Monday, April 13, 2009

Luxury in the Yucatán
MAYAKOBA, MEXICO -- The iced cucumbers sent an arctic jolt pulsing down to my eye sockets -- not an altogether unpleasant sensation -- and temporarily blotted out the Caribbean Sea.

They were as bracing as the frozen grapes delivered to our chaises in the sand that morning; as refreshing as the mango sorbet served poolside later that afternoon.

At a high-end resort in the Riviera Maya, they don't let you sit around and sweat.

The longer you linger at the pool, the beach or the spa, the more you are surprised with ''amenities,'' as in, ``Hello, Ms. Latson, may I offer you this amenity?''

You get used to it.

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