To get to the bus for the whale watching at 8:15 a.m. I had to walk up this hill first. My casa is down the hill, turn right and we are right there on the corner. The other day a bad guy on the beach grabbed a woman's purse and ran up this hill to get away BUT a good guy on a horse on the beach, chased him up the hill. The bad buy grabbed a cab at the main hwy at the top of the hill and another car from down the hill followed. When the cab stopped at the Mega grocery store, the bad guy was grabbed, thrown to the ground and later arrested. The woman on the beach only lost her house keys. Bucerias excitement. The bad kind.
On arrival at Nuevo Vallarta, we boarded this craft eventually at about 9:30. It was supposed to leave at 9 but hey, this is Mexico.
I just liked all of these masts in a row!!!
I don't believe it, blogger just ate my whale pic!!!! I only got three and it ate the one I chose to show you!!! The whale watching appeared to be an excuse for a booze cruise to me. There were many boats surrounding the whales we did see. We probably only spent about half an hour out of the day looking at whales. Now, the Bay of Bandaris is where whales come to give birth and to look after their young so I'm not convinced all of these boats waiting to pounce in the direction of any whale sighting is a good thing.
I had to take this picture above as it reminded me of the gorgeous beaches of the Bahamas. If you want the best in beaches, the Bahamas is where to go. Just love the colour of the water!!!
We ended up a long way south of Puerto Vallarta and saw some lovely little sandy coves where you could spend the day if you had a little boat to get to them. This is one of the two Los Arcos. As you can see, many tourists like to come and have a close up view of them.
I have never owned a toaster oven or ever wanted to but here at Casa Arcoiris there is not a toaster and I have been told one is not going to be made available to me. I have a fancy cappacino machine with no directions and a gorgeous red blender but it is not possible to get me a toaster!!! I figure with what I am paying here, the owner could have bought 180 toasters!!!! I digress. The other morning I had to have toast for my bacon and tomato sandwich breakfast. I put in the toast turned on the oven and waited and waited and waited. As I am watching what is supposed to be happening but isn't, I suddenly see this geko inside the oven rushing from the back to the front of the oven. I fling open the door and yell, "Get out, get out!!!" but alas, gekos only speak Spanish and aren't very smart so he ran under the hing for the door. I turned off the oven and waited for it to cool. Later, I discovered this poor fellow under the hinge. Maybe he thought this was a tanning bed for gekos!!!
This is the hand painted mural on the wall of the classroom where I teach English every Friday morning at La Fuente the church I used to attend.
These are two of my three students. Boudillia on the right and Blanca on the left. Blanca is the little grandmother whose grandson brings her to class and picks her up. Well, last Friday no one came for Blanca so when my taxi arrived I invited Blanca to come for a ride to her house. Now, I had presumed that she lived just around the corner as she walks really slowly on her grandson's arm The taxi driver starts talking to her and I hear her say bus??? He then turns to me and asks me who should go home first as we live in different areas. Now I am really confused. But I thought she lived around the corner? Oh no, she lives at the other end of town. So, do I now kick the grandmother out of the taxi or drop her at the bus stop??? I start laughing and say, "Take her home please." This whole conversation has been in Spanish and I have no idea where we are going!!! 45 minutes later, I arrive home and I say to the taxi driver, "That was a surprise!!!" and he says, "Yes, for me too!!!" and we are both laughing at how crazy life can be sometimes!!! This is Mexico!!!
This is a member of a little dance troup that just popped up one day on the street. They had a basket or two in front of them and made some pesos.
This is the beach two blocks from my house. I hate to admit that until last Wednesday, I had not been down to sit on the beach. This is the beach looking south towards Puerto Vallarta. It is so easy just to stay home and have a swim in the pool.
This is my spot. Yesterday a nice Mexican man came and tried to put up my umbrella for me but I know how to do it or I thought I did until I couldn't get the push in thingy to work so he did that for me. I was thinking, wouldn't this be hilarious if for the very first time, the brolly goes flying down the beach because I am not as good as I think I am at this skill. Thankfully, my brolly has not blown down the beach with me screaming after it!!!
This is the beach looking north towards San Blas, three hours away.......
Staying at the pool may be really relaxing and convenient but the entertainment is not the same as at the beach. The other day these 6 guys were all trying to get into this two man kayak at the same time. They did it too!!!
Later on the same day a group of men came with a big net and inner tube. One of them swam out and dropped the net and then two other men took an end each and swam in with it. It was incredible how many fish they caught. I asked one of the men if the fish were all edible and he said they were. I asked how they would cook them and he said they would be fried. This conversation was also all in Spanish. I really enjoy the opportunities I have to speak the language. Too many people speak English here. Hey, wait a minute, aren't I teaching English here!!??!?!?!?!
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