Monday, January 14, 2013

View of La Cruz de Huanacaxtle (u-ah-n-a-cau-sh-le)

This is our second stay here at La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. (huanacaxtle is a tree you will met in our last  blog.) The town is small with minimal corporate interests. Streets of cobblestone take you to small tiendas and family owned businesses.  Foreigners discovered what the Indians and Spanish and now Mexicans already enjoyed; proximity to beaches, marine life, fishing and a lush landscape with water allowing productive agriculture not to mention warm weather.

The town has developed a big music scene with nightclubs and restaurants having live music most nights, both American music and Mexican music can be heard from the marina at night (past my bedtime).

The Sunday Farmer's market draws people from all around....even Puerto Vallarta, 21 kilometers away. We bought organic fruits and veggies, homemade bread and farm fresh eggs.   Take a look.
I have to say, fresh is yummy!


The fish market is open every morning. Pangas live in the northeast portion of the marina along side a smartly developed open air market. Fish come in and go direct to market. Chefs from all over come to buy shrimp, tuna, dorado and many other things I don't recognize.

Here are some photos of the marina area. They developed in an amphitheater, open air market, restaurant and Sky bar with great view of the area. Will try to add video when I have a better connection.




  video to up loaded here once I have a good connection!

Some other photos taken in the last weeks.

This is a yummy and stinky fruit. Oh, and Elizabeth too :-).

The inside.

Racing in Banderas Bay. Looks funny...a big flat cat and the graceful shapes of a monohull.

Tying up post race in Paradise Village Marina. Kiapa coming up behind us and Rocky is set to get pet!
Sailing Banderas Bay includes the responsibility of NOT hitting the whales. Here is an example of that. This pod kept going back and forth in the area we needed to sail to.  Must have been feeding on something good!

look here later for a video to be uploaded. need better signal.

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