One and all,

The days rush by and I can’t seem to get back to the computer to update everyone. There actually has not been a great deal going on. WE are now inside of 3 weeks until we return home. Somehow as the days dwindle down to a precious few, time seems to speed up as well. As I said last entry, the weather has really stabilized and now is actually turning quite warm. Yesterday we spent an hour at the beach and it was really hot and it was just barely noon.

Sunday evening we had a great meal at Vitea with our new Canadian friend, Reg Bartel. A very nice guy, funny and insightful.


WE truly enjoyed the conversation. I think I mentioned that as he returned home from PV, he was leaving immediately for China. Reg is about 60 and has been single all his life. But he has traveled everywhere: Panama, South America, Cambodia, Vietnam, to name just a few. Look forward to more time with Reg next year.

Monday we met Neal and Judy Higgins and took the bus south to Mismaloya. 15 years ago the whole family, kids, wives, grandkids, everyone celebrated Polley’s 60th birthday at the big resort in Mismaloya. Back a few years after that a hurricane struck there and wiped out a large portion of the beach. We were curious to see how it had recovered. While the beach is certainly smaller, the resort has certainly come back. We did not actually get into the resort as it is now an “All-Inclusive,” and is not open to the general public. The beach is public access, so we made our way down there to see how the place had recovered.




While were there, we saw these baby pelicans


Not the most attractive children, but mom was there caring for them despite their appearance.

WE then wandered across the little stream to a restaurant.


Food was ok, but the waiter was quite a guy. He was Mexican, but has worked in Canada and was fluent in English, Spanish, and French, plus some Italian, Portuguese and even Greek. Nice fellow, but he nearly monopolized our table conversation.

After lunch we just wandered up the beach. We did come across this amusing sign at the end of the beach


Always read the small print!

Last night we went down to the Malécon to watch the sunset from the roof of Las Palomas. I keep swearing I have taken my last photos of sunsets, but last night I was sucked in once again. For some reason the air was the clearest it has been and the intensity of the sun was quite amazing.






Even the conditions after the sun had set left vivid colors in the sky.


We then went back to El Patio de mi Casa for a glass of wine with two young people who live in our unit, Estaphon and Dora. Very nice, bright, creative energetic people, both Mexican. Polley has bought some earrings from Dora who makes them and sells them at the Farmers’ Market on Saturdays. She also works in a very nice gallery here in town. Had great fun, but drank a bit more than we had planned, coming as the wine did on the margaritas at Las Palomas.

Today, we are headed up river to El Rio again. This time our hope is to be alone with just our beers and our books. More on that later.