Monday January 31, 2011
Tlaquepaque villas, bungalows and hotel. It is huge and really beautiful and next to it is the El Refugio RV park and it is stuffed full of Quebecois as is the hotel complex. I’ll comment on all of that later!
Here we are up the street waiting to get fed at the 3 Hermanos Restaurant. We ate eggs every day because that was what was on the menu. Mexicana, ranchero, omelet etc. etc. All good.
This little guy was bawling so Sandi cheered him up. Doesn’t look that cheery does he!
As we left the restaurant we wandered up the street and ran into the vegetable cart. Although we have cooking facilities in our room we won’t be cooking any meals. That doesn’t mean we couldn’t buy a little fruit. The produce was beautiful and cheap, much better than the truck that comes into our park in Mazatlan. This of course is Saul (pronounced saw-ool) and everyone who has been to Los de Marcos knows him. He speaks English very well and is a wealth of information and he encouraged us to eat at his restaurant. We will. Saul is also shown in The Mexican Camping book on the El Refugio page. He is very tall and I figured it was him even though he was shown from the back.
Is that beautiful produce or what!
After breakfast we all left in the jeep with Frank driving. Eric likes to be a passenger as long as it’s not me driving. Of to Rincon de Guayabitos to have a look at their market.
We had just started wandering through the market and who should we run into but Fred and Marilyn McRae. We knew they were in the area on a road trip with their friends and we had missed seeing them in Mazatlan. My wacky ESP told me this would happen and guess what….it did. Too bad I can’t win money with the ESP. Fred & Marilyn used to live in Terrace in the old days and now live in Kelowna. They have friends in Mazatlan and visit most winters. We had a good blab and then carried on.
The Rincon market.
Streets in Rincon.
Heading down to the beach to have a look at the trailer parks that are along it’s edge.
We stopped for a quick Pacifico and although Eric was in this picture he was looking pained so what could I do…..I cropped him out!
Frank and Sandi.
The beach in Rincon. Long flat and pretty.
As we walked along who should we run into again but… Fred and Marilyn and their friends. That’s Fred the tourist under the umbrella and Marilyn on her tummy hiding her face.
Someone is always trying to sell you something and in this case it’s music they want these poor people to pay for. Ah Mexico!
When we got home it was time for a couple of beers and then off to find dinner. We decided to try Saul’s restaurant and look what we got to eat. This is molcajetes and it just delicious. Those pots have been heated on the barbecue and then the mixture of veggies, shrimp and cheese are added. It all stays smoking hot and you can eat until you can’t eat any more. Cost 110 peso’s and each one fed two of us. We wanted to know where we could buy a pot but wouldn’t you know it we’d have to go to Tonala close to Guadalajara. They are made of some kind of volcanic stone, carved in the shape of a pig and can take the heat. Not this trip. Maybe next year.
Here we are wandering down the street in Los de Marcos and then into the complex for bed.
A good day.
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