To the north, it bends in a horseshoe of golden powder across big Monterey Bay.
Our Observer says that this footage, which was filmed in a prison in the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, reveals the human rights abuses that take place within penitentiaries in the country, where power lies in the hands of inmates from drug cartels.
You'll be able to smell the sizzling shrimp and seafood broths from McAbee Beach.