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Originally Posted by BadNick
I can't seem to find any "Good Life" places in that stretch of Mexico...I'm looking for something with "Vida Buena" or similar in the name. Now I did find mention of a "fun beach bar" at La Buena Vida; this was mentioned on the "oh so official" sounding website of Locogringo dot com, so I have my doubts if this is the place.
I'm going to have a few cervezas now and think about this some more.
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Actually that's exactly right! I'm in La Buenda Vida's bar in Akumal, Mexico. IRL I'm wearing one of their t-shirts right now. They used to pay me half in shirts, ok not really but they did give me a lot of shirts. Almost like they were tipping me with t-shirts. I must own about 8 t-shirts from there. I think the people at my gym must think I either do laundry every night or wear the same stinky shirt everyday.
Here's the pool used by the dive shop for lessons:
No that's not me, just a photo I grabbed on-line. But I have taught the basics of diving to quite a few tourists in that pool. My best memories are of a couple ladies on a winter get away from the gray skies of the UK.
Here's one from inside the bar:
I first found this place about 15yrs ago by accident. All good places are found by accident, IMHO. Back then the beers were .25 and they'd loan you snorkel gear. The bar stools are swings. When you got tried of swinging and drinking you could borrow snorkel gear and walk out into half moon bay where you'd see fish, squid and turtles. Not much has changed over the years except the number of tourists and the price. One Sunday morning while in Oregon I picked up my morning paper and flipped to the travel section. There on the front page was Akumal. On my next visit there I found the beers were $5 and now they rent you snorkel gear for $10.
Yer up, Nick!