Our trip in PV to the VW dealership was not fruitful. An interesting experience for Paul with his limited Spanish (all I could hear from Paul is “no problemo”). FYI not currently leaking. So the tie raps on the brake fluid tank will stay intact for the time being. Sorry we missed you Peter. We then drove through Nuevo Vaillarta (pretty much a gated community). We stopped in Buscerias – it’s a nice little town with a beautiful beach (to be explored further some day). Camping at an RV park for 400 pesos was considered but as the weather was cloudy we decided to move on. Our next stop was Sayulito. We walked the (surfing) beach and checked out the camping but there was no big warm fuzzy feeling, so again we continued. Our plan was to stay overnight in Chacala as from what we had heard from that beach, it most appealed to us. But where is Chacala?? Unfortunately we missed it!! No thanks to useless mexicomaps.com on the GPS, our lack of good detailed paper maps, and needless to say, the nav was fired. (We will return some day!) So we continued up the windy road in the mountains and again broke the #1 rule and drove in the dark until we reached Esquinapa and found our way down the estuary to Teacapan. We found a perfect little camping spot at Playas Las Lupitas (80 pesos). In the morning we visited Ben & Sylvie and their villa at Villas Onac (nice beach). We then secured camping for two nights (150 pesos) at the campground just outside the town of Teacapan. We enjoyed the rv’ers, Mexican horseshoe game, the sun and our little cement pad outside our door. We walked into town and found the bakery just in time for the fresh bread. Linda had fresh blue shrimp for dinner. Ken dropped in on his bike for a cerveza in the evening. (We found wireless down the beach.) We would certainly return to this area. We arrived in Mazatlan early yesterday and headed for Mar Rosa RV park 235 pesos/night (190 pesos against the wall). Linda was the tour guide a she had visited her parents here last winter. We parked the van and took the bus to the centro (historic center, square, cathedral, market, Angela Peralta Theatre, oceanfront – Esplanade Olas Altas and Monuments (where the annual Carnival festivities are held) and we walked the entire Mazatlan Bay back home. FYI: International Carnival of Mazatlan Jan 31-Feb 5 – third largest carnival in the world. Today is another r&r day. We visited the Holiday Inn next door and Linda had her annual Pina Colada and we enjoyed the marvelous swimming pool (a little fria as it is somewhat cloudy today – approx. 27 degrees Celsius today. Maniana we will drive the 500 km to Los Mochis and 78 km to El fuerte. We will then finalize our plans for the train, hotel for our excursion to the Copper Canyon. We need to pack our woollies! Hasta luego, Linda & Paul

Posted on January 24th, 2008 by platar
Filed under: Linda Plante & Paul Tardif