This visit to the Puerto Vallarta area is the 3rd since entering Mexico 2 years ago. It is amazing how rapidly the area is developing. New condos, homes and shopping areas are popping up everywhere. Jay and Laurie purchased a lovely condo near Paradise Village Marina and plan to sell Strange Bird and do a land based chapter. They found a community they enjoy and broad spectrum of fun and volunteer work to keep them busy for years to come. And, of course, they have the option to come and sail with us on Ceilidh when they feel the urge to get out on the sea once again.
The grounds of Paradise Village are very lush with vegetation. There are large swimming pools, genuine (he he) imitation Aztec statues and pyramids, complete upscale shopping mall and so many gringos you might think you were back in the US. The best part for me are the tigers. Yes, tigers. Don’t ask me why but they maintain a small zoo. I saw tigers, a panther, cougar mother/father and 3 cubs, pair of strange badger like creatures, deer, monkeys, bob cat and birds. Ostrich and peacocks strut around the area as well.
Laurie and Jay will be leaving this morning – returning to the marina for a bit before heading Strange Bird north for the US and the sales dock in Alameda. We plan to leave as well after a visit to the internet café to post this and catch up on land based emal. Another 24hour sail south east – around Cabo Corrientes and on to Chemela. Chemela has a very nice anchorage and some islands to explore if the weather is calm. Think we’ll wait for some happy north wind to continue the journey further south to Zihuatanejo. There are many other anchorages between and we have no set schedueles. How wonderful! We’ll take our time, go when the wind blows and enjoy the Mexican Riviera.
All for now. Look forward to hearing from you all via our Sailmail email. I’ll continue to post to the blog as we work our way down the Mexican coast.
From the yin side
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