Our Trip Report

Our flight from Chicago was right on schedule. We landed at the airport in Zihua on Thanksgiving. We did our normal routine and went directly to the ATM for Pesos. The ATM processed our transaction and provided no Pesos. But all is good I contacted our bank the next day and they confirmed that we did not receive any pesos and credited our bank account. As a precaution I did take a photo of the ATM’s serial number in case I had an issue.

For the second time this year we stayed at Las Palmas on Playa Blanca. We met up with our peeps from various U.S. states and enjoyed a marvelous Thanksgiving dinner at Las Palmas.

We really love the serenity of Playa Blanca and the incredible service from Las Palmas. We had two more amazing dinners on the beach as more of our peeps flew in. We even had a bon fire on the beach supplied with marshmallows, how awesome is that?

Our first night going into town we went to Chuleto’s. 10 of us enjoyed Escargot, pork shank and lollipop lamp chops. Yep, kind of a meat fest. We shared everything. The food was amazing as usual. Nobody left hungry. Chuleto’s will remain on the top of my favorite list.

La Katrina Mezcalería located right next door to Chuletos looked charming so we decided we would give it a try. Again we ordered various dishes and shared. The food was really good! We were seated outside and it started to sprinkle. We told them it was ok and no need to move. They insisted on moving us inside. They set up another table for our group inside and by the time we walked the few steps to move inside there was a deluge of rain. Want to talk about service? They replaced water logged food. And they did not have to do that seeing we insisted on staying at our table. The rain caught us by surprise. This is not the norm for this time of year? Right? It rained long and hard. We tried to get a taxi about 9ish and by then the streets were already flooded so no go. We heard music at Banditos and sloshed our way there. The water receded and we made it back.

The rain continued on Playa Blanca until about 2 pm the next day, a very light sprinkle. It was really refreshing and needed, seeing temps were in the 90’s.

All in all, a kind of laid back and relaxing vacation. A huge thank you to Las Palmas for accommodating our group! But I want to extend even more gratitude to the staff at Las Palmas that went above and beyond! I do not think I have ever stayed anywhere where the entire staff knew your first and last name after 1 hour of arrival. Pretty damn cool in my opinion!

Many great sunsets!

I forgot to mention about the cows on the beach

Grilling Night at Las Palmas

Rainy night

Las Palmas