Mucho's Mexican - For our Modelo fix
Mucho's - Good for drinks, bad for food
One of two Italian restaurants in town
American candy bars at the Lolly shop
More goodies from the lolly shop
Finnegan's Irish Pub - Neighborhood hangout/St. Patrick's Day Celebration spot
The Del - another great spot to hangout
The Taj - Fantastic, cheap Indian food; the fish curry is the heat
Not to be confused with The Raj across the street; average Indian food
Butcher shops are alive and well - best place to get quality cuts of meat
Insert Yoko Ono/Lennon joke here
Holden Ute, aka "Poor Man's El Camino"
Hill overlooking Bar Beach
Blue bottle jellyfish had washed up all along the shoreline - sting like a mother
Tide pools at Bar Beach
We finally got out of our comfort zone and spent a weekend at Bar Beach, which is a (gasp!) 15 minute walk from the apartment, as opposed to our 2 minute walk down to Newcastle Beach. Along the way, we snapped some pictures along the way on Darby Street (full of cafes, as well as Thai/Vietnamese/Indian restaurants) and The Junction, a trendy area home to:
The Lolly Shop - Which has soft drinks, candies, and other junk food homesick Americans crave (we haven't caved in yet). The prices are outrageous - expect to pay $40 for a bag of Jolly Ranchers or $25 for a six-pack of Mountain Dew.
Mucho's Mexican Restaurant - The fact they have margaritas and Modelo's is their only redeeming quality. They essentially serve up Old El Paso products and pass it off as Mexican cuisine.
The best (and only) Italian restauant in town. They will continue to bring the food out until you cannot eat anymore.
And we got a surprise as we walked along the shore at Bar Beach - hundreds of blue bottle jellyfish. They aren't very big, but they pack a punch. We also learned that peeing on a jellyfish sting is a myth - it only works for wounds from spines from a sea urchin. Just thought we would pass that along
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