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For nearly a decade Rob and I have been attending the Reel Recovery Spring Bash, the primary fundraiser for Reel Recovery’s Utah Chapter, an organization that helps men with cancer have a fly fishing adventure beside some gorgeous water. Rob has volunteered as a fishing buddy in the past. Over the years we’ve...

How did this tomato and pepper plant come to grow, here in Xcalak, in Mexico’s Costa Maya? For those who know me, I can’t grow anything that isn’t a large acreage crop grown in rows. Even then, it’s been 40 years since I was directly involved in the planting and...

I escaped the business of running an Xcalak lodging and went fishing again for a couple of hours. Yeah, I should make a habit of this ;). Went back to my favorite DIY permit flat. This time, I did have the right fly on as opposed to Rule 326, the Acocote...

So I had a couple of hours free today to go out fishing. Headed out to a rocky point just north of the Xcalak lodgings that line the beach road where there have been good numbers of permit. I tied on an Acocote Drum Majorette permit crab pattern and waded...

Update April 13, 2017: Added image of Mayan Grill MenuLocated in the Tierra Maya hotel. The restaurant is in a palapa roofed building with nice wooden furniture. With the Leaky Palapa closed, this is the upper end restaurant in Xcalak. The fare includes fresh Mexican seafood. It does tend to...

Located inside the Costa de Cocos resort, they brew their own craft beer and distill their own moonshine. The restaurant has Pizza, as well as other traditional dishes, like tacos and even chicken fingers. Their signature pizza is the lobster mango pizza (in season). Lobster on a pizza is quite...

“Water, water every where, And all the boards shall shrink, Water, water every where, Nor a drop to drink.” Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge “Water is gold.” Ruth Sanders Former Xcalak hotel owner of Sandwood Villas, now Acocote Eco InI grew up in the arid west, raising...

Silvia’s is right next to Toby’s on the main drag of Xcalak, but set back a few yards from the road. Silvia serves fresh seafood and Mexican dishes. All are made to order, so this is not fast food. During the lobster season you can get delicious lobster cooked the...

Toby’s is in the middle of Xcalak town and serves fresh seafood and more traditional Mexican fare such as tacos and quesadilla as well. Toby’s also has complementary wifi for those that need to stay connected. Although he doesn’t have it all the time, Toby’s lion fish ceviche is delicious....

Located right at the entrance to town, Gringo Dave’s sign says International and Wild Seafood. That sounds kind of weird but it is surprisingly delicious. Gringo Dave’s is run by a Japanese man, Go Nakamura, He takes local ingredients, and mixes it with Japanese style cooking and comes up with...