Up to a windy, cool morning. The usual leisurely breakfast, then we walked into the bus station to catch a ride up to Balandra Bay.
Two round trip set us back $40P and soon we are dropped off at the beautiful bay, ringed by six white sand beaches. Each beach is separated by a rocky point, undercut by the waves to make a kind of covered walkway. The first beach is beautiful, the second spectacular, the third sublime. We see the famous "Mushroom Rock."
White sand, aqua blue water, warm sun... the day passes.
The undercut cliffs were fun to explore, and once as I was photographing a cactus, careful not to step into it, instead I backed into one of those saw palms, with the spike tips... Right above my ear. Damn! That hurt.
We catch the bus back to town, and wander slowly down two blocks to Calypso, and the best food yet. It is an artsy looking place, great ambiance and right on the water, but the food is above everything we have had so far. Stuffed, batter dipped peppers, really great chunky guacamole and real coconut shrimp. (Last time I had those was nine years ago in Playa del Carmen - once you have tasted the real deal, crap like Outback is just plain... Crap.) We limited ourselves to two margaritas each, but it was really really REALLY hard.
We walk different streets this evening, just over a few blocks from where we were yesterday, and suddenly we stumble into the "authentic" center of town. There are collectivos (small size school buses, painted different colors, which go to different parts of town) normal clothing and food stores and tons of people. They are selling fireworks on the corner, and a store of just piñatas and the stuff you stuff in them is doing brisk business in anticipation of the new year.
Weird thing here: lots of Chinese and sushi places.
And so, another day slowly passes, and we are just flowing with it.