Sunday
On Sundays It has become somewhat of a routine to gather a few friends and head out to breakfast. We try to pick somewhere new that most of us have not been to but someone has heard is a good place to eat. We usually plan to leave around the crack of nine and caravan to where ever we are going. Today it was to a restaurant close to the Mission in Rincon and I am embarrassed to say I did not catch the name. There were ten of us today and everyone said what they ordered was very good. I know that what Kathleen and I had was excellent. Kathleen had a fresh fruit cup with yogurt and granola and I had a omelett mega with shrimp and hash browns. We were all served fresh buttered warm rolls and jam with our meals. Most had coffee and fresh squeezed orange juice as well. What you see in the picture cost Kathleen and I 95 pesos ($8.95) total.
We arrived back at the Park at about 10:15, just in time to make a meeting of friends at the Park Restaurant getting together to discuss and plan a "mystery tour" that about 30 of us are going on Tuesday. Should be fun and I will write about it after its conclusion.
About mid-afternoon Brian, Olga, Kathleen and I jumped in the jeep and headed out on an exploratory drive to find a beach that we had heard of in a neighboring town. We stopped to ask the boys who had their truck pulled off the road and in to a creek if we were headed in the right way to find the "playa" (beach). We were, so off we went.
The road wasn't bad considering it was gravel and in places large stones or just plain dust and dirt and the scenery was intriguing as we wound our way up in to the mountains before cresting and then descending to access a very remote beach area. The picture below is looking back at the village we first passed through before beginning our mountain/jungle climb.
When we did finally crest the mountain and descend to the beach we discovered a hotel of sorts with a no vacancy sign posted. Apparently there are about 10 rooms that can be rented. Interestingly there is no electricity at this hotel and the rest of the amenities are equally lacking. It was primitive to say the least. On our return from having a look at the beach we noticed a lake off in the distance further back in the valley and all of us agreed that we would save finding access to it a trip for another day.
