January 21 to 24, 2009 In San Blas

JAN 21, Wednesday, wash day

I spent a good part of the morning washing the roof. It was filthy. Val went with Charlie bird-watching. By 10:30, I was finished (started at 8 a.m.), took a shower and went to the hotel down the road with Lynden to do internet stuff. As we were driving down, we both realized that we didn’t have our wallets as they were in his truck which Charlie was driving but I had 100 pesos which would be ample. As we neared the hotel, we met the girls coming back so they came with us. We had breakfast and did our internet stuff and so did the Kirkby’s. I uploaded my blog, downloaded my mail, and checked my bank.
We came back to our site and just lazed around. I went to the bank to get more cash and cerveza.


JAN 22, Thursday, Playa Amor

I washed the front and the rear of the rig this morning. The sun is out and it is very warm. Val did another load of laundry. About two dozen cattle ran by our campsite this morning driven by a single caballero. They were on the road and the field across from us. Quite interesting to see.
In the afternoon, we read, snoozed, lazed around, went for a walk on the beach then met the group for happy hour.


JAN 23, Friday, Playa Amor

This morning I washed the left side of the rig and Val went with the girls to visit a home and go bird-watching. Another tough day in progress!!!
The balance of the day, we just relaxed, went to the hotel to do some banking on the net, downloaded our mail and uploaded some pictures to Picasa Folder. Cooked some Mexican sausages that I had bought for lunch which turned out to be pretty good. We had our usual happy hour but the group was much smaller today. I think it was because of the wind and it was cooler today, only 80*F. Funny how one gets acclimatized to this heat.


JAN 24, Saturday, visit Santiago

We, the Kirkby’s and us, went to a town named Santiago, approx 70 km from here. We also wanted to see the road as it was recommended as a way out back to Hwy 15. Santiago was like any other big village. There were lots of shops and markets, all kinds of meat and fish for sale. We walked around, visited the town square and the local church, looked at few trinklets, bought a small backpack and a little money purse for our change then we hunted for a restaurant for lunch with no success so we wended up in the bus station at a small eatery where we had the best sandwich I ever tasted. It was made on pannelli bread and toasted with ham and chili.
From here, we walked back to the truck and drove home. It was a good day. We were just in time for happy hour. Afterwards, we went for the traditional pizza night at the hotel.
A good day overall!