Honeymoon Cove
Wayward Adventure
Mon 26 Jan 2009 17:54
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We spent one
perfectly calm and restful evening and one rough and rolly evening
anchored in a cove on the southern shore of Bahia Agua
Verde, a small fishing village connected to Mexico Highway 1 by a 25 mile dirt
road. The village has become a popular anchorage for cruisers with
beautiful, protected (except for our last night there apparently!) waters,
awesome snorkeling and diving sites, scenic hiking along various goat trails, a
small store called "Tienda Diconsa" or simply "Maria's", a school, restaurant
(that looked interesting, but not nearly tempting enough for us to stop and
sample), and goat dairy. All in all, a very rural Mexican village. We
did not have many opportunities to interact with the locals; however, one
morning I came up on deck to find Aaron talking with a fisherman who had pulled
up alongside the boat in his panga selling shell necklaces and jewelry made by
women in the village. Aaron donated to the "fund" (which was actually for his
sick daughter verified by a letter in English from other cruisers) and I
ended up with a very pretty orange-ish white coral necklace ;-
)
Early (depending on what
your definition of early is...mine is before 9:00am) Sunday morning, we set off
for Puerto Escondido to get gas for the dingy. (As an aside, I would like to say
"Thanks!" to my brother Dana for the use of his outboard which has been
performing like a champ and has essentially made the trip as we would
literally have been stuck without it! Love you brother!). We pulled into
Honeymoon Cove on Isla Danzante (Dancer Island) 3.5 miles east of Puerto
Escondido and dropped the hook in a picture perfect little cove with schools of
rays swimming around us as we battled the gigantic wasp-like flying creatures
that seemed to appear out of nowhere but never really made out to sting either
of us....lucky for us I guess ;- ) Puerto Escondido turned out to be a major
non-event and felt very much like a modern metal and concrete ghost-town
where many boats are said to hide out from storms during the summer
hurricane months. In a few hours we will head North to the town of Loreto which
I have been looking forward to for many days as I have heard great things about
the growing missionary town thought to be next in line for the "New Cabo"
in Baja. We shall see.....
~Lauren
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