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Wish You Were Here: Recovering from Cinco de Mayo in The Riviera Maya

Recovering from Cinco De Mayo at The Mandarin Oriental, Riviera Maya by Patrick Bennett

What better way to recover from a decidedly American version of El Día de la Batalla de Puebla celebrations than poolside in the Riviera Maya, Mexico.

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Caribbean Wallpaper Wednesday: My Secret Recipe For Getting More Out of Caribbean Travel, “Sunsetting”

Sunset on Tulum Beach, Mexico Wallpaper by Patrick Bennett

It was 2009 and we’d had a perfect day on Tulum Beach in the famed Riviera Maya region of Mexico… So, I was pretty sure we wouldn’t be coming back again any time soon.

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Friday Happy Hour: 12 Grapes Tequila Cocktail Guarantees a Prosperous New Year

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Champagne, noise-makers, funny hats and fireworks are all sure signs of the New Year’s Eve celebrations to come tomorrow night, but in true Uncommon Caribbean style, we’re adding a rather unusual combo to this year’s party mix, namely grapes and tequila.
No, really, those are the two main ingredients in a 12 Grapes Tequila Cocktail, the shimmering drink you see pictured here. I was inspired to create this uncommon libation earlier today by one of the more unique New Year’s traditions observed in our region… one that has roots all the way back in the late-1800′s, all the way over in Spain.

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Patrick
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Caribbean Wallpaper Wednesday: The Mayan Ruins of Tulum, Mexico

Mayan Ruins of Tulum, Mexico by Patrick Bennett

The Caribbean Sea. One of the largest salt water seas in the world, it has a surface area of around 1,063,000 square miles. Peppered along its borders to the North and East are the many unique islands we’ve been exploring our whole lives—most recently for you, our awesome readers and this blog. But there’s more to the Caribbean than the Lesser and Greater Antilles, of course. There are thousands and thousands of miles of unbelievable coastline along Central and South America that touch our favorite sea, and although I personally haven’t traveled too many of those miles, they shouldn’t be overlooked.
Take this week’s Caribbean Wallpaper as an example.

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Steve
Steve

On-Site Mexico: Where Swingers Have More Fun

Me encantan los swings de Mexico/SBPR

Martinique, Nevis, Tobago, Grenada… I travel to uncommon destinations as a matter of course, both for business and pleasure. With all the amazingly off-the-beaten-path places I frequent, you might guess that my honeymoon destination of choice was some completely remote private island, or a secluded romantic villa high in the verdant hills of a sultry rainforest. I would’ve thought so too, but a cat-4 hurricane named Lenny scuttled my original plans to start married life in St. John.
Lenny didn’t actually hit the island, but just a couple weeks ahead of my late-November wedding date it looked like it would. So, we had to scramble and come up with a new destination.

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Wish You Were Here

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Leaving the cold and snow of winter “behind” in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

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Deal of the Week: Web-Only Savings of 20% Off Blue Tulum

Courtesy Blue Tulum Golf & Spa Resort

Seis de Mayo – the dreaded day after.
Most of us overdid it last night reveling in memory of that most unlikely of military triumphs by the Mexican army over the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
Wait, what? I lifted my annual 364-day ban on killing my brain with tequila for the battle of where?
That’s right, Cinco de Mayo is not the independence celebration that most of us think it is (Mexican Independence Day is actually September 16). Apparently, Corona’s favorite holiday isn’t even celebrated very widely in Mexico.
No matter, Uncommon Caribbean likes a good party and really any reason will do. But here, now, amidst the wreckage of another epic fiesta, we’re ready for an escape to Tulum.

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