We walked to the Port Captain’s office to check in, it was a good walk but not too far. It was located one bay over. Bahia Huatulco (wah-tool-koh) is actually a series of 9 bays in a row, it’s a very pretty area.
The next day we unloaded our fold up bicycles and went into the town of La Crucecita to sniff around. What a charming town! It had an adorable square in the center of town, surrounded by shops, bars restaurants, hotels and coffee shops. People were very friendly. It is sort of a tourist town, in that cruise ships come in, but vendors don’t harass you like they do in Mazatlan and Z-town. We found the fruit and vegetable markets near the square and yet another AWESOME grilled pollo restaurant. Mexicans sure do chicken right, sorry Colonel.
There was a potluck get together on the dock on Friday Night, about 6 boat couples. It was so nice to get together with other cruisers again! One couple was actually in from Texas, boat sitting for the owners who’d gone to the US for the holidays. The host couple had actually been at the Marina for the last two years, so they weren’t cruising either (but they had been!). It was a lovely party and evening.
On Sunday, we biked into town to get items Tom needed from the hardware store. We finally found it after asking several people for directions. When we got there it was a big warehouse with a counter running across the front, like a bar. We stepped up to the counter and greeted the proprietor and started ticking off the items on our list.
There was a big bowl of chili lime shrimp sitting on the counter and they were drinking ice cold Coronas behind the counter as well as a couple of hombres hanging around outside. I eyeballed the shrimp and the owner quickly offered them up to me, which of course I obliged him. I inquired about a cold cerveza to go with it, and two ice cold Coronas promptly appeared. We paid for our hardware purchase and we tried to pay for the beer, but they wouldn’t accept it. It was by far the best trip to the hardware store we’d ever taken!
Although we’d hoped to ‘Buddy Boat” with other cruisers headed south, we’ve had difficulty finding any cruisers at all, much less anyone inclined to go at our aggressive southbound pace. We have faith in our vessel and each other and trust the fates to be good to us and that we will be fine.