Lo de Marcos

We have been in Lo de Marcos, about 1 hour North of Puerto Vallarta, for about a week. We have decided to stay for another 3 weeks. So a month in all. With the holidays we thought it best not to be traveling. Also, thinking as we head further south it might get busier and we wanted to make sure we had a place to stay.   The beach varies by day.  Some days it is good for surfing and others good for swimming.

  

 

The pangas take tourist out to see the whales, go snorkeling or fishing.   The waves can be a challenge and it takes a couple of good healthy workers to get them into the water. 

We got to see some humpback whales.  Amazing.  Look at the spray they create!

 

 

There are always vendors selling pastry, jewelry or fish on the beach.

 

 There are also other vendors that come around.

 

There is always the friendly Iguanas to look for.

 

Christmas was low key.  The RV park did a potluck. 

Think this group of kids were practicing for a Christmas program.

 

 

We have taken a few sight seeing trips, but plan on doing a few more. Lo de Marcos is a very low key town not much for a tourist. Just down the road, south of us, is Sayulita. A tourist town with lots of restaurants and tourist type stores. We are amazed at the difference just a few miles can make in the economy of the town. In San Pancho, before you get to Sayulita, there is a huge expat community with hugh homes. It even has a polo club. The beach is not one you'd want to swim on. The waves are massive, but apparently good for surfing. Spent one day in Las Penita, north of us, which is an agricultural town and where the market is on Thursdays. The market was one of the largest we've seen so far.

The big excitement has been that last night the toilet broke at 3 in the morning. Tom decided to stay up to see what the problem was. So today he spent most of the day trying to repair it. Apparently a cable that operates with the foot pedal broke. Asking a couple of teenagers, who were here selling fresh chickens, if they could show him to a hardware store and motorcycle repair store he was able to get a cable that would work and a few other items. The cable is about the size of a bicycle brake cable. So hopefully the modified fix will last until we get home.