We also stopped at the school to see what it was like. The teacher told us the students have English lessons one day a week. The kids seemed pretty shy about having “norte Americano” visitors in their classroom.
We had lunch at Toby’s Restaurant, splitting fish tacos and chips and salsa. Their pico de gallo was very good – a nice mix of tomato, onion, and lime.
After lunch we headed back to Mahahual. Tobey wanted to drive the beach road as we had been told it was a nice scenic drive. We were told we would have to wait until KM30 to take it because there is a bridge out between Xcalak and KM30. No problem – we knew where to turn since we had been on that road yesterday checking things out. We went past the place where the guy keeps his cell phone in the tree – and there it was, hanging in the plastic bottle! We turned north and the first km or so was okay – narrow, dirt, but not too bad. Then the overgrowth of the trees made it almost impossible to drive the RV. The tree branches were scraping and scratching the sides of the RV. After 2 km, we knew it would be disastrous to continue, so Tobey backed up until we could find a spot wide enough to make a 10-point turn and head back to the inland road. Talk about no fun! The branches pulled some of our weather stripping lose and we had to stop to tuck it back into the channels. Tobey seems to think that 80% of the scratches will wash and wax out, the other 20% will be memories of the trip. Note to self – if the road looks too narrow for an RV, it probably IS too narrow!
We are back at the Blue Bay Restaurant & RV parking for the night. It is very quiet today, so Maria closed the restaurant and only the night watchman is here. We took a small walk on the malecon and have arranged to go diving tomorrow.
3 comments:
You might as well go into Beliz and Guatemala. Add more stamps to your passports. You've been good not to have any stomach issues with all the food. You sure don't want to get the dreaded "fish taco quick step."
Too much hassle at this point to go to Belize and Guatemala - didn't plan on it and would need to redo the Mexico visa stuff. We will save that for another trip! We have been lucky with the food and water. We are filtering with the ceramic filter and adding a little bleach to the water and it seems to be fine. :)
This is the first year we have been adding Bleach to the water tank and also the first year I have not had La Tourista. Maybe a connection...?
We use bottled water for everything except washing but I also use it to brush my teeth.
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