Second Trip to Marina Costa Baja, Day 18 — Carnival

Sunrise on Thursday, February 16. The crescent moon rose not long before the sun did, and was glowing brightly as the sun rose. 

Wednesday had been a mellow day, but Thursday was the exact opposite – we went non-stop from morning until bedtime. 

After completing our morning chores, we took the 1310 shuttle to town. The other day, the Uber that took us back from the grocery store passed a chocolateria called Fan Fan. We were hoping it would be similar to See’s, where we could get a couple of pounds of high-quality chocolates in flavors of our own choosing. From the cathedral, we walked the few blocks to the chocolateria. We were disappointed to see that this was their entire stock of chocolates:

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Second Trip to Marina Costa Baja, Days 15 – 16 — The Archaeology Museum

On Monday, February 13, the half-full moon rose not long before the sun did, and was shining brightly in the pre-dawn glow.

We tried to catch the 1310 shuttle to town. We left Kosmos at 1302. We got to marina gate at 1305, which requires a card key to get both in and out. There were people walking out ahead of us. They used their card key to open the door. They held the door open for us to exit, but Eric realized that he’d forgotten our card key. He sprinted down the dock while Christi and Keith waited inside the gate for him. He was back at 1307. The card key didn’t work. A marina employee happened to be standing on the other side of the gate. He tried to open the gate for us, but his card didn’t work, either. He proclaimed the door was broken. He walked to a utility box a little ways down the boardwalk, looked at it for maybe a minute, then turned the gate off. He waved to us to indicate that it could be opened without a key card. It now was 1312.

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Second Trip to Marina Costa Baja, Day 14 — Food and Art

Sunrise on Sunday, February 12

We were craving Italian food. We took the 1310 shuttle into town to get some. The shuttle was about 12 minutes late (relevant for Monday’s story). 

Someone had recommended a place called Locos Por la pasta (Crazy for Pasta), located across the street from the north side of the art museum.

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Chores and Errands While at Marina Costa Baja

Sunrise on Thursday, January 5, 2023

We took the 0900 shuttle into town. Our plan was to rent a car and go grocery shopping. We’d noticed that there was an organic market called Nomada Fresh and Organics near the church, so we decided to walk over there and check it out before heading to Chedraui. It turned out to be a restaurant, not a market. So we had breakfast there.

A street vendor came by selling sweets, and we bought one. It was shredded coconut covered in caramel. It tasted just like the Samoa Girl Scout Cookies.

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