margarita i mean my god it's a gigantic it's like it's yeah it's extraordinary its streets are amazing it's everything that mexico is all about mexico is so amazing you know every time i come to mexico i feel there's another another direction there's another wrong to be turned because there's so much to see to cover the culture the history of people and you know i would say that people make a difference whatever your problem and i think it's just absolutely incredible to be here at this wonderful restaurant tasting all of these wonderful dishes that we coming out with are all mexican and fifty mexican especially with the music and and the people what could be better than this i love it let me try t unbelievable i love the fruit you know everything here is so fresh because it's not like all of a hothouse something good at home everything comes right from the bottom of the border of a tree and so you get the natural flavors of all the different different kinds of tequila which i wasn't aware of before but the tasting introduces you to an education of tequila it's so fantastic and also mixing all the groups that it's so naturally grown here are just absolutely terrill restaurant stands next to the crystal hotel and spa and the restaurant has a large selection of tequila and tropical dishes this demonstration of the clambake coffee is so unbelievable and it's served at every table at elmo taro restaurant here in cannes coo you're thinking it's all about my travel around the world i have interspersed photos and recipes to whet your appetite and allow you to dream and discover and rediscover these far away destinations the title came about while we were and coach while it's a celebration of life you have to live every moment as if it's your last my world is your world so remember get up get out and trouble is being promoted to not only a to globe trotting what could be more relaxing than sitting here in whole bush in front of the ocean i can smell the beautiful air it's so incredible with the swaying palm trees and you know the resort here it's a very special place it's called casa sondra and i feel like i'm just in heaven it really is heaven and i'm sitting here with andrew broad who is one of the owners and is the other owner his wife unfortunately is not here with us today but he's going to talk about the property because it's so special thanks john for visiting them it really is a special place i've asked myself every time make the peace and to and really sort of suck in the essence of what life is about you know i mean i looked out of my window this morning and i thought wow i can see the beach i can see the swaying palm trees i see was a writer and poet she won her place to kind of get away from it all right here we're only about an hour flight from cuba so she could return and visit with her family and and and at the same  time turn the chapter so to speak that her life she built the house originally as her residence as her private residence and after a few years and with the with the doing savings and three thousand dollar improve maintain the property we'll talk about you know i know the food we had yesterday was a combination of cuban and mexican right talk about a cuban background center comes from a town called the great man and today we have a wonderful relationship as a family we take vacations together the four of us he with his wife and right under an eye for a lot of people don't know about a whole bunch talk about the next town where you take the ferry in order to get here right so the way we kind of recommend that people get to if they think they've actually found hold off because i'm always amazed how someone gets to us because we do some marketing it's not on everybody's radar exact so a plane that on exactly so the way we like the people to come to know is there's a it's an hour and ten minute drive through the jungle and you get to look into people's homes as you approach the small towns and you know there they sleep in hammocks here yeah and the mayan world and because the weather is so perfect the weather is perfect but they have the flat screen televisions but you know in front of their cell phones and their cell phone so i mean there's there is there is modern touches of technology here so you come to a small town called chic another fisherman's village right on the on the peninsula and then there's a twenty minute ferry service which runs all year long every hour which is fantastic which is a great way to again get this introduction to the sense that you are on the edge of the boot of the yucatan i feel also that it's not really a seasonal kind of thing although it may be it's a year round kind of destination because of the fact that the weather doesn't really vary that much is true in the yucatan in this region in particular has seen a huge increase in tourism in the last two years and we're typically we had a four month five month low season right and we're expecting you know what a busy busy year old year long that's going to this is a small village and people still rely on each other and they know one another they know each other the doors are always open there's only really five families here on the island everyone is somehow related to that so the background of whole bhatia is that they there were the original mayans were here right and pirates came in used of the lagoon as a safe harbor after their you know they're robbing days of school and they mixed with the local mayans right so the oldest people here are the oldest generations of families are pretty light skinned and blue eyes right not like not quite like me but a little darker but it's of that's a very interesting misty so yeah that that's particular just to hold off point people come here they will return because they've had such a great experience do you have a dining facility have a pool talk about some of the other facilities are to have here the most valuable i guess feature glasses in the dining room and in the writing it's really about connection with with your loved ones and friends and and that's what whole bullshit you know offers and you know people seem to be attracted to cross asunder who are creative types people who are sensitive intellectuals and musicians designers old and just it's not that we really go after that profile of customers they just know when they go on the internet and they look around and  they just kind of get that feeling what they're looking for something different they don't want a commercial can coon or is that my headers or any of the others they want to come to some place that's not quite totally discovered right you know a fisherman's village like this you know where people are you know cars as you say and you know walking people can exercise they can walk along the beach and smell the essence of the sea you know and also the food that the fish fish is you know your primary fish is it's the it's the feature here and in our in our most popular fish and most available is the group of atoms like a small group or about this i had a meat is absolutely incredible issues since we you know i was saying the the the most challenging thing to do of sandra is nothing and it's the hardest because everyone travels when they want to go shopping and they want to have an activity calendar that's full well here again you know referring to time it's just really to do nothing is the hardest absolutely hardest thing to do and besides you have to see you have a beautiful pool and have a bar by the pool you can dine by the pool which is again a very relaxing experience and there's no pressure and that that's what makes it so special you  know the during the summer months we have the will for the largest person the world comes to us and the only five places in the world where you can swim with the will soar wow and hoboes is the only one where you can snorkel on the surface what else you have to kind of died down so the summer months tend to be family oriented times a little more action right let's say around the hotel noise but pretty much the rest of the year it's a couples retreat this is a great day i'm leaving my chalet at causes sandro for a walk through the gardens to the outdoor pool where i can relax with a refreshing drink as i stroll along these beautiful peaceful beaches i reflect on my life and how good life views what could be more wonderful than that the beach is idella and peaceful this is a perfect way to get away and relax the hammocks on the beach is where you can relax and forget your trouble hole it's not what you're thinking it's all about my travel all around the world i have interspersed photos and recipes to whet your appetite and allow you to dream and discover and rediscover these far away destinations the title came about while we this is whole bar should be your protection and causes sondra is the place to stay it's here on the sea what could be more wonderful than that it's so relaxing it's the best place i think to just come and enjoy what could be more refreshing than the caribbean sea thrashing against the shore the village of old boss is very quaint and it's colorful and it's filled with restaurants and shops and dirt roads i'm now boarding the ferry for a twenty minute ride to the port