Thanks Stu for sending this Google Earth photo of where we are.
Our original 3 days in Puerto Angel turned in to 5 days because we fell in love with this little fishing village. While we were there we met two nice young couples...one from Poland (not sure if they are relatives of yours, Countess Krys, ha,ha) and one from Wales. We spent quite a bit of time with them, including a day out snorkelling, cliff diving and scuba diving. It was so awesome to be diving again (saw a couple of moray eels, the very dangerous Scorpian Fish, some poisonous sea snakes, and a huge variety of fish).
Di accepting the dare to cliff dive.
QuickStar - the only sailboat amongst all the fishing pangas.
We were the only sailboat in the bay, so we were quite the novelty. We got to know lots of the locals well and felt like we were part of the community. Really enjoyed seeing all the kids playing on the beach - reminiscent of the old days of our youth.
Are these kids not too adorable?? They loved to play in our dinghy.
From here we went to anchor in an amazing bay called La India (national park), which we had all to ourselves for snorkelling and an incredible evening, complete with dancing in the galley...enroute we saw dolphins and lots of jumping rays. Will be a while until we are in a remote bay again, so we savoured the experience.
Snorkelling at La India
While here in Huatulco, we are working our way through off our long boat project to-do list. We have met another Canadian couple here in the marina, Chris and Gerry, and we had a nice visit with them on their boat last evening. Also, took time out this morning to go with Gerry to a local Yoga class. What a great experience, and I was thrilled to discover that all my daily Spanish lessons are starting to pay off! We then enjoyed a coffee in the square with the locals. How lucky am I?????
Typical dinner fare at my favourite kind of restaurant...barefoot and on the beach.
So all is going well here...except that both Peter and I have ear infections. Peter says it doesn't hurt, he just can't hear me and he says that is just fine! I think he'll milk this one for awhile. I did get a great suggestion from my Vernon naturalpath, Dr. Entner who suggested sauteing garlic in olive oil, straining it and then inserting a few drops in the ear for a few hours. Sounds like a great idea and I'll give it a try. As I mentioned, I don't think Peter wants to be cured!
Although all is pretty serene here for us, there is lots of excitment with our kids. Danny took one of his best friends to the hospital last weekend after he had a bad accident/fall riding a bucking bronco (I'm quite sure it was really a bull, but everyone is quite Mum on the subject). Anyway, they were exposed to a family that was in there with the "piggy flu" and yesterday Danny spent the night "puking his guts out" - a direct quote from his older brother Ryan where he is currently staying to finish his apprenticeship school component. He graduated yesterday and is headed to another rodeo this weekend. (Did I mention I absolutely must have dropped him on his head when he was a baby???)
Danny preparing to come out of the shooting on his bucking bronco.
On the other side of the world....Kylie has been evacuated from her house in Lismore, Australia, where over 5,300 have been ordered out.. There is severe flooding and winds up to 125 kilometres an hour. We have yet to be able to get through to her, but know via Facebook that she and her roommates are safe staying up on the hill at the university, which is the official evacuation site. So, we'll just keep posted to the news and hope for the best.
Photos of Lismore by Sam Johnson - Kylie's roommate
So, Ryan and Tara, stay safe this weekend, so we only have to worry about two out of four!
Until next Friday's update.....live your dreams!
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