Fat Tuesday in Cancun Open Again

Last August I made this post concerning the famous Fat Tuesday closing down. I’m pleased to see that it has now reopened but at a different location. The manager emailed me a month or two ago to let me know and invited me for a daiquiri there, so the least I could do was tell everyone that it is open again!

Fat Tuesday is now located at Embarcadero, which is right by the tall observation tower and next to where the pirate ships depart from at Km 4.5 or so. The new place is smaller and not on the beach, but it’s a nice location to watch the sun go down and see the watercraft as they cross from the lagoon to the ocean. As far as I can tell it’s the exact same concept as the old place, they are also part of the 2 for 1 meals discount card so check it out next time you’re in the area.

Sea Lice in Cancun

Every year, between the months of March and August, Cancun is affected by a phenomenon called “sea lice”.

These little beasties are not lice at all, rather they are the microscopic larvae of the thimble jellyfish. The larvae get between your skin and your bathing suit and cause large red welts to appear that itch like crazy. Given that it’s the areas that your swimsuit hides that are affected it’s not nice at all.

Last week we were doing one of our regular booze cruises to Isla Mujeres and we came across about twenty or so ribbons of the adult jellyfish, you can see one pictured above left. The ribbons were about 6-10 feet wide and stretched as far as the eye could see. 

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Oops – no posts for 3 months!

Looks like I’ve let things slip again.

I thought I’d better get a couple of entries in before the end of the month as it’s been 3 months since I last updated. I’ve said it before and, no doubt I’ll let things go again, but I am going to try to post more often. The blog is still receiving around 60/100 visits a day so I ought at least write something for people to read.

I think part of the problem was I was writing too many long entries and messing around editing and uploading photos and videos. A “quick” 10 minute post often ended up taking half an hour or more, and became a bit of a chore.

I’ll try to post shorter more snappy articles and not insist on a photo with almost every post, as I used to. In fact, I’m going to set up half a dozen or so blog entries right now and then let the auto post feature publish them over the next week or so.

So, hang around and check back for hopefully a more frequently updated Cancun blog.

New Mambo Cafe to open in Cancun Hotel Zone.

Word on the street is that Mambo Cafe the popular downtown Cancun club which features live salsa bands and dancing is to open a new venue in the Hotel Zone. Mambo has always been one of my favourite clubs in Cancun and I think the latest addition will work well, as long as it doesn’t draw people away from the original venue at Plaza Las Americas. The new venue is going to be at the site of the old La Placita restaurant at Km13. It’s about time the hotel zone had something different to offer than the regular clubs.

City Beach Club, Cancun – Review

The City Beach Club was one of the last establishments to recover after the hurricane. With reopening in Sept 2006 it is clear that they have moved after a different clientele and are definitely more upscale than before.

Previously they catered for locals and tourists looking to party with regular bikini contests and even a surfing simulator.

Located at the rear of The City nightclub, the beach club caters for the well to do local and offers a menu devoid of the ubiquitous hamburger and fries. A group of expats living here decided to get together and have a family day out there.

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Locusts in Cancun

Reports first surfaced yesterday of large amounts of locusts in Cancun. At first I was sceptical, having lived here for two years I’d never even seen a single locust let alone swarms of them. Reports began to come in on my Cancun Message board from locals of sightings. First, several miles inland then closer to centro. I took a drive out and saw a few flurries, certainly not swarms.

At about 2pm we started to see a few around our house and then half an hour later there were maybe several hundred. They seemed to take a fancy to our neighbours house which is a yellow colour but totally ignored our white house.

 
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