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Alma Libre Bookstore , in Puerto Morelos, conducted their " Best of Puerto Morelos" Survey for 2007.
Did Hola Asia stay at the top of the list for the #1 restaurant? Where was people's favourite place to stay; Ojo de Agua, Playasol, or some other dream destination? What was your favourite shop? For a complete list of this year's winner's read more below.....
Here are the results from this year's survey.
What is your favourite thing to do in Puerto Morelos? What a list of things there is to do in Puerto Morelos! The responses were wrapped up best by this answer: "Nothing and Everything." Here's a partial list in alphabetical order: be on the water, beach, bicycle, browse the bookstore, chat, chill, daytrip, dive, drink, eat, fish, hammock, hang out, nothing, people watch, read a book, relax, shop, snorkel, stroll, swim, veg, walk.
What is your favourite restaurant? This is the most popular and most contentious question. Here are the results...
- Hola Asia - Has topped the survey every year. People mentioned Valorie as often as the food.
- Bodo's - Now in its new oceanfront location, up from #3 last year.
- Pelicanos - Now open in its new (old) location, down from #2 last year.
- Le Marlin Bleu - A big leap for our neighbour Eric, from #6 to #4.
- John Gray's Kitchen - People come from all over the Mayan Riviera to dine at John's.
- El Pirata - People love the Pirate.
- Viejo Pescador - A lot of people like the Old Fisherman, and the view. First appearance on our list.
What is your favourite place to have a drink? Now as we explained before, this does not have to be an alcoholic drink. It can be a smoothie, a coffee or a refreshing fruit juice. It could also be a cold cerveza or a margarita as big as your head. Here are the results...
- Pelicanos
- Ojo de Agua
- Cafe de Amancia
- Also mentioned were "home" or a "friend's house" as well as such watering holes as Giaconda, El Pirata and Tuna.
What is your favourite shop? Let's put it this way. It was our idea to do the survey, we write the survey, we pay a company to allow us to send the survey to more than 1200 mailboxes...what answer do you think we are looking for?? Overwhelmingly, people wrote Alma Libre as their favourite shop. Muchos Gracias! Those unclear enough to miss our veiled threats mentioned the Jungle Market, the Mayan Handicraft Centre and the Ice Cream Shop. Our favourite answer was "Alma Libre...unless I need beer." Fair enough.
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What is your favourite place to stay in Puerto Morelos? A wide variety of places were mentioned including hotels like Ojo de Agua and Hacienda Morelos. Many people wrote that they liked to rent a house or condo for their stay in Puerto Morelos. Check out the list of some places avaialble on the Alma Libre website. Of course a good portion of people still responded "my place".
Favourite Book to Read in Puerto Morelos: Most answers said "something about Mexico". We have a few suggestions in that vein. We have local stories like "Embarking on the Mariposa Trail" or "Where the Sky is Born" or stories from other areas of Mexico like "On Mexican Time". Many noted that any book was better when read in Puerto Morelos (and found at Alma Libre)!
What is your favourite Daytrip from Puerto Morelos? This was the first time this question was asked. We thought it might be valuable for visitors to share their favourite spots and give us some ideas of what to do on our day off. Lots of suggestions here. Many mentioned places like Akumal, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Cancun, Valladolid or Isla Mujeres. They also mentioned ruins like Coba and Chichen Itza. Many noted that they found no reason to leave Puerto Morelos. One person suggested a daytrip could be had by just drinking a bottle of tequila in 30 minutes. Quite a trip indeed!
How Many Times Have You Visited Puerto Morelos? Once again we proved that it is difficult to visit Puerto Morelos just once. 37% of our readers had visited more than they could count! 19% have visited three times and 12% have visited twice. 6% have visited once. 23% of our readers live here or own a home here. 4% have never visited.
Thank you to eveyrone who participated and look for the survey next year!
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