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Monday, March 17, 2014 Not much exciting to tell except that TODAY is son DAVE's birthday and we wish he could be here with us to celebrate. I haven't seen anything in Puerto advertising green beer tonight, so St. Patricks Day will come and go for us with no fanfare. Yesterday we went to town to the mercado one last time. We took our time and bought our produce and even looked at the clothes, decorative items, and junk. We thought it was the busiest we've ever seen it, Sunday is no day of rest for this town. Joe walked to the Point and we ate at another highly recommended restaurant, Bananas. Joe had the shrimp kabobs and I had traditional chili rellanos and we give the place five stars. The singer there was great, but ... read more

Sunday, March 9, 2014 Easy day to write about because we didn't do much. Ping the cat woke us up prematurely so we ate an early breakfast at Cafecito. We swam. Joe went shopping for fruit and coffee. I read a book. Joe cooked dinner...great quesadillas and rice and replicated that wonderfully refreshing limonada I had last night at the Pescador. He picked the limes from the tree in the yard where we swim in the pool. Joe did his laundry and I had great intentions of doing mine. And as every day, we met more Canadians. Joe just now jokingly told me he needs to get to bed early because he has a horseshoe tournament tomorrow. Life is tough. He's been reading about how to throw horseshoes on the internet. We'll see if it does ... read more

March 7, 2014 A van arrived at our house at 7 am to take us to Manialtepec Lagoon which is 15 miles northwest of Puerto Escondido. We had booked a boat tour with ornithologist Mike Malone to view the many species of tropical birds. Manialtepec means "the place where water springs from the hills" and it is a lovely tranquil lagoon encircled by mangroves. We enjoyed the trip, the lagoon is alive with many bird species and we were impressed with our talented Mexican boatman's bird calls. Joe made several good spots for the group, too. We stopped for an early lunch at a rustic cafe set up on the beach and the owners made sopes for us which are simply little tortillas with beans and a little bit of cheese. The coconut water and beer ... read more

March 3, 2014 Lazy day...breakfast at Cafecito...Joe and Roger played in the horseshoe tournament at the Split Coconut...Joe and I watched the surfers at sunset, got some tacos to go, and ate grapefruit frozen yogurt on the shop balcony. Had a panicky 15 minutes when I couldn't find my prescription sunglasses. Finally found them in Joe's eyeglass case. His glasses were on the dresser. The maid did it. Good thing we don't have a maid at home, we'd never be able to find anything. March 4, 2014 We were up early to walk east 1.2 miles along Playa Zicatela to The Point. We watched the surfers there for quite some time then ate breakfast at a great little cafe nestled in the palm trees. We hadn't explored this area before and thought it was charming. We ... read more

Wed., Feb. 26, 2014 Today was market day so we caught the little colectivo and rode it to the town market, got a few fresh fruits and vegetables, and ate lunch at Roger's favorite market cafe. Joe and I shared chili rellano tacos that were delicious. The rest of the day was spent taking it easy reading and catching up with email. Joe and Roger went to Playa Zicatelo for the sunset happy hour. Thurs. Feb. 27, 2014 Today was another terrific beach day. We three walked over to Playa Manzanillo to swim, snorkel, and eat some of the best guacamole I've ever had. I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've had guacamole and chips for breakfast and lunch in one day. On the way home we took a scenic stone anador (walkway) of ... read more