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Grimas

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  1. WTF with the speed limits on 307? Left Isla for a week in Akumal and made the drive down. Damn speed limit signs jump from 100 to 80 to 60 and back every kilometer. Not wanting to get pulled over as the car has rental stickers on it, I'm following the speed limits as all the other cars go flying by me... What a racket... SMH... oh - tropical wave hitting down here. Had 9 days of sun but looks like next few will be wet...
  2. Kids wanted Roosters again so we did that for breakfast. Drove to the southern part of the island then hit Bastos for an early dinner after snorkeling at GdC. Loved the salsas at Bastos and then brought up divorce with the wife when she asked the chef his "favorite" when we all ordered the arracherra and he said the"northern" version was his favorite. Basically the same steak but covered in green salsa and white cheese. - she said why don't you get it and we will share... she took one bite and said we weren't sharing... I did get a few sympathy bites from the kids and one from her... Damn fantastic steak! Anyone figure out how he seasons it? The green salsa water down the flavor of mine... I'm taking them all back tomorrow before we give up the golf cart so I can get an arrecherra for me... Driving around the island, I'm glad we are on north beach rather than in the middle or down south. I think we would feel trapped without stuff to just walk to... we'll see the family opinion when we move to Akumel next week with the slower vibe down there compared to here... Oh, shared complex wifi sucks at Nautibeach. Good luck trying to stream a movie at night... Need to find a sports bar on Hildago that will carry the baseball game tomorrow afternoon...
  3. Got a golf cart and drove the island today. So far, the best food was Roosters for breakfast and the Mayan Beach club for dinner (shrimp stuffed peppers, grilled octopus, grilled red snapper and coconut milk fish were the highlights).... Dopi's tacos were good but for lunch, not dinner (gluten intolerant kid in tow and no corn tortillas) Bally-Hoo's grilled fish was ok but I wouldn't return... Headed to the southern part of the island tomorrow with plans of Mango cafe for Brekkie and Bastos for dinner...
  4. Sitting on the patio overlooking North Beach right now with fam all crashed... was a bit of a pain getting here- mainly because SWA had an issues with the A/c on the Houston to Austin connection that gave us 10 minutes to make the Aus to Cancun connection, wife had to pee and they didn't turn off the seatbelt sign until the last 30 minutes of flight... Oldest "flight attendant" I've ever seen working the flight... Wife and kids calling me a hero after the dinner on the beach as the sun was setting at the Mayan beach club though... Damn good food and all crashed happy. Just an FYI - used my Chase Sapphire Reserve card and paid in pesos. Exchange rate in dollars was 15 to one if I paid in dollars on the bill when the "official rate" is close to 20. Waiter said they are better than the other places on Hildago.. Walked by Dopi's on the way to get some provisions at the grocery store and it was totally empty but will do it for lunch tomorrow. Actually all of Hildago was pretty empty around 8pm...
  5. Tomorrow...
  6. 6 days... Bastards on Houston news ran story about Cancun murders today that wife saw... of course she forgets the Thailand and Indonesia beach trips we took when we lived in Asia where people get mugged on the beach...
  7. Gate pull from Lowes
  8. I bought 2 black "gate handles" that were 10" between holes for my 22.5 and was able to use the existing bolts. Had to do some creative bending in a vice to make the tip of it to miss the upper lip of the drum and to get the holes to line up. Would have been easier if my golden retriever pup didn't steal one of the bolts...
  9. Kingsford Blue for 5.99 bag at Kroger (in the Woodlands)
  10. 17 days and counting...
  11. Went to my bank (BBVA) to buy some pesos and the rate was crap... 17 peso per $ when the current rate is over 19. Gonna try the place in Memorial City mall as they say the rates are closer to the real rates...
  12. I did a brisket this weekend and pulled it at 204 and I must have overlooked it as it felt like it was going to fall in half when I pulled it off and when I cut into the fatty end 2 hours later, it basically fell apart like pulled pork... still tasted fantastic but we were eating chopped beef rather than slices... it hung around 200 the last hour (fire was dying but still had 235ish at the top rack) but I never tested the meat for "softness" at that point and was just waiting on the probe to get to 204...
  13. Come on Peso - keep dropping... 19.47 to the Dollar - getting close to the 12 month low of 19.8ish...
  14. Ask your bank in the US to order some peso for you before you go. My BBVA branch said they need 3 days notice... Over 19 to 1 this week...
  15. I found a good deal on a nice condo on the northern part of Half Moon Bay which is the next Bay north of Acumel and next to a good cenote... the owner contacted me outside of VRBO and we were able to avoid the $75 "service charge" that VRBO charges by booking direct...
  16. On their website, it says you have a choice of pickup location and one is Pto. Juarez Ferry (but no actual address when you see the list of locations). When I has asked the lady running the chat on their website if I could get picked up by them at the ferry pier and taken to their downtown location (or the one in the Hotel Zone), she said I could just get the car at the pier. Maybe they bring the car to the pier???
  17. 7 days on Isla then headed south to Akumal and Puerto Aventuras for 5 more days... Need a car to get from the ferry to Akumal for the 2nd leg and to have down there to get around. American Car rental has an office at Puerto Juarez and I can drop it off at the airport location. When I tried to book via Chase, it only lists the airport location for dropoff/pickup with American and Chase site says nothing about the rental being "all-inclusive" (Chase Sapphire Preferred provides full coverage as a card benefit that I've had rental companies claim doesn't apply to them...) Trying to decide if it's worth the hassle to save a few bucks per the scenario mentioned above...
  18. Bingo! I bought a roll of the tape rather than the gasket kit as I can use the remaining tape on another smoker...
  19. I just bought some high temp gasket tape off amazon for $15 and put it around my existing door... Tape
  20. I was gonna rent a car from American Car rental with their all in cost of about $50/day picking up from the Isla ferry and dropping off at the airport. I then checked my Chase card and could rent the same car for 10/day but would have to pickup and drop off at the airport. Has anyone here used their miles to rent a car from American? If so, is that lower rate all inclusive? With my Chase card, rental insurance is covered by my card but I know a lot of places try to tell you the card insurance isn't valid... Even if I have to book a transfer van from the ferry to the airport location, I'd still be coming out ahead if I can indeed get the lower rate by booking thru Chase. I just don't want to have to deal with them if the rate isn't all inclusive if I was to book the cheaper rate thru Chase... Anyone have any experience doing this?
  21. That was a good one...
  22. Geese are bad but nothing compares to a pissed off swan...
  23. Saturday night had a bunch of Canadians wanting to do the Paino bar on 6th. Had a hard night on Friday night so bailed on most of my group who wanted to remain on 6th. A few of us walked down to Rainey after having walked past a bunch of places that were pretty dead on W. Congress. Not as happing as Friday night but ended up at Craft at the southern end of Rainey. The beer hall up the street closed at midnight (WTF?) but the guy I dealt with behind the bar knew his beers... he would have easily fit in at the old G&M Steakhouse with his attitude but was a hoot...
  24. So did the Clive Bar on the front deck overlooking the street and saw lots of eye candy with several bachelorette parties moving up and down the street on Friday night...
  25. Fly fish on the San Jaun below the base of the dam. Best fishing ever... rent a jeep and do some mining trails...
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