DINNER 251: Friday, September 8, 2006

DINNER 251: Friday, September 8, 2006

Tonight’s buffet theme at the Barcelo Maya Caribe Resort was “Gala Buffet”, which seems to translate to “leftovers”, though they did have some unusual items like Beef Wellington (dried out), salmon, prime rib, mushroom voulavent, and a chocolate fountain. Dinner was tasty for the most part!

DINNER 252: Saturday, September 9, 2006

DINNER 252: Saturday, September 9, 2006

For this, our final dinner at Barcelo Maya Caribe Resort, we dined at Don Quixote, their Spanish restaurant. Antonio was our server and did a very good job with us. We started the meal with two glasses of sangria. Drew had a tapas plate with…

Television host Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin dead at 44

Television host Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin dead at 44

Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality was killed by a stingray while he was filming an underwater documentary. But is that the whole truth? Consult the picture below, taken in Mexico’s Mayan Riviera on September 8, 2006, for some shocking evidence to the…

DINNER 255: Tuesday, September 12, 2006

DINNER 255: Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Just a french-bread pizza and a green salad tonight because Wendy & I had to run to Home Depot to pick up a few things — a new doorbell to replace ours that finally died and some florescent light bulbs to replace those in our…

MEXICO 2006: Welcome new friends!

MEXICO 2006: Welcome new friends!

Hello to Edgar (an old friend), and new friends Steffi, Rosa, Mikey, Toro, Fernando, Tavo, Buddy, Jenny, Dawn, Jon, Tasha, Craig, Jochen, Daniel, Sandy, Jim, Marta, Flavia, Jimena, and the others! It was our sincere pleasure to meet each of you during our trip to…