Wednesday was my first ride of the season. Eric's been out and about but not me....so time to go. Frank and Sandi were ready for a road trip too so off we went. We met at the gas station at 10am with just over 50 miles to go. Destination El Tigre on the Caimanero beach area. This is a nice country ride.
Into Villa Union and it's always bustling here. Up ahead our right turn to El Walamo.
One way street after the turn and it's always market day here.
Some really old buildings here.
Up ahead we turn right and head out through the farmland to beach.
They must grow grain here somewhere as that's a large storage area.
Lovely home....I wonder who lives here?
Crops everywhere. Tomatoes, chili's and .....?
First up El Walamo and it was really quiet going through.
One way street and a vehicle coming our way!
Lots of crops planted under some sort of biodegradable plastic. Nothing coming up yet and it is really dry.
Motorcycles are the main method of transport out here.
We all noticed how droughty everything looked. Not much rain this last summer and it shows.
Way out there past the Palm trees is the ocean. Those covered buildings are shrimp farming. Lots of it in this are close to the ocean.
A large dune past the palms.
Motorcycles, high wheeled crop tractors and regular tractors.
Lush here.
The ocean appears.
Up ahead Mariscos El Tigre.
I got off so Eric could park the bike. It's all sand here and the footing is really slippery.
Seated and ready to order. Frank and Sandi. Sandi doesn't look happy but...she is.
Eric. We brought some Topo Chico to drink. Just a carbonated mineral water.
Eric ordered shrimp ceviche and it came out quick.
Camarones ajo or garlic shrimp for me. Unfortunately they hadn't shelled the shrimp which didn't amuse me. I had to shell them and they were covered in butter and garlic. Who serves shrimp like that? You can see the pile of shells on the other plate. The cheery little waitress wasn't concerned. I had to go wash my hands before I could eat!!
Frank and Sandi had fish zarandeado or grilled fish with chili's and red onion and cucumber on the side. I forgot to take a photo until it was almost gone.
My meal was mediocre and I wouldn't order it again. Frank and Sandi's fish was good and Eric enjoyed the ceviche but it did create some problems the next day!
After lunch we sat and blabbed for awhile and then it was time to hit the road. Instead of carrying on and going back through El Rosario and then the free road to Villa Union we just reversed our route. Much nicer ride.
We passed a truck full of transplants that must be going into those rows of plastic. Looks like pepper plants.
No ground is wasted if they are watering.
Young girls in one of the village getting a ride.
Coming back through Villa Union on the one way street.
Another really old building. Derelict?
Here we're on our way back to the Mazatlan bypass and home.
Up ahead the Riu hotel on the beach.
All the way along and everywhere you look there are new subdivisions. Just crazy.
Back in Marina Gardens and our house is at the end of the street. A long day but a good ride with friends for company.
Not exactly our route but close enough.
The ceviche is huge! And we get a chinese dish that isnt shelled. You suck all the salty crisp stuff off the outside and then shell them.
ReplyDeleteWhen we were RVing and visited Melaque most Winters there was a restaurant on the square that serve Shrimp Pozole but only on Sundays. The shrimp were not peeled. You just had to dig the shrimp out and peel as you ate the pozole. I remember it as being delicious. That is a nice ride out that way.
ReplyDeleteThe above was me, Kathy!
ReplyDeleteOt is a nice ride but the food is a bit mediocre 😁
DeleteWe miss Mazatlan. Time to go back!
ReplyDeleteIt is changing rapidly with the huge building boom especially on the north end.
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