Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Puerto Vallarta

Jan 18 to 28

Wow here we are in La Cruz and Puerto Vallarta! We had a great day yesterday and4 of us went to San Sebastion... a small mining town from the 16 hundreds. About 3000' and much cooler. There were cobblestones and a stone wall running on both sides for about 2 mi. They stopped mining silver in 1912, now it is just a quaint village of 500 but filled with fabulous restaurants. We ate at an Italian one and it was delicious......We entertained a couple of friends of Dave's with some sailing, diving and clubbing, I believe they had a great time.
We plan to leave on the 29th of this month, for a month off to ski
Worked on the boat yesterday and day before. Went into the La Cruz Marina for one night to recharge batteries and really clean up the boat. we were sure tired but Lady Lexi was shining. Now captn chuck is aboard so we 3 went in our dinghy 9 miles to the Nuevo Vallarta marina and estuary at high tide..., we explored a river that had some beautiful homes and some neat restaurants at the top... Mangrove trees almost completely over the river, almost like a tunnel. Crocodiles and beautiful birds and some iguanas. We also checked out the beautiful hotels between the beach and the river. Quite a fun day .
The last three days and we anchored on offshore islands...dove the Corbatenia in big swell (Dave) and also dove a seamount at la onda and marietta west,
Today we sterilized the boat 4 r departure tomorrow to the USA...join us 4 more adventure soon!!
The Bowes Bros.
Bill & Dave