But I will stay positive. We have found a very nice beach town called Rincon de Guayabitos that we have decided to stay put in for about a week. It about one hour north of Puerto Vallarta and filled with its share of gringos, but not obnoxiously so. There is a nice mix of Canadian/American travelers with Mexican vacationers. The main form of accommodation here is bungalows, which really means bigger rooms with kitchenettes. There aren´t any high rise hotels (yet) and it sits on a really nice sandy cove with some halfway decent body surfing waves.
Our first nights we stayed in one of the most "unique" places yet. We stumbled onto it when we first rolled into town and we couldn´t believe that we were getting a oceanfront room (two of them) for only 150 pesos each. That is less than $15 per room. We´re talking Asia pricing here! Granted it wasn´t the fanciest place we´d been in and had a bit of a stark, cold, on the verge of dirty feeling, but a huge room with an oceanfront view? We almost negotiated a week rate with her, but mom and I had a gut feeling that maybe we shouldn´t jump the gun. Later that night the water stopped running, and they said they couldn´t get to it until tomorrow. So Keith diligently ran up the two flights with multiple buckets of water for the all important activity of flushing. Too much information. The next day, we got the full story. This woman had just got back from California the day before after renting this place out to a family for the past year or so. Clearly she wasn´t ready for guests yet. We did stay there another night as it was a good view and rate and they got the water running. But then the water went out again the second night and no one was there to ask about it. More buckets. In the morning she showed us the breaker switch we could have flipped to turn it back on - a little late with the information! The day we left, there were for sale signs on the place.
The view from Hotel Marlennes.
We have since moved further down the beach and closer to town to a much nicer place with a full kitchen and another great oceanside view. We´ve been in this room for two days and will stay at least two more. Yesterday we had a sunny first half of the day and went in the car back north a bit to a more secluded beach. Well, secluded isn´t the right word...less crowded would be more appropriate. It was very nice and we had our first swim. With the pelicans. There are so many pelicans around here! At this beach they were all around us dive bombing for fish constantly. Quite a sight.
Watching the pelicans at Playa Chalaca.
Today with mom not feeling well and the sun and sand at our doorstep, we just had a beach bum kind of day. Lots of body surfing, reading and mosying around town. Not a bad life.
The view from our current hotel - Jacqueline.
Dad waiting for the perfect wave. Wait? Was that it?
Some more pictures from around town here.
A very colorful bungalow.
Anybody want to buy an inflatable toy? I think I know where I can find one.
One of the ways we amuse ourselves as we make our way from one city to another. Here we are throwing rocks in a rock quarry. It wasn´t listed in the guidebook as a popular activity in the area, but we gave it a go anyway.
There is a group of these guys that descend in front of our hotel each morning waiting for the fish heads that the beach vendor diligently throws out for them.
1 comment:
The sunset photo with siluetted palm trees is just another classic. Reaaly liked that big pelican character too.
CJ
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