From there we went on to San Blas
and enjoyed the typical mexican lifestyle hanging out in the
town. Gary had a great time surfing the break water. I caught
a couple. The waves would crash along the channel, not great
for sailing but really fun long right waves for surfers. We
tucked our boat into the channel and paddled a mile or so and
hiked with the surfboards to get to this break. The next day,
a fellow sailor girlfriend and I took a side road trip to Tepic,
the capital of the region. We went hunting for artwork of the
local indians who live in the mountain regions of Nayarit. We
found some beautiful Huichol Indian artwork, lovely hand beading
works along with some really nice wax yarn paintings. Got some
really beautiful works that look great on the boat.
We spent Cinco de Mayo in a seaside
town called Chacala. This place also has amazing surf. It took
us a 20 minute ride in our dingy heading up the coast to the
surf break. Unfortunately, some tour packages are now included
it into their surf tours and there are a few too many surfers
for this secluded little break that you can only reach by panga
or dinghy. We did have the advantage of getting there at the
crack of dawn and had the place to ourselves along with a few
locals. The locals are great and very friendly with sharing
the waves. The gringos were fun, more aggressive but very interested
in the cool catamaran anchored in the bay. They all wanted to
hear about our sailing adventures. Of course we were happy to
share because this is the exact spot that Gary actually started
his dream of cruising on a sailboat. He was once one of those
surfers on vacation who spotted a trimaran anchored in the bay
and thought it was a cool idea. This was back in 2000, so 5
years later, it is now him with the sailboat. How is that for
visualization!!!
We are doing well and enjoying
the sailing life. Check out the website, we have more great
photos posted. We are using a new program that makes it easier
to post our pictures now.
Blessings,
Celeste
PS:June 7th now and We are in
La Paz. All is well and pretty darn hot.
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