Carol Gets the Tour

Despite Carol's limited ability to walk, she had a good time and was able to see a bit of Melaque and La Manzanilla as well as the area around Barra de Navidad.   She got to meet a new bunch of my cruising friends and tried most of the good restaurants around.  Taxis and Ubercitos helped a lot.

Carol, Vicky, Mike, Rich and Mary at Simona''s in Barra

Visible:  Patrice, Lou, Maureen, Bob and Carol at

Manglito's in Barra

Yours truly and Carol at Isadora's in Barra

Carol at Papa Gallo's in Melaque

Taking an Ubercito through Melaque to the bank.

Enjoying fresh coconut on the beach in

Cuastacomates

 Braving the waterslide at the Grand Isla Hotel

Making new palapas on the malecon in Barra

We spent a quiet couple of days anchored in

the Barra lagoon.

Watching the sunset from the malecon

By taking a taxi, Carol was able to make it to

the Crocodile Preserve in La Manzanilla.

The sign emphasizes that swimming is

prohibited.

Looking out over the preserve from a rickety observation

tower.

Big mouth, big teeth, big crocodile!

The babies are a bit less scary.

There are also many birds around the preserve.

This is a green night heron.

This is just a fraction of the scores of white collared

seed-eaters roosting together for the night in downtown

Barra de Navidad.

An equally large flock of pigeons had gathered to

take advantage of the corn fed to them by an old lady.

Getting the propane tank filled outside of neighboring

Cihuatlan

Local color

Heard on the street