Stuck to the dock
Coolrunnins
Mon 23 Aug 2010 14:25
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Huatulco continues to be a pleasant stop over.
Weather consists of heavy rain or torrential rain, with a bit of sun every 3
days or so. We use the folding bikes to get around or taxis are 20 pesos
anywhere!
Kids started home school course on Friday, and its
a toss up as whether Id rather be out there in a force nine or here
for a foced home school.
We have a pet onboard now, a lurid green lizard
with an insatiable apetite for live bugs, that even Seb is having problems
supplying daily. A perefctly formed dry turd is formed once a day, so clean up
is easy, and she is quite funny, often sitting on our shoulders watching us
work. (Pictures below).
The $1 million dollar sportfisher hauled in a 500lb
Marlin the other evening, and shared the spoils with half the village. Picture
of just one small Marlin steak below with Marisol, which gives some impression
of the size of the beast which was the width of their (very substantial) boat.
Kids were up to their ankles in blood and fish guts.
We took a "tour" Sunday with some friends from the
marina, around the surrounding hills and beaches. Saw some large Crocs, some
very sad captured turtles, and rounded off at a Rancho in the hills with
unlimited (and truly excellent) smoky flavoured (dont ask) Mezcal. Draft beer
and amazing food. They served us half a cow on a platter, and had cowboys
singing, with an atmosphere that was an absolute hoot. We all got dragged up to
dance or sing, and it was really funny to find this place in the middle of
nowhere.
This AM raining heavily for a change and rowing
with kids to get home school started, as they would rather be feeding the lizard
gruesome crawling things.
We need to finish off the final "boat jobs" this
week. Oil changing in a space the size of a
midgets bedroom, and lugging diesel 5 miles from the pemex station in
Jerry jugs being two particular highlights I am looking forward to.
The next leg is the gulf of Tehuantapec. If
anyone is interested you can find a whole catalogue of horror stories on the
internet regarding this stretch of water, which includes container ships being
blown 200 miles offshore due to the wind strength etc etc. In short, not filled
with enthusiasm for this one, and no ports till the Guatamalan border (200
miles) or El Salvador 300 miles.
We will prep the boat, then watch the weather for a
few days, so not going anywhere anytime quickly.
Love from all onboard.
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