ash is going to me-hee-koe... needs advice

[TiNi]

but the hooker is ok?




i dont like margaritas

margarita's in mexico is different... trust me...
no... the hooker is yucko

[Kaveh]

how can you not like margarita's?  You have to get at least one margarita.

[mstevens]

Margaritas didn't start out as very Mexican, so unless you especially like them there's no particular point in getting one in Mexico.

If you don't like them, have a michelada. It's lots of lime juice with several drops of hot sauce (usually something like Bufalo or Valentina rather than Tabasco), some worchestershire sauce or Maggi (sometimes both), and ice in a salt-rimmed glass topped up with beer. Wonderful in the extreme. In the Yucatan, you're not likely to get the type that's made of tomato juice or Clamato and beer, which is very fortunate in my opinion. When you order a michelada without specifiying anything more, the waiter or bartender will say "de...?" indicating that you need to specify what beer. In Cancun, Sol would be a good choice, but I like XX Amber or even Negra Modelo.

If you like Tequila but not margaritas, try a Vampiro. It's tequila with grapefruit juice and sangrita. There's also "tequila completo," which is a shot of tequila and a shot of sangrita. (Sangrita is made from chiles and lime or bitter orange juice with grenadine. Sometimes people confuse it with or replace it with tomato juice. It's got nothing to do with sangria.) Tequila con coca (cola) is pretty good, too.

Coco Loco is great, too. It's a coco frio (fresh, cold "water coconut") with the top cut off. A little of the coconut water is poured out to make room, and a shot of nearly everything white behind the bar is poured in: tequila, rum, gin (yes, gin and coconut sounds bizarre, but it's great) and ice is added. Once you're done drinking, ask the bartender to cut open the coconut and give you some salsa (usually Bufalo is used) and lime. Sauce up the jelly-like young coconut inside and eat it with a spoon. Yum!

If you don't like tequila, Cuba's pretty close, so Mojitos would be appropriate. Of course, mojitos are nearly always appropriate.

If you read really carefully between the lines, you might detect that I absolutely love going to the Yucatan. What you might not be able to tell is that I really don't drink all that much because I'm always diving the next day. It's so often true that one hobby interferes with another.

[Ash]

Awesome post!  If you read on my lines, you'll know I LOVE drinking!

[mstevens]

Awesome post!  If you read on my lines, you'll know I LOVE drinking!

I think, somehow, that I had detected that... 

[TiNi]

Awesome post!  If you read on my lines, you'll know I LOVE drinking!

have fun in me-hee-koe ash