Tortuga!!!!

Hola! (no Osa today)

The most amazing thing happened this morning. A turtle (tortuga) came up on the beach, dug a hole and laid her eggs.

This is her path from the ocean up the beach.

Laying the eggs.

Heading back to the ocean . . .

These are a few pictures of her struggling to get back to the water. I doubt we will ever see this again, as they say this usually occurs at night. We were wondering if this is a young tortuga, and she didn't know better. . . .

And again, another stellar sunset last night in La Manzanilla. We went there with a few of our new amigos, as people seem to be leaving Tenacatita now and heading their separate ways.

Not much else to report - just beachin' it and poking arouond the countryside.

Arturo y de Beeb

What are we going to do today?

Now, this is the life!

Arturo y de Beeb

Back from our "Holiday in a Holiday"

Arturo y de Beeb
January 16, 2009

We are back from Manzanillo and it felt good coming back to familiar faces in our campground – I guess it’s really starting to feel like home here.

Manzanillo is only about 1 and ½ hrs. south of Tenacatita, and the roads are good. We actually were in Santiago, which is on the outskirts of Manzanillo, at the Tesoro Resort. It’s an all-inclusive resort – which was kind of nice for a break – and we met up with Doug and Janice and the crew who came down here for Megan and Mark’s wedding. It was a beautiful wedding on the beach – but I’ll leave it up to them to share their photos.

The Tesoro Resort itself is quite nice – but it was obviously not nearly full. Most of the people there were Canadians escaping the brutal winter weather. Here are a few photos of the resort and the beautiful sunset – I never get tired of those sunsets over the ocean!

Of course, there were the “rec” people at the resort, who gathered up the gringos to play volleyball, and hockey on the beach – and the “boom boom” music at the pool seems to be pretty standard. Our amigos will appreciate these pics from the night time show – doesn’t it all look too familiar!

Arturo and I renewed our vows on the beach –

NOT – ha ha, I can see some of you shaking your heads now thinking “Who are those people and what have they done with Art and Bev!!” (notice the golden bands!!)

I have been purposefully not mentioning much about the weather here – as we have been following the news from Canada – but it seems to be warming up in the west anyway, so that is good. We have had consistently warm weather since arriving in Tenacatita – it usually hits about 28 – 29 in the daytime, and cools off to 19 or so overnight. We have had a few days of very high humidity, which makes it really muggy, but those are days when we spend most of the time at the beach – the ocean is always good for cooling off!

Today we will head in to Barra de Navidad to meet up with Doug and Janice one more time before they head home to Victoria. Barra de Navidad is about half an hour from Tenacatita, and just a few minutes from Melaque. They are very different towns, though. Barra is much more “tourist” friendly, and seems very quaint – while Melaque has more of the Mexican flavor. We like them both – and feel very comfortable in either place.

Most people in the campground have plans to start moving on in the next month or so. We have decided to go to Villa Corona – which is on the outskirts of Guadalajara – around the middle of February. The RV Park there has natural hot pools, and it’s supposed to be very “therapeutic”. That might be good to get all the salt, sand and beer out of our system before we come home! We’ll stay there for a week or so, and then start making our way north.

“Where ever you go, there you are”

Arturo y de Beeb

Life's a beach!

December 29th, 2008

Yesterday was the finals of the triathlon at Tenacatita RV/tent/trailer Park. Arturo and Bev faced off in the Horseshoe competition and Bev and her team-mate, Brian, kicked ass!!! That put Bev and Brian at third place in the triathlon – can you believe it??

Today, we ventured off in a convoy to a town south east if Tenacatita - El Huerto – about 1 ½ hours from Tenacatita along Hwy 80. This is another real Mexican town – and it was absolutely beautiful. The Town Square just invited you in, and all the people in the shops were so friendly and accommodating. This is another town that has not had a lot of Gringo exposure, so you have to just fit in to their culture, and you’ll do fine. We travelled inland a bit and climbed up to some petro glyphs – and if I ever get wifi, I’ll put in a link. I didn’t take pictures cause I was too busy holding on to the rocks as we climbed up the cliff – maybe I should have taken rock climbing 101. Then we went to an abandoned hotel that one of the Mexican generals used to own that was built in the 1930s. The potential for development here is amazing – with infinity pools from a natural spring water. I’m trying to talk some of our fellow Canadians into cleaning it up and making a business . . . but we’re on vacation, right, so we know it’s only a dream. We just loved it here and will be back before we head home. There is a big difference between Gringo towns and Mexican towns – and we appreciate that. When we came back to the RV Park, the humidity had increased on the coast. It’s now +25 degrees outside and 75% humidity (7 pm). We are watching the junior’s game, and thinking we should turn off the friggin TV as it makes too much heat. The problem here is that we can’t’ go outside at night because of the bugs – we are eaten alive after sundown. That is a problem – but we’ll live with it.

What are we going to do tomorrow? Don’t know – we’ll decide in the morning.
No, that’s not right, we have already decided that we will go on a bike ride in the morning, and spend the rest of the day at the beach . . . . Sounds good to me.

Oh dear, the power has just gone out in the park. All the guys are running around trying to figure out what is wrong. I think someone turned on the Air con and blew the circuit – we’re not allowed air conditioning here – and it wasn’t us. Better go, as it’s all dark and don’t want to use too much power. Jeez . ….. such problemos!

Hasta Luego


Arturo y de Beeb


January 8, 2009

Well, it’s been a while since I sent some pictures, so better get on that. It’s hard because we don’t have WiFi, so have to take the laptop into town every few days to update the blog.. . . . the things we have to do . . . . !!!

What have we done since New Years . . . . hmmmmm, same S#$(%t, different day! We have been very laid back since ringing in the New Year. We did watch the Canadian Junior’s kick the Swede’s ass in hockey – you could tell the Canadians in the park – all inside watching TV while the Americans were wondering what all the hubbub was about! Go Canada Go!!!

Arturo and I both bought boogie boards, and have been “surfing” the waves at Tenacatita. I wait until the “girlie” waves, but Arturo and his new amigos go for the gusto! Well, they did, and today they are all on the injured list – Pete hurt his head, Terry has his toe wrapped up in Duct Tape, and Arturo is nursing a stiff neck. That’s what happens when you are over 55 and think that you are 25 again! Here’s some pics of Arturo and me boogie-ing. It’s a blast!

We have met some very interesting creatures since our arrival in Mexico (both human and otherwise!) – this beautiful little beach perro (Pan Terra) made friends with us in Celestino . . . she has since been adopted, and spayed (thank you, thank you) and will have a good life. If she hadn’t been adopted, she may have been coming back to Water Valley!

These little ones found some shade under our truck in Maleque. It’s not a great life to be a dog in Mexico . . . but they seem to survive somehow.

The coconut tree in front of our trailer is the home to “Earl” – the Iguana that lives in the tree. He pokes his head out of those holes that the woody- woodpeckers make, and then climbs up the tree to sun himself. We like our little friend, Earl!

Cattle drive . . . . . !!!

Now, this little creature was found on my leg . . . yes, on my leg!!! We think he hid under our chairs at night, and then we just carried him off to the beach in the morning. I screamed, Arturo killed him . . . and all is well. Scorpions!!!!

Termite nest!!! Yikes - this was from the petroglyphs area in La Huerta

We are still riding our bikes and walking the beach every day, and of course, a few cervezas a day at our own little palapa on the beach . . . this is just what we were looking for!

We are off to Manzanillo on Monday to go to Meghan’s wedding and see our amigos, Doug and Janice – and will be spending three days at the Tesoro Resort in Manzanillo. I think it’s kind of time for a holiday within a holiday! That should be really lots of fun and we are looking forward to it.

Hasta Luego

Arturo y de Beeb

Feliz Ano Nuevo

Good morning everyone - I hope you are all well rested and feeling darn right perky this morning after ringing in the New Year! We had a pot luck dinner at the beach last night with the people from the park, then lit a huge beach fire and partied til the wee hours of the morning. We danced in the sand so both Arturo and I have sore calves this morning! This is the first time we have stayed up til midnight in years! At the stroke of midnight, all the people on the beach, and there were a lot of Mexican families celebrating, lit huge sparklers and walked up and down the beach singing and laughing. We had sparklers as well, so joined in the parade - it was really something to see.

We´ve had a few adventures in the past few days, but will update later. Today we are at the internet store in Malaque, and it´s really starting to heat up - so we will post more with pictures later in the week.

Take care, everyone - hope all is well.

Happy New Year - Arturo y de Beeb