We left Yelapa on Tuesday after Holly and Shawn recovered from their various ailments and we had a fantastic evening spent having dinner with friends at our house. Everyone ate good food, laughed, talked and had a great time. Shawn taught the kids how to tool leather and make little wallets, keychains and the likes with a neat leather kit and tools he brought down with him. The kids were absolutely enthralled, and their Mum was super pleased because it is something they can do anytime if they want to make some money by making souvenirs for the tourists who come to visit Yelapa.
Tuesday morning we got on the boat for Puerto Vallarta where we met our friend Brad for breakfast. Shawn and Brad left together to get the motorcycle fixed and I took Holly and one of her friends to the waterpark for an afternoon of fun. Fun meaning they go on the waterslides while I lay in the sun and read. At suppertime, after Brad left and we sent Holly´s friend home on the boat, we all walked around PV seeing some of the sights and shopping a little.
This morning we met up with Brad one last time for breakfast, shopped a little more, and then headed on our way. We were a bit late leaving town so we didn´t make it to Mazatlan as planned, but instead we made it to this fantastic little pueblo full of smiling people who are very happy to spend time chatting with us. We had our fill of good food and spent time sitting in the plaza watching people go by. A grandmother walked past with a man who was disabled physically and mentally challenged. She walked faster, impatient with him because he was taking in the sights as he went along. He caught sight of us on our bench and decided he would come over and talk. He shook our hands and in gestures and sounds he asked our names. He was especially fascinated with Shawn and then wanted to see Shawn´s tattoo. He was quite impressed. A man came by and gave the guy some change and was really happy to jingle it in his pocket. Then he waved his goodbyes, shook Holly´s hand again and left.
A little boy who was maybe a year and a half old was being walked around by his father and he gave us a very enthusiastic wave as his dad said to say ¨bye¨! A woman at the candy stand was happy to talk to us and gave us advice on getting to an island. I asked if it was beautiful and she said no, but that there was fantastic food there.
We ate at a little taco stand that had a little plastic table. After eating a taco, the lady asked if I wanted something more and described something to me that I thought was perhaps soup with fish and cream in it. What I got looked just like a taco except instead of ingredients in a tortilla, it was ingredients on a little round waffle type thing. It tasted great. I talked to her after, getting the name of what it was again and realized two of the words sounded very similar to the words fish and soup, and that was why I got all mixed up.
Tomorrow we leave for Mazatlan and beyond. We are in an internet cafe today or there would be photos. Hopefully there will be some soon!
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