Mexico 2010 – 2011
Tuesday November 16 2010
We were on the road to Portland by 1:30am. We had no problems at the Portland airport, our plane left on time at 5:30am.
Our tickets for the flight looked like we had a non-stop to Puerto Vallarta but the plane was scheduled to stop in Phoenix. We had to get off the plane so they could sweep it, and then back on, we had the same seats.
We could see San Blas from the widow of our plane. The pilot announced that we were 30 minutes from our landing in PV. We looked at each other and said but how long will it take us to get back to San Blas.
We arrived in PV at 1:45. We managed to get through customs with no problems. I get stressed at this point because we have to cross the walkway over the street, and then catch the right bus to the bus station. This is where I notice the heat. They have so many city busses going to places we don’t want to go. We really didn’t have much of a problem finding the right bus and the people on the bus helped me with my bags and made sure we didn’t get off at the wrong stop.
There were no busses going to San Blas from PV. So we had to catch a bus to Tepic. We were very lucky, when Larry bought the ticket at 2:20pm he was told the bus is leaving now. I think they told the driver we were coming as he was waiting for us. The tickets to Tepic were 160 pesos each, $1 = 12 pesos. We were the only passengers on the bus when we left the depot.
The bridge for the north bound traffic is out, so it is a real bottle neck for traffic on the bridge that was for south bound. It took a lot longer to get out of PV. The bus did pick up more passengers along the way.
We arrived in Tepic around 5:00pm. Larry walked to the bank to get pesos which seemed to take forever. We then went to get our tickets for San Blas. There was a line at the ticket counter ad only one person working. We got in line ad when some people pushed their way in fount of everyone Larry got aggressive and managed to get our tickets. Again we got the tickets and went right out to get on the bus, no waiting. It was the 5:45pm (last bus) from Tepic to San Blas.
It was after 7 when we arrived in San Blas, very tired, glad the journey was over.
All of our storage containers and our bicycles were in our little bungalow waiting for us. Tony had painted both inside and the patio so everything was “clean”. We rearranged the bedroom and made the bed. I noticed the wire for the internet network we use here and decided to hook it up and see if it was working. I was able to get on line to let friends know we made it down here ok.
Wednesday November 17, 2010
Now it seems that the work begins, taking things out of the containers, washing everything and putting it all away. While Tony had painted and he may have washed the counters I like to was the shelves down before I start to put things away. It is very dusty here I don’t know how the clothes that are hung out to dry stay clean. Everything in the containers needed to be cleaned. It was very wet down here this summer, the towels and sheets had a musky smell to them. It took most of the day to get things put away.
We went to the Crocadilo for lunch but had breakfast instead. Larry and I shared 3 pancakes and a thin slice of ham for 55 pesos, $1 = 12 pesos.
We walked down to the plaza at 6:30pm; there was not many people there. I think it will pick up in December.
On our way back to the bungalow we saw Tony ad asked for a blanket as it was really cooling off. Last year at this time we had the ceiling and a floor fan working all day. We have not turned one on so far.