Playa de Santiago Hotel Manzanillo

... making sure we weren't drifting to shore proceeded to rock and sway for the remainder of the night. Josh pulled an all nighter watching out for the large container ships which often come into Manzanillo as its one of the largest ports on the entire Pacific Coast. Without an engine and with no wind there was really nothing we could do but expect they would not hit us, haha. In the morning ...

... line running from a compressor over to the diver. Not only were there divers to watch for but because of holding pens for shellfish which are on shallow shoals all over the lagoon the channel which goes into the lagoon was EXTREMELY shallow and narrow. We actually touched keel to sand at one point, really, really shallow and narrow ...

... into a huge lagoon at the end. There were tons of fish in the river, we didn't see much wildlife except what we thought might be lemurs, and lots of freshwater crabs. Went for a longboard sesh, first one of the trip, waves sucked, small and closed out. It was a little eerie paddling over from the boat to the break knowing theres crocs upriver.

We packed up "La Familia" (we started calling my truck this which is Spanish for The Family half way through the trip due to the fact we had my mom and my dad riding for two weeks with us) for the three hour drive to Barra De Navidad or Christmas Bar. We stopped in the Mismaloya area of Puerto Vallarta for lunch and head the best fish we had our entire trip. We got into Barra De Navidad on the weekend of the end of the holiday week and it was ...

... from the hurricanes that hit the Mayan Coast on the Caribbean coast from time to time? Well think again. The following website gives information about a major hurricane that hit the Melaque area. http://sparks-mexico.com/costalegre/mel aque-central/Lane/album/ Finally, I chose the lowly sea urchin for my feature photo. Walking along the beach we came upon a lone sea urchin that was not having a good day at all. A young boy had just caught it and ...

... Since we were so enthusiastic about Barra de Navidad, did that enthusiasm extend to its beaches? Bluntly put, there were better beaches elsewhere. For instance the beach at Rincon de Guayabitos was a better beach and everything pales in comparison to what we found south of Tulum and at Puerto Morales on the Caribbean Coast. (Mayan Riviera). What is unique about Barra de Navidad is ...

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... All in all the Mexican people AWAY from the border are pretty nice and welcoming. After the 75 miles through the mountains we were back on the nice cool coast! The bananna plantations mixed with coconut trees and who knows what else growing alongside the road. Passing through the last town in Jalisco..like 1 mile from the border we run into a MC cop...PULLING us OVER !! Guess it is a law to wear helmets in Mexico. Just not ...

Hola everybody, Well it's about time I brought u all up to date. Firstly I apologise for a blog which was up previously, I wrote it when I was very tired and meant to save it as a draft, but it ended up being posted. I've deleted it now. The reason I haven't written for a while is mainly because I've been in some out of the way places where internet was scarce..... But I do have plenty of stories to fill u in on! I'll try to work through this consecutively: Sunday ...

... we went to Mexico for is all I can think. More verbal description is impossible, look at the pictures and if you ever get over this way be sure to stay for one of the many "Sayulita Days" throughout the year. The rest of the day was pretty much uneventful after that spectacle. A bit of beach and swimming then diner and a stroll into town and around the Carnival to cap of the night. The town is jam packed with Mexicans from all over, browsing around the Carnival is hard as ...