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Wild Life at the Royal Hideaway
While we were staying at the Royal Hideaway resort, we encountered several regular inhabitants of the grounds. A flock of gulls came for their daily freshwater bath at the infinity pool in the late afternoon. The iguana emerged at the same corner of the pool each morning to catch the rays. The big rodent (forgot
“gristly, slithery, slimy, squelchy, crunchy, gloopy”
These are some terms that many english speakers describe the texture of certain Chinese dishes that they find disgusting (e.g., sea cucumber), according to Fuchsia Dunlop’s sweet-sour memoir “Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper”. I just finished the book in which she dedicated a full chapter (Ch. 8 The Rubber Factor) to tackle an often-maligned characteristics
vacation food porn #12-#16
And the series continues with lots of lamb … vacation food porn #12 – lamb cutlets, romesco sauce, potato vacation food porn #13 – salmon roquette and croutons with olives and balsamic vinegar extract vacation food porn #14 – cotoletta alla milanese vacation food porn #15 – lasagna with aromatic herbs, lamb stew, porcini and
Riviera Maya Scam #2
Aahhhhh, we were finally relaxing by the beach. Beautiful weather. Great view. The staff came around and asked what we’d like to drink. Now, this is R&R! As we were sipping our drinks, a man approached us and asked how we were doing, are we enjoying our vacation, etc. He asked if we’d be interested
