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| North Beach early in the morning before the crowds arrive |
Yes, the beaches of Isla Mujeres are some of
the best in the world, and swimming in the clear turquoise Caribbean Sea is extraordinary,
but, the island party scene is just good fun.
Great drinks. Music &
dancing, all day and into the early hours of the next day.
We all have our favourites, but there are literally
dozens of places you can find good drinks and great music on the island. Places
to spend a lazy afternoon, after working on your tan in the morning. Places to
enjoy an evening meal and listen to great music. And places to dance, dance,
dance the night away.
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| Lawrie and my great-nieces with the giant Margs |
You can’t go wrong with Ballyhoo’s, for food,
drinks, and atmosphere.
Located on the beach, behind the PeMex gas station on
Rueda Medina they have in our opinion the best sunset location on the island.
Depending on the time of day or the month the view includes the comings and
goings of a variety of boats; the big and sexy sport-fishing boats, the modest
little open deck pangas, the catamaran
jet-drive passenger boats or the slow and plodding car ferry. The best way to
start a party is with one of their eye-popping big Margaritas.
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| Soggy Peso |
And of course everyone thinks of the Soggy
Peso when you mention killer Margaritas.
The big jug on the bar counter-top contains
their special recipe, made with four bottles of tequila, four bottles of orange
Controy, and the words freshly squeezed lime
juice whispered over the blend. The Margs are strong and tasty.
Typically
customers are happy with one, or if they are feeling frisky maybe two
Margaritas, however the record is twelve plus two to go.
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| Jeff Current with customer, Cathy, who joined in |
In the winter season local
entertainer Jeff Current gets the crowd dancing to favourite tunes, during his
Isla Animals fundraiser nights.
Watch out for the Soggy Peso’s pet spider
located above the sink! It likes to drop
down for a visit with unsuspecting newbies.
The Soggy Peso is a perfect mix of silly
fun, great songs, good food and killer drinks. When they are at capacity, the
gate is closed.
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| The Joint - on an island tour with family |
At the southern end of the island near Garrafon
Natural Reef Park, is The Joint Reggae Bar n Grill. It’s another good venue for
a pleasurable afternoon listening to live music every day from 1 until 4 in the
afternoon plus on Thursday, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 5 until 8 in
the evening. It’s an enjoyable halfway-stop
when touring around the island with visitors or on your own. We’ve heard the
food is awesome, but we haven’t tried it yet. Just too many choices and not
enough time.
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| Slow Down Food & Art FB photo |
On the windward side of the island are a few
more of our favourite places to eat, drink and be merry. (Or is that eat, drink
and get married?) The newest is Slow
Down Food and Art, located in the front of Antonio Fabre’s intriguing art
studio. They have a limited but very tasty menu of sliders, Argentinean-style empanadas,
and salads. It’s a tiny, two-person operation perched on the edge of the road,
across from a gorgeous view of the sapphire-blue water. Open from 11 in the
morning until 8 at night, except Sundays, or when they are in Cancun getting immigration
papers sorted-out or when the chef is sick ….. you, know it’s Mexico, they are
open, except when they’re not.
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| Villa la Bella photo |
And of course don’t forget Villa la Bella for
their Cadillac Margaritas with a shot of Grand Marnier on the side. They also
serve the prettiest Pina Coladas on the island, or maybe in all of Mexico.
That’s
the place with the well-known ‘beer so cold it will make your teeth hurt’ sign.
The award winning bed and breakfast has a bar open to the public, unless they
are at capacity then the gate is closed. The location is spectacular, the
drinks yummy and the view is killer beautiful.
In the same neighbourhood is Caribbean Brisas
Bar and Grill, with its colourful atmosphere, live music and delicious food. We
have always enjoyed their amazing menu choices.
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| Caribbean Brisas Marg - FB photo |
A recent addition to their drink
choices includes Margaritas made with ingredients like cucumber, chaya, mint,
or habanero. Now you can get a buzz while drinking your veggies! It has to be good for you, right?
There are more, dozens more, but all this
talk of food and beverages is making us hungry and thirsty. Time to grab the
keys and head out to an old favourite, or maybe try something different.
And when you’ve had just too much fun, you
can regenerate your liver cells while soaking up the tropical sun on those
sugar-white beaches and gazing at the turquoise sea.
Hasta Luego
Lynda & Lawrie
Ahoy maties!
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