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I love all the different foods that new places bring. A few weekends ago I went to the beach, El Tulate, with the other "Posada" Residents. Other than being a great weekend at the beach, in the sun, getting tan (jealous yet?) I also had some amazing seafood.




Here is Marissa eying our food. We were starved! The food takes at least an hour to make after you order it. They make everything to order, because they never know how many customers, if any, are going to come for dinner. It didn't seem that the restaurants had any of the food before you got there either. We would see someone - sometimes the 14 year old looking child (or someone) of the chef - disappear into "town" for a little while and then run back with what appeared to be a part of our meal. Either the vegetables, tortillas, or even the fish... The "town" iscomprised of a strip of restaurants, one hotel, and a few tiendas, so I wondered if they just borrowed foods from the other restaurants. I think we were the the only overnight vistors we saw all weekend. The fish, ceviche and shrimp was all amazingly good and well worth the wait!


Back in Xela, these are the infamous chocobananas. I'm not sure where it comes from, but a favorite snack is chocolate covered fruit. The Primeros Pasos staff do have a favorite place to purchase chocobananas, chocomango, and chocopina. There is one store near the bus stop where the woman dips them to order, so they are always fresh. Plus, you can choose one dip or two, white or dark chocolate (or a dip of each.) It is a favorite breakfast for some too...


This is a common sweets table at the market. Just about everything coconut and everything candied you can imagine. The most common intense looking sweets are candied sweet potato, squash and pumpkin. I will most likely not try those.



Ok, this isn't food, but it is a raccoon looking animal on a leash - in one of the restaurants at the beach (where we chose not to eat). It was rather bizzare, so I decided to share, as a good blogger does.