Day number 7

We’re having a blast!

Mary and Diego took a walk around the neighborhood around 7:00 AM. They found several paths taking them to several cliffs and beaches. They took a particular good picture of a small green bird with a yellow chest.

We had Mexican-style French toast for breakfast, scrambled eggs, fruit plate, yogurt and fresh-squeezed orange juice.

Around 10:00 am Doug, Diego, Jonathan, Megan and Ainslie left to go to La Entrega to go snorkeling. Carlos picked us up in his Suburban and left us with his friends at the restaurant “Langosta Gorda” (Fat Lobster). We left our t-shirts, towels and other belongings in one of the chairs and went snorkeling. A tour guide suggested he would take us to see the very large school of fish with thousands of them and guide us to the cave. We declined and were lucky enough to see both. The large school was incredible, even though it looked like a dark coral underneath us. Once in a while fish would flip on their side and they would shine like silver. The water was kind of murky at first and I felt bad that I took the bunch there but as we moved towards the rocks the sea view got a lot better. We approached the cave and Jonathan, Ainslie and I went in. At the beginning it was kind of scary as the current moves you in and out and against the rocks in either side, but once you go through, you get to a shallow open space and you’re able to stand up. There’s an opening above you, so it’s not really a cave but a space between the rocks. We took a couple of pictures and continue snorkeling to the next small beach. We took a little rest and shared our “fish stories”. Diego dropped his underwater camera without noticing it but he was lucky enough to have Jonathan pick it up.

After snorkeling a bit more we went all to the beach and ordered drinks, guacamole and chips. The beach was getting busier by the minute as local Mexican tourists came in large boats and took snorkeling tours. We enjoyed people-watching.

Carlos took us back to Villa Pacifico where we were greeted with a pitcher of sangria. Later on we were served salsa, guacamole, chips and quesadillas with ham. During the afternoon most of the kids played around the pool.

Mary started packing around 3:00 PM to be able to spend more time having fun later on.

Christopher and Alexander took a taxi to town. They had a cup of coffee and smoked cigars overlooking the center square. After that Christopher bought a few souvenirs for his friends including small bottles of Mezcal with a worm in them. They both arrived safely back. Alexander finished his cigar at the villa.

Mary walked to Playa Arenas once more. Diego was a baby complaining about his sun-rash and stayed at the villa writing this silly post while his wife was in danger of being kidnapped :)

In the meantime Betsy was checking the weather back at home. She warned us of snow and low temperatures..I say: Let's enjoy Huatulco weather while we can!

We finished the day with a spaghetti dinner and watching tennis on the TV.

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