We didn't want to tell the people over at Paradise Marina that we didn't like their fancy place: concrete all over, hot, and the shopping center full of haoles, etc. The cruisers in the marina were great - we had my birthday dinner with a couple, and two tired guys, Robert and Aaron, who had returned from Mazatlan with the van. Shrimp and Carne Asada tacos with pico de gallo and coconut ice cream. Space is what we found here in Nuevo Vallarta, a place for the dogs (horrible across the channel), shower rooms that are not too shabby, and sunsets, not a concrete wall in front of us. Nuevo has a lot of empty slips on the new dock and we can't understand why the cruisers aren't flocking to be here. Perhaps there is some deep, dark secret that will be revealed to us along the way.
Aaron, with his bags, on his way back to Az. this morning. He has a 24 hour bus ride to Nogales, and we know that when he gets there, he will know the personal history of everyone on the bus. And they would be best friends forever. We will miss him, but he says he is coming back. His Christmas will be in the foothills of California, while our's, will be at a potluck in La Cruz. Aaron could cook his way out of a dry, empty cupboard and come up with a feast. Tonight we are having Saimin, missing him. His last swim yesterday was outside the lagoon where a croc had made off with a fisherman.
Bucerias, full of tacky shops, but good lunch places. We spend a New year's here some time ago, and had two New Years as the time changes an hour right in town. You celebrate in one restaurant, head across the street and get a second new year.
The beach at La Cruz.....harbor in the background. The harbor is fairly new, but is swept with dirt all the time from the area around, and the anchor outs rock and roll to whatever the weather and ocean throw at them. The town is small, and has some restaurants/bars where the cruisers congregate - we might join them at some point but love the peace here in Nuevo. We had to find a place whre w could let the guys off the leash and found it north of La Cruz. Several years ago we rented a beautiful house in Bucerias and had to move when our week was up to a condo/house in La Cruz. We hated it and went out to Punta Mita, as Linda said we needed to find a bungalow. Chickens, drunks, broken plumbing, bare concrete...we love it as as we could kayak right there on the beach. The only problem was that the waves were notably big that year and we would get dumped when trying to kayak to shore. Robert replumbed our bungalow that year and we got a free night's stay.
And finally -where is the damn stick? All this water, and we finally get to chase a stick. Where is it? Throw another.
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Marina Nayarit has less boats because of no/limited amenities, such as, pool, potable water, etc. Both Paradise Village and the Marina Nayarit have slurry murky water, I guess poor tide action to clean out. La Cruz has cleanest water from visibility viewpoint (can see the fish)...it used to have water sewage inflow issue years ago but it seems it was fixed mostly. I heard you can negotiate prices at La Cruz, since they are also half empty. La Cruz was my favorite, newest marina, nice town, not too touristy, away form gringo ville of PV.
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