Blog #5 Guayabitos and home.....

Guayabitos is a small coastal town set along the Bay of Bandaras. This is the beach looking south. The fellow with the wheelbarrow sells me oysters everyday for my lunch. A dozen on the half shell for $3.85 CND!!! What a deal and oh so yummy!!!!

This is the beach looking north. The water was really warm when we went swimming in the ocean when we first got here but for the last few days the surf has been too strong to swim. One must respect the ocean. We had booked a tour just for the two of us today to go out in a boat for two hours to sightseeing and fish a bit but the roll of the waves is too intense. We have been watching little boats, only two of them so far, with our binoculars and they completely disappear from view as they go along and get between waves. I don't think this looks like a fun activity to be doing on our last day in town. The guy is coming back later to give us back our deposit and then he will probably want to sell us a nice piece of land in the Everglades.......

Last night after dinner, Mona Lisa Pizza is the best here in town, I dragged Ray to a jewelry store because except for my watches I hadn't bought myself a nice piece of bling to take home. While I was looking a guy came up and asked me in Spanish to try on this ring he had in his hand. He didn't work in the store. He was just passing by like us. It was way too big for me so he made Ray put it on and then when it fit he told him to keep it. It was a gift. It seemed a little strange but hey what the heck we went along with it. When we got home I took a closer look at it and discovered it had a cross on it. This morning Ray got a really good look at this ring and low and behold it had writing all around it, actually five lines of writing. He copied it all down to put on to google to translate but when he showed me I was sure it was the Lord's prayer. Oh, he of little faith went ahead and did the translation thing and it is the Lord's prayer. Now, how strange is this story. Ray hasn't worn any jewelry since he lost his wedding band over 40 years ago and now he has been given this special ring that he is actually wearing!!!!! Do, do, do,do. Welcome to the twilight zone............

A Posing Pelican

A Posing Pretty Bird

Ok, by now you are convinced I'm not a birder but these might be plovers or friendly little gray birds. The shore birds are really friendly. I was amazed at how close I could get. We walked the beach yesterday looking to rent a place for Jan.-March. February seems to be the problem with no vacancies anywhere except the kind of place you wouldn't want to stay in!!!!

Maybe an Eagret

This is a common site on the beach. Vendors walking along in the sand carrying their goods on their heads. Don't think I will be trying it any day soon. These young women were deep in conversation and paying no attention to what they were carrying at all. Amazing!!!

These folks sell fish, marlin or albacore, or shrimp on a stick for under $2 each.Very yummy!!! I just go to the end of the porch and they take my order and bring it over when it is ready. Great fun!!!

There is an island off shore and to the right you can see shrimp boats that are safely tucked away in the lee of the island during these rough seas. Usually the shrimp boats anchor farther out at sea during the day when the crew sleeps and then they go out at night to make their catch.

The other day there was a photo shoot at Estancia San Carlos. This young woman is probably getting ready for her sweet 16 party or Cinsinata. I have no idea how to spell that word but if you say it phonetically you will say it right. The 15th birthday for a girl here is huge with families planning for years on the big event. They took a few pics right outside of our unit and here she is smiling for my camera. Her father wanted to know where we were from and seemed very pleased that we were taking pictures of his daughter.

This is our place from the beach. The big glass doors slide over at night. We eat all of our meals on the terraza or porch, read, play cards, watch the beach processing by. Inside the doors to the right is the living room. The kitchen and dining room are to the left. I have a puzzle all over the dining room table. Through the doorway you can see takes you to the bathroom on the right and the bedroom to the left with two comfy double beds. There is another long narrow porch off the bedroom. We get daily maid service with new sheets and towels every day. The other day she did our laundry for us. We really like it here. Love the location of the unit!!!!

This is the view from our patio looking south. Tomorrow we will be taking a taxi to Puerto Vallarta and then home the next day to Canada. Stay tuned...................