Live Aqua Resort;
Cancun, Mexico; Yucatan Peninsula; Sea Turtles; mb Restaurant, Fusion and
Molecular Cuisine; All Inclusive!
The Live Aqua Resort is located in Cancun, Mexico, on the Yucatán
Peninsula in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The peninsula is the Eastern most portion of
Mexico and is a very close distance to the western tip of Cuba. This 5 star ***** resort is set on a lovely
white sand beach along the Caribbean coast, and this sprawling, all-inclusive
hotel is just 6 km from the Mayan ruins at El Rey Zona Arqueológica.
There are hundreds of hotels in the Cancun area and is a
hot spot for travel for young and old adventurers from around the world. We chose the Live Aqua resort because it is
one of the few adult only resorts that caters to your needs without
interruptions from children.
Just across the street from the hotel is a very nice outdoor shopping mall!
From the moment we arrived at this resort, we could feel the
serenity of the resort with aromatic smells, meditative music, and top quality
service. We even received a
complimentary hand massage in the lobby before we were shown to our room.
The comfortable rooms have contemporary furnishings, with
free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs.
While we were there, we indulged ourselves to
the spas with full body massage and also treated ourselves to manicures and
pedicures at reasonable prices. We chose
the all-inclusive vacation, so all our food and beverages were included free of
charge. The rooms have minibars that are
restocked daily.
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| A big guy watching over the pool area swing bar |
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| A pool area swing bar |
There are 7
restaurants and 3 bars, including a swim-up bar. Other amenities include 8 fabulous outdoor pools, as well as
a spa and a gym.
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| A Beautiful view from our ocean side room |
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| An infinity pool overlooking the ocean |
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| A nice view !! |
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| One of many large king size cabanas around the pools |
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| A Yoga staff member at the pool area |
OK, the pools are great, but the beach and beautiful white sand is just spectacular!
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| The Hotel adds messages in the sandy beach, ocean side |
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| Many umbrellas to get out of the sun! |
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| .... and Lots of lounge chairs to enjoy the sun! |
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| The end of a sunny day on the beach |
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While we tried most of the restaurants, our favorite at Live
Aqua by far is the mb restaurant.
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| mb restaurant's beautiful and relaxing decor |
The Live Aqua website says: “Experience an exceptional
evening at mb. An exquisite dinner created with the flavor of
Latin cuisine with an emphasis on local Mexican ingredients and flavors. The Chef's recipes are liberally seasoned and
offer distinct and expressive flavors”.
From my experience of eating at fabulous restaurants around
the world, the chefs at mb restaurant are combining modern culinary techniques
that include fusion and molecular gastronomy cuisines.
Wikipedia
defines these styles of cuisine as follows:
Molecular gastronomy is a sub-discipline
of food science that seeks to
investigate the physical and chemical transformations of ingredients that occur
in cooking.
Fusion cuisine is cuisine that combines elements of
different culinary traditions.
Below are photo image portions of mb
restaurant’s tantalizing menu:
We also took many photo images of the actual dishes which we truly
enjoyed eating during our stay. The portions
may be small, but they are packed with wonderful flavors and cooked to
perfection.
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| Corn Soup with Coconut Foam | s |
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| Grouper with Celery Bulb |
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| Shrimp in Garlic with Peppers and Ham |
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| Farmer Salad with Lime Air |
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| A Specialty Desert just for us!!!! |
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| Tuna Prepared 4 ways |
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| Veal Cheeks with Yam Emulsion .... |
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| Mango Scallops |
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| Prawn Salad with Blue Cheese Foam |
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| Beef Ribs Brazed with Sweet Potato and Carrots |
Well, you bay be asking yourself where is the Molecular and Fusion Cuisine that I mentioned above. The menu itself lists many of the ingredients or components of the dishes which gives you a hint of the Fusion cuisine. But to see the combination of fusion and Molecular cuisines, you have to look at the actual dishes themselves. You can see in the photos
that the chef uses fine powders brush strokes, foams, creams, and much more in both
his presentation and ingredients for his many wonderful dishes.
By the way, they do have a great buffet restaurant that serves a wide variety of food for both breakfast and dinner. Here are just a few photos:
And, the great thing about the all-inclusive
hotel package is that if you want to eat 2 or 3 or ??? of the small dish, just
order more! Or, just try as many different plates until you are full or
completely satisfied!!!
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| Image is Courtesy of the internet |
One amazing part of our stay was to see hundreds of newly
hatched sea turtles and we participated in the release of them after dark. The hotel annually has many adult female sea
turtles visit their sandy beaches in the summer to lay their eggs. The hotel staff relocates the large nest of
eggs along with the sand at the nest site, to a guarded and fenced in area to
protect the eggs until they hatch. The
photo shows that area, and all of the markers in the sand are for different
clutches of eggs they found last year.
Sea Turtles typically lay a clutch of eggs between
approximately 50 to 350 eggs and the eggs incubate for 6 to 10 weeks in the
sand. The baby turtles are born with a
sharp point on their nose to break through the egg shell. The hatchlings are carefully rounded up and
kept in a crate until their release after sunset.
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| Sunset at the Beach just before Sea Turtle release |
As you set the hatchlings down 10-20 feet
from the water, they head directly towards the water at a fast pace as if they
had a GPS to show them the way. We
released 144 baby turtles just after sunset to give the baby turtles the best
possible chance of safely making it to the water on their own. Below are the hatchlings waiting for sunset to be released. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take photos of the turtles being released, because the camera flash could disorient the babys or hurt their delicate young eyes. The below photos were taking in the sunlight without a flash. These are the ones we actually released that night!
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| This is the area that the egg clutches are transported to and protected until they hatch |
Guests of the hotel that participate will receive a certificate showing that they participated in the release program and naming the ones you first released. You can even name the first two you release!!!
It is sad to hear the statistics in these incredible
creatures that only 1 in every 1000 to 10,000 baby sea turtles survive to maturity so
they can return and lay their own eggs.
There are seven (7) extant species as follows: the Green, Loggerhead, Kemp's Ridley, Olive
Ridley, Hawksbill, Flatback, and Leatherback, and most of these species have
females that travel up to a 1000 miles or more to lay their clutch of eggs in
the sands of Yucatan Peninsula. The
sands and climate are perfect for incubation.
All of these sea turtle species are endangered except the loggerhead
which is listed as threatened.
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When you are thinking of going to Cancun and you want a
place to relax with other adults only, a place to receive pampering and special
attention, quality service, with a wonderful variety of food, and right on the
ocean, you really should consider LIVE AQUA Resort for your next vacation.
This is my personal opinion from my personal experience when
we paid for a super vacation in Cancun, Mexico.
For more information, below is the address and phone number:
Live Aqua Hotel and Resort
Address: Blvd. Kukulcan Km.12.5, Zona Hotelera, 77500
Cancún, Q.R., Mexico
Phone:+52 998 881 7600
