Riviera Maya Vacation - Part Eight

Here's the eighth post about our recent vacation at the Grand Palladium Resort in Mexico on the Mayan Riviera. My guess, at this point, is that of the people who have been following this blog and reading everything as I post it, half are most likely bored at this stage and are hoping that I get this over with. All I can say to that would be..........hang in there.....stick with it.....you might learn something from all of this. To the others, well.........there happens to be some things that I have to share with everyone.....regardless......obligatory things.......if you catch my drift. It has been difficult lately to write on the blog.......lot's of stuff happening.....lot's of stuff to do......places to go.....yet I must finish writing about this vacation in Mexico.........and write about my grandchildren......one of which just so happens to be Princess Fartknocker.......hehehe..........who for one entire week, was a star on stage every night......go figure.
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This is Princess Fartknocker and her ukelele.............and Diana, who was one of the staff of the Kid's Club. She was very nice........very helpful......and Fartknocker was smitten with her. One of the great things about the Grand Palladium Resort is that they have the Kid's Club. The Kid's Club has a host of scheduled activities for the kids.........one of which is a nightly performance of various sorts on stage. Fartknocker thought she was in heaven!

For some reason, Princess Fartknocker was chosen to participate in every show presented onstage..........and I am talking "lead" roles here........imagine that!

They did a "Grease" show..........a "circus/magic" show...........karaoke.........and "High School Musical"......where the kids would lipsynch their singing parts. Fartknocker took every role seriously...............

They danced.......and danced.





Busy girls.....especially when they are the star of the show.......has to take a break and enjoy a drink. Fartknocker had the best time and it was wonderful for me to be there and see it.









They posed for pictures after every show.


One evening, they were doing a karaoke thing on stage........Fartknocker did a karaoke song.......and then......she wanted to perform a song acapella......with no music.......she wanted to sing a song that they did not have the music for.........they let her do it!........and she was wonderful!...........she has guts!



They really liked Fartknocker..............during the day, when we would be walking to breakfast, people would see her and tell her that they really enjoyed her performance the previous night.......this made me very proud.

She sang a duet with one of the other girls......

......and she even sang with her Mommy!

She took everything serious........she acted out her roles.

She even participated in the choreography.











My granddaughter.......the STAR!

She was not shy one bit!



This is right up her alley.........she was meant for this stuff.

Costumes and costume changes........

Poppop was in the first row........hehehe.

The Kid's Club is wonderful.

Oh........I almost forgot to mention the pinata........she even hit the stage to have a few wacks at it.

Princess Fartknocker and her ukelele............maybe one day she will be famous..........but at least for one week this past year she was off to a good start......

Happy Dreams!

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Riviera Maya Vacation - Part Seven

Yep.......it is all about the beach........and I absolutely love this beach. I actually have nothing to complain about. All of the people were friendly. Everything was rather well kept and taken care of. The fish were friendly........hehehe. Many things to look at and focus on...........very relaxing atmosphere, yet fun. Very therapeutic and not hectic at all. Ocean City, MD is not like this. Then again, Ocean City is not on the Riviera Maya. The water is not cold here and it is very calm.
I was on this beach each and every day right after breakfast and stayed there until almost dinnertime. We hardly spent any time in the pools.......yet the pools are very nice. I suppose I would need a few more days for that..........oh well.........it IS all about the beach.

Here are a few short videos of the beach. They describe it far better than what I could write about it. Notice the sounds........and imagine yourself sitting there, as I did............







That's it for now.........I have a lot more to share with everyone........Princess Fartknocker became a star on stage.......and yes, there is some video of that.

Stay Tuned!

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Riviera Maya Vacation - Part Six

For me, it's all about the beach.......nothing else really matters........but there are many perks and bonuses that comes with a stay at the Grand Palladium Resort in Mexico. Aside from what you would expect at an all-inclusive, there are loads of little things that make your trip worthwhile. One of those things is that you will encounter assorted wildlife. This place also happens to be a nature preserve. Flora and fauna.........animals.........lot's of animals. No cows or dogs or horses or lions.........but crocodiles, raccoons, lizards, monkeys, birds, and..............

........coati! Coati are sort of like a cross between a monkey and a raccoon, as you can see. And they just so happen to enjoy begging for food. Each day we would encounter them.....they are very cute......and as far as I could tell, not violent except when they are mad at each other for some reason. Princess Fartknocker, my granddaughter, was anxious to feed them.......that is until one of them put their paws on her bare leg.......she felt the sharp claws and quickly got away from them......she didn't like that.


Awww.......the poor little thing is hungry...........this is hard to resist.

Notice how far away Princess Fartknocker is from the coati.....hehehe.

Her brother, the Mayor Of Simpleton, fed them some bread......no problem.

The majority of animals seem to hide pretty well amongst the trees and bushes and fend for themselves when it comes to food. The coati have it all figured out.........all they have to do is look cute and beg and they can get all sorts of food.



Stay tuned........the beach is next.

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Riviera Maya Vacation - Part Five

I know....I know.......I know.........I have been slacking........I still haven't finished writing about the trip to Mexico and here we are with Christmas fast approaching. I have been somewhat busy doing stuff like painting those crab shells that I have accumulated this past year. I will write about that at another time.........yes, they will be for sale.......and yes, they will not be anything near as bad as you might have seen on the internet.....hehehe........but I am not kidding.

Okay, back to the vacation. The Grand Palladium Resort in Mexico has a church on the premises. Imagine that............suppose you have reached your limit of basking in the sun and getting so soaked that your fingers and toes look like wrinkled raisins or prunes......ugggh.....and let's say you are having a religious moment.....no, not THAT kind of religious moment!.......but the kind where you just want to meditate and pray and thank God that you are vacationing at this phenomenal place........well.........here is where you go:

It is a very small church nestled in a somewhat secluded spot.......from what I have observed both times that I have been there it seems as if the grand majority of guests either are too busy with other things or they just haven't ventured to this particular spot of the complex. Me?......I just so happened to see it every day..........not because I am some religious freak that has to get "religious" every hour on the hour......no......I had to walk past the church to get to the lobby area.....not to mention the Sports Bar.
The name is odd.........can you figure out what it says?.............I couldn't.......It is all Greek to me, which is bad because it is Spanish. The senora word was obvious.......everything else.....I had no clue. So what does a dude from Baltimore do?.......naturally, you ask a bartender......hehehe.....so I asked a bartender in the Sports Bar..........well he didn't speak very good English but from what I could get out of him the name of the church translates into something like "Our Lady Of The Snow"! Snow?.....yeah.........hmmm......this could actually make sense......what with all of that blue agave right next to the church.........could be a tequila thing......the more tequila....the more snow.

Needless to say, this place is beautiful........as it should be.








I hope you enjoyed the photos of the church........now get busy and start praying for me so that I can go there again some day in the future............hehehe.........just kidding........even though it is not a bad idea.

One of the experiences that everybody has at this resort is absolutely awesome.........when you enter the waters of the Caribbean, the fish come and say hello.........well........maybe they ain't saying that.......maybe they want to eat the hairs off of your legs...........or maybe they are just hungry..........so many people bring some bread or rolls and feed the fish..........they seem to love and appreciate it and they will follow you around wherever you go as long as you keep giving them some bread crumbs. One picture does not do any justice here..........so here are a couple of short videos that I took........notice how clear the water is:






Okay......that is it for today.....more to come in a day or two or sooner,

Feel free to comment or ask questions........or simply to say "hello".

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Riviera Maya Vacation - Part Four

Have I mentioned that I miss this place already?.............When not on the beach or eating.....hehehe......we would lounge around in the hotel lobby.......uh....there are several lobbies.....we mostly hung out in our lobby, the Colonial Lobby. Live music and lots of drinks.....and watching the people go by...........its a nice way to end the day every day.

I forgot a few of the towel sculptures in the previous post......so here they are.......can you guess what they are?

Last year, vendors would set up in the resort lobby once or twice a week...........This year, they were set up just about every other day.........which is a good thing except most of the vendors never seem to remember that just saw you before and asked you to buy something. Nobody likes to be pressured into buying anything............trust me, these vendors are tame in comparison to the vendors on the beach in Jamaica........arrgghhh!.

One particular vendor hand painted beach scenes on ceramic tiles..................I said "hand" painted..............

...........his work is phenomenal.............did I buy one?.......NO. I generally do not buy something that I might be able to do my own self..............but this guy was great to speak with and watch.......he was amazingly fast.

He hardly ever used a brush.........he mostly used his fingers and a rag.


Here is a short video for you to watch of the man doing his art.......




All sorts of souvenirs lined the breezeways that connected the buffet and restaurants to the lobby area.

The was another painter who did things a bit different.....he uses spray paint and dries his work with flames.

I didn't buy one of these either............but I did buy a souvenir which I will show you in a future post.

To the average person I suppose this kind of art is pretty darned good........and it is........but for me, I just do not get all that excited by spray painted art. Sure, it is done well, but I have gone through many years of sign painting where I would incorporate the use of spray paints for certain visual effects on lettering.....................oh well.

Somewhere on that table is the souvenir that I bought........yes I negotiated the price :) ........and I did wait until the night before we left for home.

Supernurse wanted a margarita glass..........we bought one.......and she proceeded to break the darn thing as soon as we sat down in the lobby for some drinks........go figure. I felt bad about it but she refused my offer to get her another one because she said she would "break that one too".

Speaking of artwork, there is quite a bit of artwork to take notice of at this resort..........No, not like a museum..........but you can look up and see some impressive architecture.

Okay........so back to the room............more towel art........

Sadly, there were pictures on the wall in the room.........this is one of them. Now imagine yourself.......laying in your bed..........when you first lay down and seeing this when you first wake up............Yikes!..............No matter where you moved in the room, it seemed that the eyes followed you............not only that, but this woman had what appeared to be a very thin line beard!...............and the two birds looked as if they had lice and some other avian disease! Yikes!

Oh well..........there you go.........I managed to come up with something to complain about.....hehehe.

Stay tuned.........I have some great pictures and videos from the vacation to share with everyone.

Until next time..........

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