First time travel to a tropical destination has a way of dismantling opinions held for years, and Ryan O'Donnell arrived in Cabo San Lucas with a full set of them. He wanted experiences, not a beach chair. He wanted castles and roller coasters and history, not chips and a pool. He was wrong, and he knows it.

The conversation lands on what actually shifted: tasting salt water for the first time, falling asleep at ten-thirty every night without trying, lying on a beach under a full moon listening to the Pacific. Ryan plays the recording he made from the shore. It sounds like bliss.

There is also the airport, where a foot long at Subway ran thirty dollars Canadian and the hat he bought at the resort for thirty dollars was going for sixty-five at the departure gate.

Topics: first time Mexico travel, all-inclusive resort Canada, Cabo San Lucas, travel perspective, beach vacation

Originally aired on 2026-06-08