Mexico

THE GOLDEN COAST OF MEXICO

The golden coast is from Cabo Corrientes to Manzanillo. In this area you can sail day trips and anchor by night. This makes it really nice for us while our auto pilot is still on vacation. There are pleasant bays and some really rolling and rough bays to sleep in. We have to take what we can get.

We went ashore in Tenacatita, for the jungle river tour. You can take your own dinghy down the river. It takes about 3 hours round trip. Lots of different birds live in the mangroves. Small crocodiles climb out of the water to sun on the branches. Strange red crabs are everywhere. At the end of the river you reach a beach called Playa Escolleras. All the locales hang out there on the weekends. Carl’s kind of place, lots of palapas, cantinas and cold cerveza.

The anchorages are starting to have other boats in them now, we don’t feel so alone. It’s just nice to be able to talk to other cruisers every now and then. We are planning on stopping in Puerto Vallarta to have the auto pilot worked on. Wish us luck!