Passage from Bahia de Navidad to Puerto Chiapas – Days 3 – 4

Dawn and sunrise on Monday December 23 

The seas were wonderful today. The wind died, and there was almost no wind chop. The swells were relatively small and at long intervals. 

However, it was overcast and very hot and humid. Eric turned on the generator during the hottest part of the day so we could run the air conditioning. 

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Adios Bahia de Navidad

continued from yesterday... walk over to Colimilla for lunch. This time, once we exited the gated community, we made our first left hand turn and walked back down the hill.

Our destination was a waterfront restaurant named Colimilla that claimed to have the best seafood. Street signs.

Sign on the water taxi stand:

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Keith’s Perspective on La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Puerto Vallarta and Bahia de Navidad/Le point de vue de Keith sur La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Puerto Vallarta and Bahia de Navidad

This week was the best one so far. On Saturday, we walked around Puerto Vallarta. We were going to eat at a place that had really good tacos al pastor, but it was closed. Instead, we ate at a market. After that we went to a chocolate museum and a navy museum. 

Cette semaine était la meilleure. Samedi, on s’est promené à puerto Vallarta. On a presque mangé à un restaurant qui a des très bons tacos al pastor, mais c’était fermé. Donc nous avons mangé au marché. Après ça, nous sommes allés au musée du chocolat et au musée de la marine. 

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The Grand Bay Hotel

The sunrise on Friday, December 20 was muted by clouds.

After schoolwork, morning chores, and a visit from the French baker, we went to pool for a few hours. 

In the early afternoon, the company that handles a lot of the boat maintenance in the basin (ie. washing, bottom cleanings, etc) threw a Christmas party for the cruisers. That was a nice opportunity to meet fellow cruisers and get good information for our upcoming travels. 

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Barra de Navidad and Colimilla

Sunrise on Thursday, December 19

Reports were that, while the water here at the marina was clean, the salinity could vary, so sometimes it wasn’t drinkable. This morning, Eric tested the water and was excited that the salinity was low enough to fill the tanks. As he was setting up the water pre-filter, he shouted to Christi and Keith to stop doing school work and to come outside. We saw the famous French Baker boat was in the marina. We flagged them down, and they came over to our boat so we could buy pastries. The pastries were delicious. We could get used to fresh pastries delivered to our door every morning.

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