Cabo San Lucas
Buonasera! Happy Monday! It’s raining hard and the forecast says “thundershowers all week!!” Rain doesn’t trigger sleep or relaxation in me. Wind, and thunder have always been really unsettling for me. I don’t mind the rain, or lightning. It’s the wind and thunder that gets under my skin and makes me feel meh… So the worst case scenario for me would be a hurricane. Well this trip to Cabo San Lucas three years ago on August 31, 2017 I met Lidia. Our wedding in Tuscany was in June and usually August was our month to travel anywhere, so I took my husband to meet my mother in Las Vegas then you know, because I’m spontaneous I will just book a honeymoon… somewhere… I hadn’t really thought it through and my husband was open to anything. Now you’re probably thinking “well why didn’t HE plan a honeymoon”!? Well he did but we were going to go in the spring time and I insisted he let me choose our August destination so here we were…. We really only had one week before we had to head back to Italia from Vegas so I thought ok, let’s just go to Mexico! It’s close, easy, and we really don’t need much, let’s just do it!! I chose Cabo. I heard good things from other friends who had been and I was only there once before in 2000 with Clive and Erica Mc lean to shoot my Hustler Honey Centerfold. I remembered it was lovely there, so I thought it could be a great, easy trip… Arriving to Cabo was easy, booking a taxi to your place is an adventure . I think this is in EVERY country though, I mean tell me a country that has honest, legit SAFE taxis? Oh England does, so I take that back.The driver asks us all the usual questions like ‘where are we from, is it our first time” to which I reply “oh we are on our honeymoon!”. “You didn’t see the news”? “Oh you guys gonna have a lot of fun!” he says winking. I just think he’s making some kind of small talk but yea, we were in for a good time. I booked a cute place kinda inland called http://thebungalowshotel.com The owners were INCREDIBLE!! It was family owned and a lovely Brother and sister greeted us with the best hospitality. So warm, and friendly, our suite was just beautiful. They cooked us a full delicious breakfast every morning we were there, any snacks or tequila we wanted they would put out, and every restaurant they recommended was just UH MAZING, seriously. I can’t recommended this place enough if you’re going to Cabo ! In between marathon sex, we would tour the marina, and head to the beach… It was after beach yoga and some swimming that we decided to have some tuna tartare and margaritas at this beautiful beachfront restaurant when all of the sudden waiters start shutting windows, closing shutters, and moving tables inside. All of this sudden movement has me thinking what the hell.. They move us in but say “no no it’s ok don’t worry!’, ‘You can still eat and drink, we will make sure you have a beautiful dinner, these hurricanes are nothing for us, and we want you to be happy!” Say what… you said hurricane and happy in the SAME sentence?! Well as you can see from our pictures, yes Lidia was sneaking up on us. We ate, and drank with the others, had a nice dinner BUT when it came time to walk back??? Uh yea, that was fun LOL. So much water had flooded the city, driving wasn’t possible. We were still damp from the beach, and had on chanklas aka sandals. NOT the best footwear in this scenario! We had maybe one mile to walk back UPHILL I might add because yea, I didn’t book us beachfront! It was an adventure the next few days LOL Of course there was nothing wrong with us staying in bed for the next three days other than I was a bit sore (poor me LOL), We had no power, wifi, or running water. It was impossible to go out to eat even with sanitation being an issue and flooding. The winds were at 65 mph according to reports but to be honest being cooped up with my new husband kinda made it all bearable!! We ventured out the night before our flight and ended up at one of the few open bars called “Squid Row”. Just a lot of randoms you know like, college kids, tourists, expats, a nice mix of Uptown and downtown. We drank tequila and ate Takis. The morning we were set to leave we said goodbye to our hosts who truly were so very kind. It’s not an easy business hospitality, and really I can’t say enough wonderful things about how kind they were and how well they treated us. We shared a taxi to the airport with a couple from TX who were also celebrating their anniversary of twenty years and were hoping that their home in AZ was ok because Lidia managed to flood parts of CA and AZ as well. Alberto and I weathered the storm and it’s another trip, another adventure, another thing that brings us closer but also reminds me to be grateful and stay humble. Gracias Cabo I hope one day to come back to you!! XO Tera
