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San Jose del Cabo 08-15 DEC 2018 (Updated for Day #7 [Final Full Day])
Posted on 12/9/18 at 8:40 am
Posted on 12/9/18 at 8:40 am
Arrived at the airport and is standard for Mexican customs extremely smooth and fast process. I had already arranged transportation to our resort through Expedia/Grey Line shuttles. Quick and easy transfer to Cabo Azul.
Arrived at the hotel and our room wasn’t quite ready yet so we decided to head to La Comer to get some bottled water, cerveza, pan dulce, chicarrones, etc. on the way we stopped at a taco shop called Lateral. It’s just to the south side of La Comer. Very good, quick cheap tacos and the servers were extremely nice. I didn’t take any pictures, but here’s their business link...
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La Comer is an amazing grocery store! Everything you could want or need. We arrived back at the hotel and checked into our room which is amazing.
We walked the grounds a little and here’s a quick sunset picture I snapped from the beach.
I decided on Las Guacamayas for dinner. No one could give me a straight answer on which Urbano or colectivo bus to take to get there. It was an experience for sure since the drivers spoke little to no English. I finally hopped on Urbano #3 and after a time driving through the local neighborhoods we arrived in the vicinity of Las Guacamayas.
The food there is absolutely amazing and the service was great. I didn’t take a lot of pictures of the food unfortunately, but we started out with a rolled piece of cheese that you use much like a chip to dip into salsas. Next came out some chorizo, chicken, steak, cactus, cheese, scallions, and avocados in a bubbling molcajete that you create your own tacos with. Lastly we ended with some chocolate filled churros for desert. The churros are not like American churros there was very little sweetness to the churro itself or the chocolate. Their card machine was down so luckily I had pesos on me. Dinner with several beers included was $535 which for the amount of food we had I was surprised at how cheap.
We walked back to the main road and again having zero idea what the bus routes are hopped on the first Urbano that passed (it was #7). We eventually made it back directly in front of our hotel. After a long day of traveling we decided to call it a night.
If anyone knows how to crack the code on the Urbano or colectivo routes, etc please let m me know!
Arrived at the hotel and our room wasn’t quite ready yet so we decided to head to La Comer to get some bottled water, cerveza, pan dulce, chicarrones, etc. on the way we stopped at a taco shop called Lateral. It’s just to the south side of La Comer. Very good, quick cheap tacos and the servers were extremely nice. I didn’t take any pictures, but here’s their business link...
LINK
La Comer is an amazing grocery store! Everything you could want or need. We arrived back at the hotel and checked into our room which is amazing.
We walked the grounds a little and here’s a quick sunset picture I snapped from the beach.
I decided on Las Guacamayas for dinner. No one could give me a straight answer on which Urbano or colectivo bus to take to get there. It was an experience for sure since the drivers spoke little to no English. I finally hopped on Urbano #3 and after a time driving through the local neighborhoods we arrived in the vicinity of Las Guacamayas.
The food there is absolutely amazing and the service was great. I didn’t take a lot of pictures of the food unfortunately, but we started out with a rolled piece of cheese that you use much like a chip to dip into salsas. Next came out some chorizo, chicken, steak, cactus, cheese, scallions, and avocados in a bubbling molcajete that you create your own tacos with. Lastly we ended with some chocolate filled churros for desert. The churros are not like American churros there was very little sweetness to the churro itself or the chocolate. Their card machine was down so luckily I had pesos on me. Dinner with several beers included was $535 which for the amount of food we had I was surprised at how cheap.
We walked back to the main road and again having zero idea what the bus routes are hopped on the first Urbano that passed (it was #7). We eventually made it back directly in front of our hotel. After a long day of traveling we decided to call it a night.
If anyone knows how to crack the code on the Urbano or colectivo routes, etc please let m me know!
This post was edited on 12/15/18 at 8:04 am
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Posted on 12/9/18 at 9:04 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Use your hotel’s bellhops or front desk. They should be able to answer most, of not all of, questions about bus schedules and reliability.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 10:01 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Use your hotel’s bellhops or front desk. They should be able to answer most, of not all of, questions about bus schedules and reliability.
Yeah I’ve asked several people and everyone’s response is just get a taxi. So I think they are obviously in with the taxi union and that is why they are attempting to funnel people in that direction.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 10:28 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
They say to just get a taxi because it's easier and much more comfortable for Americans.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 10:59 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
You are correct
Posted on 12/9/18 at 1:08 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Nice knowing ya!
Posted on 12/9/18 at 1:48 pm to VABuckeye
quote:
They say to just get a taxi because it's easier and much more comfortable for Americans.
And safer.
Get in a damn taxi.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 7:39 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Day two was spent mostly walking around San Jose del Cabo’s many shops and downtown area. You can tell the movie Coco is a big thing because all the shops have stuff outside of their normal Dia de Los Muertos trinkets.
There’s a lot of the normal Mexico trinkets along with the silver shops and pharmacies. There are some alleys that have some hidden gems that you just have to wander or explore down into. Lunch was at Taqueria El Fogon. We were probably the only white people in there. Tried a bunch of different tacos everything was great. My favorite was the papa rellena tacos.
Continuing to explore the inside of the city I ran across my first elotero so I had to stop and get some elote.
Continuing to explore we ran across an extremely westernized brewery. Normally I would stay away from anything that screamed American owned like this place, but they did have some decent beers on tap.
Dinner was at Javiers which was decent. There was a live band playing at Gene Simmon’s place across the street which we decided to stop over for. The beer was $140 for a Baja brewing company beer or $60 for a Mexican domestic. Way overpriced and the music was Mexican covers of hair metal...
Today I think we are going to be headed to Cabo San Lucas. I think the bus stop on Rita del Desierto is by La Comer not 100%, but will report back.
There’s a lot of the normal Mexico trinkets along with the silver shops and pharmacies. There are some alleys that have some hidden gems that you just have to wander or explore down into. Lunch was at Taqueria El Fogon. We were probably the only white people in there. Tried a bunch of different tacos everything was great. My favorite was the papa rellena tacos.
Continuing to explore the inside of the city I ran across my first elotero so I had to stop and get some elote.
Continuing to explore we ran across an extremely westernized brewery. Normally I would stay away from anything that screamed American owned like this place, but they did have some decent beers on tap.
Dinner was at Javiers which was decent. There was a live band playing at Gene Simmon’s place across the street which we decided to stop over for. The beer was $140 for a Baja brewing company beer or $60 for a Mexican domestic. Way overpriced and the music was Mexican covers of hair metal...
Today I think we are going to be headed to Cabo San Lucas. I think the bus stop on Rita del Desierto is by La Comer not 100%, but will report back.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:00 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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Today I think we are going to be headed to Cabo San Lucas. I think the bus stop on Rita del Desierto is by La Comer not 100%, but will report back.
I can't stress this enough--get in a freaking taxi/car service if you're going in to Cabo.
Let the concierge/door guys at Cabo Azul help you. They aren't there to screw you over.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 9:38 am to Panny Crickets
after all the bad shite coming out of mexico the last couple months, I have zero interest going there now.
to OP for pics and reviews
i will live vicariously through u
to OP for pics and reviews i will live vicariously through u
Posted on 12/10/18 at 10:51 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
quote:
I think the bus stop
This is continuing to stress me out. Get in a taxi, man.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 6:32 pm to LSUvegasbombed
You are one gullible pussy
Posted on 12/11/18 at 8:26 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Day #3. We took the Ruta del Desierto to Cabo San Lucas. The bus stop is across the street from La Comer. You have to dodge about 6 lanes of traffic around the traffic circle, but it’s right in front of Selectivo Chedraui. You can wave it down anywhere though and it will stop. We hopped on at 8am and it was like a Mexican sardine can for the 45 minute ride...
For $37 from San Jose to Cabo San Lucas that’s hard to beat...
We got there around 9am and came to quickly realize that nothing In Cabo San Lucas proper starts to open or move until around 11am. We walked around the marina and had breakfast at the Office.
Continued to walk around and stop into shops. Lunch was a combination of Tacos Guss and Gordo Lele. Tacos Guss was much better IMO. Gordo Lele is a very small dingy place that had a very strong odor of urine. The guy who runs it Javier is a trip though (Picture below is inside Gordo Lele).
Stopped by the Worlds Smallest Bar and had a drink.
We had a couple hours before our dinner reservation so we decided to go do something we normally wouldn’t do. We decided to head to the Mango Deck on Médano Beach to enjoy some buckets of beer and partake in the activities. The view was beautiful and the experience was lively. I took home the crown for the beer chugging competition. Easy when you graduated LSU doesn’t matter if it was 10+ years ago when you’re competing against soft punks from Cali, etc...
Lastly had a nice lobster dinner at Lorenzillos before taking the Ruta del Desierto back to San Jose. Here’s a picture of the marina from our table...
For $37 from San Jose to Cabo San Lucas that’s hard to beat...
We got there around 9am and came to quickly realize that nothing In Cabo San Lucas proper starts to open or move until around 11am. We walked around the marina and had breakfast at the Office.
Continued to walk around and stop into shops. Lunch was a combination of Tacos Guss and Gordo Lele. Tacos Guss was much better IMO. Gordo Lele is a very small dingy place that had a very strong odor of urine. The guy who runs it Javier is a trip though (Picture below is inside Gordo Lele).
Stopped by the Worlds Smallest Bar and had a drink.
We had a couple hours before our dinner reservation so we decided to go do something we normally wouldn’t do. We decided to head to the Mango Deck on Médano Beach to enjoy some buckets of beer and partake in the activities. The view was beautiful and the experience was lively. I took home the crown for the beer chugging competition. Easy when you graduated LSU doesn’t matter if it was 10+ years ago when you’re competing against soft punks from Cali, etc...
Lastly had a nice lobster dinner at Lorenzillos before taking the Ruta del Desierto back to San Jose. Here’s a picture of the marina from our table...
Posted on 12/11/18 at 9:10 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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a Mexican sardine can for the 45 minute ride
You made Mrs. OleWarSkuleAlum do this while on vacation? Holy sh!t.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 8:25 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Day #4. The wife wanted to go on a snorkeling trip so we booked one of those sail, snorkel, and lunch trips including transportation to Cabo San Lucas. It was a pretty decent value. We had a good time, but the beer and alcohol is so diluted that the open bar doesn’t really mean much. Lunch was some pretty decent Mexican tacos (al pastor, Asada, pollo), chips, and guacamole. The company we used was SunRider and we were on the SailRider. Crew was very attentive and we had a lot of fun. The snorkeling was terrible the water is too murky and the reefs aren’t great.
I found HGG’s yacht he’s storing down here..
That was pretty much an all day experience. We got back and for dinner we took the Urbano to Las Cazuelas del Don. The food at this place was awesome. Is it traditional Mexican food? No probably not, but the tortilla soup is very good and the beef tacos are very very good. The meat is more like a stew with cheese on top you slop into your own corn tortillas. Very good!
After dinner it was a little difficult to find an Urbano or colectivo back to our place. Although I am conversational in Spanish I still cannot figure out how the bus lines are run. Although you take a #3 from point A to point B it depends on which stop you are at if another #3 is going B to A, etc. most of the time the indigenous people on the bus will help me out.
I found HGG’s yacht he’s storing down here..
That was pretty much an all day experience. We got back and for dinner we took the Urbano to Las Cazuelas del Don. The food at this place was awesome. Is it traditional Mexican food? No probably not, but the tortilla soup is very good and the beef tacos are very very good. The meat is more like a stew with cheese on top you slop into your own corn tortillas. Very good!
After dinner it was a little difficult to find an Urbano or colectivo back to our place. Although I am conversational in Spanish I still cannot figure out how the bus lines are run. Although you take a #3 from point A to point B it depends on which stop you are at if another #3 is going B to A, etc. most of the time the indigenous people on the bus will help me out.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 8:50 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
If you go back and your wife wants to snorkel look up Cabo Sail. We book a trip with them and had a blast. The food and drinks were great. A plus is that it was just our group and we were able to stay our as long as we wanted.
Posted on 12/12/18 at 10:57 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Tacos Guss is THE ONE SPOT that should be everyone’s exclamation mark when visiting Cabo.
Posted on 12/13/18 at 8:38 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Yesterday was just a relaxing day by the pool. Went down to Habanero’s and had some mimosas and chilaquiles. My wife had some sort of Machaca tacos.
For dinner we went to El Herredero in downtown San Jose. We had one of the standard molcajete bowls with chorizo, chicken, and beef. It was good, but not nearly as good as Las Guacamayas. Tonight we are going to the downtown art walk with dinner at Jazmin’s I believe.
For dinner we went to El Herredero in downtown San Jose. We had one of the standard molcajete bowls with chorizo, chicken, and beef. It was good, but not nearly as good as Las Guacamayas. Tonight we are going to the downtown art walk with dinner at Jazmin’s I believe.
Posted on 12/13/18 at 9:33 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Tacos Guss is THE ONE SPOT that should be everyone’s exclamation mark when visiting Cabo.
It was good. The best tacos I ate are at Taqueria El Fogon in San Jose.
There’s a small taqueria near Walmart called Zarape I’m going to give a shot probably in the next few days.
This post was edited on 12/13/18 at 9:34 am
Posted on 12/13/18 at 2:46 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
There ain't enough beer in the Baja Peninsula for me to convince my bride to get on those buses Looks like a fun trip! Was the snorkeling near the arch?
Looks like a fun trip! Was the snorkeling near the arch? 
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