of his gold, silver, & platinum album awards as well as pictures of him from back in the day.

His award winning album…..”Legend”

Seemed to be a very nice place to stay, small, quiet, and beautifully done.

Bahama Polly

CancunTom — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:02:02 +0000

Bahama Polly lives in the Nassau Zoo. She is a show-off as you will see in the video below…… (click on the parrot anywhere to start)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNipuZO0msA

Fly Board ???

CancunTom — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:50:34 +0000

Well, one afternoon we were sitting in Pancho Willy’s having a beer and nachos……and I noticed this guy flying above the water in the lagoon……

(Click anywhere on the first picture to start the video……)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N43yDb1lut8

Suzie checking out the flyboarder……dude

You place your feet in these boots and jump in…..

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I guess this 180 elbow either goes in the attending ski-doo or under water…..the water feeds into it and up the long red hose and a motor in the ski-doo pumps the water at high velocity pushing you into the air thru those two handles that you use to steer with ……..all new to me.

Sailing into the Isla Mujeres harbor….

CancunTom — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:49:47 +0000