Welcome, we are the Parikh Family!
I am Armaan, an eleven year old web designer, my dad Niket is the financer, and my mom Gopi is a visionary – and we are the proud owners of the Penthouse At Playa!
We are thalassophiles (slang: beach bums). As far as I can remember, every year we had at least one beach vacation – we’ve been on several cruises and all-inclusive vacations to Hawaii Islands (Kauai, Maui, Oahu and Big Island), Nassau (Bahamas), Turks and Caicos, Galveston, Cozumel, Miami, Tampa Bay, Dubai, Puerto Rico, Punta Cana, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, St. Marteen, St. Kitts, St. Thomas (US Virgin Islands), Barbados, Key West, Cancun, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, etc. Even my mom and dad started their married life with a honeymoon at Cozumel 🙂
So looking back, our love for the beach manifested in to getting us this beautiful penthouse just 5-minutes walk from the beach. And we are so excited to be able to share it with you!
During the 2023 summer break, my mom and I went to India to visit my grandparents and spend time with our extended family and friends. At that time, Dad wanted to venture out of New Jersey as well, but needed to stay in the US time zone for his work. After researching on the most popular destinations for digital nomads, he contemplated on Oaxaca (Mexico), Mexico City and Florianopolis (Brazil), but finally settled on Playa Del Carmen. And I am so glad that he chose Playa Del Carmen.
During his month-long digital nomadic life in Playa Del Carmen, he absolutely fell in love with the place. It reminded him of several experiences and similarities from growing up in India. He experienced spirituality and had some of the best vegan/vegetarian food options from any cities we had visited (he promised to write a blogpost on those – so that is coming soon…). In the last week of his trip, he reached out to a realtor to explore vacation home options, just considering that all of our trips to Poconos to look for a vacation home had turned futile.
When he saw this penthouse condo, he absolutely fell in love with it – the spaciousness, the unbeatable location, the amenities, the jacuzzi and of course the private rooftop terrace. He mentioned that no other condos he saw after that even remotely matched up to this one. And my mom and I completely agree with that from the amazing experiences we had during our winter break trip in December 2023. We will share all those experiences in our upcoming blogs.
Besides enjoying, we also made several trips to furniture stores, decor stores, malls and supermarkets to stock up this home with all the luxuries and essentials including even a work desk with comfortable office chair for digital nomads 🙂
We are now glad to be able to share our penthouse with you!
…more pictures and blogposts coming soon – stay tuned 🙂