Our goal was to avoid the heavy Mexican “colonial” look, and being ON the beach, to have CLL be a true beach house.  We were very, very pleased with the result and everything has held up remarkably well over the last 10+ years.  What we didn’t buy in Bali, we bought in Guadalajara, accenting the Mexican hacienda look.  So we feel that we have truly created a beachfront paradise, only outdone by our incredible, world class staff of 9.  It’s no wonder guests barely want to leave CLL during their stay; happens all the time!

My family roots and upbringing are in California agriculture on both sides of the family in Orange County, since the late 1800’s, including my father’s 4 farm machinery dealerships, 2 of which were in Imperial Valley at the Mexican border.  Between working there and surfing Northern Baja in high school, I suppose Mexico has become part of my DNA, or as our staff likes to say, “Senor Doug es Medio Mexicano”.  I love the culture, the people, and the language.  My father always told me that Mexicans were better farmers and that their soil was better than ours.  He was right.  Their produce, fish from the Sea of Cortez, and meats are amazing.  Add 3 incredible CLL chef teams (boy can Mexican chefs do flavors…) plus our gracious, serving in-villa butler and the rest of our amazing staff humbly & professionally serving you, and there you have it.  Not to mention that Jacques Cousteau called the Sea of Cortez, “The World’s Aquarium”, including the biggest whale migration in the world, so what’s not to like?!  Come on down!!