No snow here (Buffalo NY got 6 feet?!?!) but the week started with a wallop of a tropical storm. Dark skies and a heavy tidal surge left eroded beaches, flooded streets, and a collapsed roof at the medical clinic.
Mostly though its been warm, sunny and tropical balmy. Miscellaneous scenes on the daily miles of walking the island: the gorgeous blue waters that keep us coming back. Hundreds of school kids in uniforms, in a country that still values childhood. A suspicious U.S. aircraft (registration begins in "N") on a military airstrip --- conspiracy theory, anyone? Iguanas in the thousands sunning on rocks, the biggest "wildlife" here. Slam-banging bus rides through the colonias, watching whole families on motorbikes. Mothers having a swap meet in a corner park.
Even with a lot of oblivious gringos in town, Mexican culture still abounds and is unashamedly in Spanish only. (Shouldn't visitors try to learn it??). One night in the zocalo a raucous Caribbean festival featured singers/dancers/musicians from offshore countries. But the major visual event is the 23 giant murals splashed around walls like hot chillies on white bread. They're Mexico's contribution to the international PanageaSeed 2014 project to educate about and protect whale sharks and manta rays. Countries all over the world with ocean coastline are muralling in support --- is yours??
The daily sunsets are spectacular at about 5pm, like the closing item on a good news channel. You can have your sunset with boats, clouds, beach soccer games, pelicans, or the wail of a solitary mariachi guitar. If you search the shore carefully, you can even spot the rare and elusive blue Barracuda. '67 I think!
Mostly though its been warm, sunny and tropical balmy. Miscellaneous scenes on the daily miles of walking the island: the gorgeous blue waters that keep us coming back. Hundreds of school kids in uniforms, in a country that still values childhood. A suspicious U.S. aircraft (registration begins in "N") on a military airstrip --- conspiracy theory, anyone? Iguanas in the thousands sunning on rocks, the biggest "wildlife" here. Slam-banging bus rides through the colonias, watching whole families on motorbikes. Mothers having a swap meet in a corner park.
Even with a lot of oblivious gringos in town, Mexican culture still abounds and is unashamedly in Spanish only. (Shouldn't visitors try to learn it??). One night in the zocalo a raucous Caribbean festival featured singers/dancers/musicians from offshore countries. But the major visual event is the 23 giant murals splashed around walls like hot chillies on white bread. They're Mexico's contribution to the international PanageaSeed 2014 project to educate about and protect whale sharks and manta rays. Countries all over the world with ocean coastline are muralling in support --- is yours??
The daily sunsets are spectacular at about 5pm, like the closing item on a good news channel. You can have your sunset with boats, clouds, beach soccer games, pelicans, or the wail of a solitary mariachi guitar. If you search the shore carefully, you can even spot the rare and elusive blue Barracuda. '67 I think!
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