Happy 2007 from Zihuatanejo

No postings for a while due to much fun and joyful activities. Peach and Dmitry came and played with us for a wonderful week. Peach visited us 2 years ago for Christmas in Zihua but this was Dmitry’s first visit. No visit to Zihua is complete without various forms of water play.


And if you come to visit and stay on a sailboat, sailing is a must. We were able to hoist the asymmetrical on our sail over to Isla Grande. Snorkeled and chatted and spent the night before returning to Zihua the next day.

Took the bus to a small to town south of Zihua called Petatland and visited the famous Church of "Cristo Jesús de Petatlan" where many miracles are said to have happened.

The area around the church is filled with small shops selling candles, incense, statues of saints and rosaries. We enjoyed a delicious and relaxing lunch at a restaurant just off the town square, cooling down with delicious micheladas (beer with LOTS of lemon juice over ice in a salt rimmed glass – yummm).

After Peach and Dmitry headed back to New York, Rich and I relaxed and played with Christmas finery sent by Heather and Zack.

On new years eve Rich and I went to the beach and helped with a baby turtle release. The babies hatched 30 days ago and were ready to fend for themselves in the sea. After blessing the little fellow I put him down with his friends and watched as he flippered his way into the gentle lapping waves.

We stuck around for the food, music and dancing until 11 pm or so and then went back aboard Ceilidh to watch the fireworks and sip some of the excellent tequila provided by Peach and Dmitry.

We’ll be heading northbound again in a week or so but I’ll post the last Zihua photos before we leave and loose our onboard wireless internet connection. Hope you all enjoy the new year and prosper outrageously.
Love
from the yin side