Perfect Margarita Two Different Ways

Mexican Vacation and Margarita are almost synonyms. We will give you two ways to make the perfect Margarita. Both of them come out ten times better than using Margarita or Sweet and Sour Mix.

The first one is a simple recipe for use in the U.S. or Canada if you want make one at home to get you in the mood for Mexico.

• 6 ounces of frozen limeade
• 6 ounces of tequila
• 3 ounces of triple sec

All you do is dump the ingredients into a blender and fill with ice. Blend until smoot. Add a little bit of water if needed to thin it to pouring texture.

Some people like to add a little powdered sugar. I personally don’t think it needs it.

Recipe Number Two

If you want more authentic or if you are vacationing (say in a MayanRental luxury suite ) here is a recipe for you. If your vacation rental has a blender, there’s a good chance you’ll find a lime squeezer in a utensil drawer somewhere. Check out the picture for a little help in what to look for.   Next up is a shopping trip. For each batch you will need:

• 2 limes
• ½ cup of tequila
• ¼ cup of triple sec
• 4 tablespoons of powdered sugar

Look for one of the larger grocery stores and find a quality Tequila (price really does mean something). You will definitely need powdered sugar for this recipe , plus triple sec (any licor naranja will do) and, limes take the place of the limeade in our first recipe.

But don’t act like a gringo. DO NOT get limas. Those are only for cooking food like the Yucatecan sopa de lima. Lime soup, De Lima, get it?

The word for limes is limon (say “lee-moan”). The word for lime and lemon is the same, so you should specify limon verde (green limon). Don’t say “Vur-dee” or you will get a blank stare from the nice person in the grocery store. Say “bare-day” and they you will be on the way to the check out.

Now for that squeezer you found earlier. We’re not embarrassed to say it took us a few tries to figure out this gadget (o.k. maybe a little embarrassed). You’ll be a step ahead. The best we can figure is those little holes aren’t for the juice to come out of; they are there so that squeezing the lime doesn’t create a suction and make it stick in the squeezer. Just cut the limes in half and squeeze them over the blender. Not too many though. 2 limes (four halves) are all it takes for ¾ of a blender of frozen margaritas. Add ½ cup of tequila, ¼ cup of triple sec and 4 heaping tablespoons powdered sugar (more or less to taste). Didn’t bring your measuring spoons with you? Just give a generous guess, hey, you’re on vacation. Last up is ice to fill the blender ¾ full, then blend away. If you need to add a little extra sugar here, you still can, then gently stir or blend in. Are you more of an “on the rocks” purist? Play around with the above recipe, all the great bartenders do.

Arriba!!

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Not much to our final day.  We got up to another splendid mexican sunrise and had breakfast at our favorite spot one last time.  You guessed it: Balche.  Then we checked out which was fast and totally painless.   We opted to take the shuttle from the resort back to the airport (150 pesos/person) which was totally worth it.  Then we flew home without incident.

Overall, Grand Mayan Riviera Maya was one of the best vacations I ever took.  I would recommend it to any adventure seeker or someone seeking rest and relaxation alike.

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So our sixth day had a little hiccup.  We had been enjoying ourselves so much that we decided to go (voluntarily) to one of the timeshare presentations.  When you first get to Grand Mayan and Mayan Palace (at any of their locations) they will offer a 10% discount on everything you spend during that week plus special discounts on the tour company present at their location.  So along with that and sincere interest in finding out how to invest in some weeks for ourselves we signed up.

It started off ok.  They take you to breakfast at Del Lago (the more expensive buffet).  They tell you it will be only 90 minutes and no pressure.  It was more than 90 minutes.   Unless you are willing to spend some extra time or are willing to simply walk out, you might want to give it a miss.

So after that we spent the rest of the day laying by the pool and then had another wonderful dinner at Havana Moon.

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Another great day that started off by taking a walk of the beautiful Grand Mayan grounds.

Then another breakfast at Balche.   The thing that makes the breakfasts there good is that they are cheaper than Del Lago and you can eat as much as possible.  Plus there are lots of different options.  I didn’t get any pictures, but they have breads, fruits, veggies, eggs, meats, everything!

Then we spend the afternoon laying by the pool again.

And we finished our day with our second meal at Havana Moon.  It was excellent food again, which is why we came back.  We really enjoyed this place.  It had american, asian, pizza, and mexican.

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This morning started with a trip to see the crocodiles and flamingos that they have here at the Grand Mayan/Mayan Palace Riviera Maya.

Then we hit breakfast at Balche again. Then we laid by the pool all day again.  It was very relaxing and the mudslide for lunch was a real treat.

Then we ate at Green Break for dinner.  They do mostly Mexican cuisine for dinner and we tried the tacos.  They were great.  You could get 3 or 5 tacos and I got 5 and was stuffed when I was done.  The service was prompt and the dining was all open air (by that I mean covered, but no walls).  I definitely recommend trying this place at least once on your visit as it is fairly economical!

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Our third day we decided to try one of the other restaurants for breakfast.  We found Balche (which I mentioned yesterday in my Day 2 review) which is the restaurant by the pool.  For breakfast they also do a buffet (just like Del Lago).  The different is that this one is $14 instead of $19 and we couldn’t find anything that was missing.  So definitely try this one if you want to save a little money.  The food and service were nearly identical.  The only difference was that Del Lago is a bit more secluded where Balche is right by the pool.  It was great for us, but I suppose everyone is different.

The pool that Balche is by is right by the beach as well which is where Brio is located.  Brio is the fitness center on the Grand Mayan and Mayan Palace grounds.  This is a great place to work out if you want to while on vacation.  Unless you are an owner or a guest of an owner it will cost you $8/person/day.

Our day was filled with more laying by the pool and we also enjoyed a little liquid lunch.  From 11 am – 1 pm each day the bartenders walk around each pool and take drink orders for happy hour.  That’s right happy hour from 11 am – 1 pm.  Almost all of the drinks are buy one get one free.  The only catch is that in order to get one free it has to be the same as your paid drink.  That usually wasn’t a problem for us, but just be warned that if you order 2 different drinks and ask for the happy hour special you will get 4 drinks!

We finished our day with a nice dinner at Tramanto, the Italian restaurant on the property.  We set up a reservation since we were told they were required and also dressed in business casual.  When we arrived we found that they don’t stick to either of those too much.  However, just to be safe I would recommend both!

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Day 2 was epic.  It started at 3:30 am when the entire coast of Riviera Maya lost power including the Grand Mayan.  It ended up being OK though since we slept until about 8 am.  Then I went to the front desk which was running on generator and they were both very kind and helpful.  They told us it would be about an hour until the power was back.

Since we had time to kill, we decided to go to Del Lago for breakfast.  For 240 pesos (about $18.87 as of this writing) we got a delicious and very filling breakfast.  In fact it was the start of a trend that lasted most of our trip.  We ate breakfast and then didn’t eat again until dinner.  The food was a combination of Mexican/American breakfast foods in a buffet style.  It was spectacular.

After breakfast we went back to our room and the power was restored so we got ready for the day and went out to lay by the pool.  There were three totally separate pool areas.  The 2 smaller were reserved for Grand Mayan guests and the largest one (at least 10 times bigger than both Grand Mayan pools combined) for Mayan Palace.  Tons of available chairs and lots of sun to be soaked up.  The weather was about 80 degrees Fahrenheit each day and the the resort employees kept telling us it was a cold streak for them.

After a day by the pool we decided to go check out the restaurants:

• Gong – Asian American  (reservations and business casual dress required)
• Tramanto – Italian (reservations and business casual dress required)
• Havana Moon – A little of everything
• Del Lago – Buffet style with a different dinner theme each night
• Balche – A bit of everything by the pool
• Green Break – Mexican by the golf course

We decided to eat at Havana Moon for our first night.  It was excellent.  Great food overlooking the ocean with great, prompt service.  So ended a great second day in Riviera Maya.

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Today we are doing something new at MayanRental.com: a blog about my trip to Riviera Maya and stay at the Grand Mayan Riviera Maya.  So let me start by introducing myself: I’m Chris and I’ll be your tour guide through Riviera Maya for the next 7 days.  A bit of disclosure is that I work on the website for John so I am a bit biased, but I’ll try to be as honest as possible.  However, remember these are just my opinions, but I hope to share a bit of what it’s like to take a trip to Grand Mayan Riviera Maya booked through MayanRental.com.  So sit back and enjoy!

Everything started off great.  I went to MayanRental.com (welcome, by the way!) and put in an availability inquiry and I had my response within 43 minutes.  Now the response isn’t always that quick, but we do our best here at MayanRental.com.  It was a painless transaction.

So we took off for Mexico this morning.  The flight was smooth, peanuts salty and landing in Cancun was much hotter than where we left from.  We stepped off the plane and went down the escalator weren’t prepared for what we saw next: about 3000 of our closest friends waiting to pass through customs.  After 1.5 hours we made it through the line.  However, we were worried that our MayanRental.com transportation (they pick you up at the airport and take you to the resort for free) wouldn’t be there any more.  We exited the airport and after a while of not seeing our representative a person pointed us in the direction of where they usually stand.  Sure enough they were there waiting for us!  They loaded up our bags and we had about a 30 minute ride to Grand Mayan Riviera Maya.

At that point it was about 9pm and my wife and I decided to order room service.  We were told it would be about 30 minutes later, but no longer than 15 minutes later we were sharing an order of fajitas which were excellent and enough for two.  The room service menu was extensive and had a lot of variety which is really nice if you decide you just want to stay in and eat some good food.

Well that’s it for Day 1 which was mostly a travel day.  Much more coming tomorrow!

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No, the Acapulco Mayan Palace and Acapulco Grand Mayan do not provide free transportation to the resort. We are not sure why this resort is the exception. In any case, it is best to catch a taxi for the short 10 minute ride to the resort. Make sure you specify Acapulco Grand Mayan or Acapulco Mayan Palace so they drop you at the right reception area. The taxi rate isn’t bad, maybe $20 or so.

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HOLD IT !!! This post is out of date. There are now two bedroom suites in Acapulco !! See The Mayan Palace Acapulco announcement.

This The Acapulco Mayan Palace is in the middle of renovation / rebuilding. In the meantime, only the rooms with one bedroom suites, known as Junior suites are available. This is the case at least through 2010. The advantage to you is that you can get two one bedroom suites in the same week or a one bedroom suite for two consecutive weeks for the price of a two bedroom. We can also get you a single one bedroom suite for a $200 discount. Take advantage now, these deals last only until the new units are ready.

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