We really enjoyed our stay at the Casita Blanca! It was an awesome location right on the beach just north of the quaint little town of Puerto Morelos. The weather was almost perfect for our stay, which was the second week of January. The highs were in the upper 70’s or low 80’s every single day, the overnight lows stayed in the 60’s and most days were sunny. It rained a couple of times very briefly and a couple of times during the night. It was rather windy every day, I don’t know if that is normal, but it was coming off the ocean at 15-25 mph every day. It was great to watch the kite surfers do their stunts just to the north of the place.

The condo was perfect for my wife and I and our three grown sons. My wife and I took the bedroom right off the kitchen and gave the boys the master bedroom king bed and the extra bed in the adjoining part. The two bathrooms each with their own showers were wonderful to have.

It is so nice to have the opportunity to rent such a well-cared for condo with almost all the comforts of home in the US – especially the Wi-Fi and the blue-tooth speaker in the living room –nice touch!

The place is very nicely furnished and the patio in front of the living room provided a view to die for, with the beautiful Caribbean and the sky right over the railing with the pool just steps from the front door. The only problem we had was the water heater for the kitchen going out a couple of times, due presumably to the strong winds. The woman in charge of the management company was awesome; she sent someone over the first time and the pilot was relit in a jiffy. After I found out where it was, I relit it the next time or two. She and one of her assistants in the office were also very accommodating in helping my youngest son and I arrange a golf outing at a local resort (just a few klicks south of PM).

It was fabulous to have a beach bar less than 100 steps along the beach from our place and the short walk into town for shopping, restaurants, and necessities was truly convenient. With two of our boys fluent in Spanish, it was super easy to take a 5 minute, $2 cab ride out to the supermarket on the highway, but we could have done it even without their help. That is the place to go to stock up on everything you need! There is also a bank close by to that store where you can withdraw pesos from your US account with a good exchange rate, as well as around the town square.

I have a hard time imagining staying at an all-inclusive re