So Lemme Tell Ya...

 

Cabo was FANTASTIC!

We stayed at a resort called The LeBlanc, and everything about the place was just great!  The staff was efficient and VERY friendly, the room was big, modern, and spotless with a balcony overlooking the resort and the ocean, the weather was great, the drinks were equally great, and the food - oh, man, the food was the best! When we first got their one of the two butlers who were assigned to us - that's right, BUTLERS! - told us that in his opinion the best place to have breakfast was at The Ocean Restaurant, which is off to the right in this picture and sits on the oceanfront.  

And man, he wasn't wrong!  The first morning there I had an omelette which was perfect, and the next morning I figured I'd try the French Toast.  When the waiter brought it to me, this is what he brought:

Have you EVER seen French Toast that looked like that?  It was covered with a mixture of sugar and cinammon, was light as a feather on the inside, and the fruit/cream mixture was just heavenly!  It was so good I had it the next morning as well!

As you can see from the first picture, the resort has 4 pools, 2 of which have a swim-up bar attached.  But there was no need to go get your own drinks because each pool had at least two staff members there who would bring you anything you wanted whenever you wanted it!  Food, drink, water, suntan lotion, whatever you wanted, they'd bring it!  And they were the friendliest people I'd seen since our vacation in Cancun last year.  

But without a doubt, to me the best thing about the resort was the food.  To be honest, I wasn't all that impressed with the food at the resort in Cancun last year, but the resort this year made up for it!  We had a pizza at the pizza restaurant that was easily one of the best pizzas I've ever had, and that includes the ones I had when I lived in New Jersey.  The burgers from room service were absolutely delicious, the fries were just as good, and the lobster we had on our next to last night there was out of this world!

But I gotta warn you, though, the Mexicans have an entirely different definition of 'hot' when it comes to peppers and sauces!  Now I love hot stuff and can't get enough of it, so when the pizza came and the waitress brought the small container of ground-up pepper like they usually do, I figured that this stuff would be about as lame as the ground up pepper you get at Pizza Hut.  So I ladled that shit on, took a bite, and holy shit!  I have three standards for hotness - for something to be considered hot it's got to make your nose run, your eyes water, and make you sweat.  I have very rarely encountered this in most of the hot sauces I've tasted here in the states.

I hit all three within 30 seconds with that ground up pepper in Mexico!  And you'd think I would have learned my lesson the next day when I went to get some soft tacos from the poolside stand, ladling on the hot sauce like it was nothing.

Wrongo!  I hit all three again in just about the same time period!  So if you ever go to Mexico and want to have their hot sauce or hot peppers, you've been warned!

So for five days Gina and I spent the day sunning and swimming, drinking pina coladas, rum and cokes, spicy margaritas (and yes, it was!), and banana daiquiris, just relaxing and taking it easy.  Neither of us wanted to leave, but all good things have to come to an end, and this was no different.

Last year it was Cancun, this year it was Cabo.  And next year?

ARUBA.

I can't wait!

Deo Vindice

IHC