Do you "Beach" ?

[BellBarbara]

We are not beach people, more mountain and/or lake people. I can spend a day at the beach, then I am bored. We sometimes go to beach resorts, that is OK since the goal is to relax/drink.

[brett]

We are 'beaching' in Thailand at the moment. A week in Khao Lak, followed by a week on Ko Lanta, then another few days on the island of Ko Lipe. Then a ferry to the island of Langkawi in Malaysia and another stay on the beach. Then south again.

Yes, we are beach and ocean people!

[iac1003]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meadbh I was at the Grand Mayan resort at Nuevo Vallarta.

Do you want to buy my timeshare at the GM Nuevo?

Will be in Puerto Vallarta in exactly 1 week. We stay on the Marina but I love the ocean. I spent most of my life on a coast, going to Orchard and Brighton or Manhattan Beaches as a child in NYC, the Jersey shore, the Long Island beaches where my cousins lived, 7 summers on Cape Cod with my son. What am I doing here in Texas?

We have been asking ourselves this question recently.


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[kramer]

Before I early retired in 2007, I really didn't know the answer to the question: "Do you Beach?". Via experience since then I can say the answer is NO. I just get bored at the beach, even though I like going for a couple of days now and then. I do like to go to a nice pool sometimes (and I live a couple hundred meters from one).

I did live in Mazatlan, Mexico for a few months, which has one of the world's better scenic beach scenes and I did enjoy walking and running along the malecon (pathway by the beach) and enjoying the scenery. But I rarely went in the water, even though I am a good swimmer. It's just not a key part of what I am looking for as a place to live or for a medium length or longer vacation. This conclusion came somewhat surprisingly to me.