after an all night bus ride from Mexico City to Colima

with a stop in Tecoman

 we were home -

Cuyutlan!!

after Ana Rosa did her magic - our house shown!

Beth had done an awesome job with paint and furniture

so it was not long before it was a comfy place again

that is Sabina's art on the wall, too bad it did not show up better

it makes that end of the room

I love the colors Beth painted

I kept the fridge in the bedroom and set up  small kitchen next to it

I was only there a couple weeks

I did not drag the washer out either

and after a few loads at Javier's mom's place

I washed by hand

first day in Cuyutlan was lunch at Dago's of course,

shrimp tostadas, I love 'em

the day before we arrived a huge storm had hit Cuyutlan

the water came up over the malacon, huge trees had been uprooted

everyone was out cleaning up

the beach was way closer to the malacon than in the winter

there was not much room for chairs or umbrellas

needless to say there was not much business either

well I said we tried not to wear our Vallarta dresses on the same day

but it was so hot that is all we wanted to wear!

like I said, there was no one in Cuyutlan

I have never been there when it was so quiet

Betsy's last morning

she is happy to be leaving the heat!!
at 3 am we woke up, had to lie in the little pool to cool off and went back to bed

thank you for the hammock Beth, it is the only way I made it for the next week

after dark I would lie in it with the fan right in front of me

by about 1 am the bedroom had cooled down....
we have never stayed there in the summer
the room needs a vent near the ceiling to let the hot air out

there was one really bad night when about midnight in the middle of a huge electrical storm
the electricty went out in the whole town
it was cool so have it dark, I like dark
but it meant no fan.....

 

I had a great time with Luly, Ken and Carol at their ex-maids wedding

until it started raining

we left when it started pouring, before the birria

ex-maid, now that she is getting married she does not have to work....

I love what Beth did with the outside shower

it was made out of creosote posts and heavy black plastic walls

it had a roof

now you can look up and see the bougainvillea over head

and at night, the stars

it is not quite finished it needs a coat of stucco to make it look sharp

it is hard to see in the photo but there is a guy at the top of this palm

cutting down the coconuts

we had 2 palms that needed their coconuts harvested

that was from one palm!

Dago arranged for them to be cut and we gave them to him for his puesto

this is the day before I am leaving, giving the keys to Ken

getting a ride to Tecoman from Jacquie and Eduardo

thank you, thank you

I was meeting Eduardo and Jacquie for lunch one day in Tecoman

when I got there I was so hot I suggested a restaurant that was air conditioned

we went around the corner of their house to the restaurant at the Hotel Real

wow, it was beautiful

I did not know such a wonderful hotel even existed in Tecoman

I decided right then to come and spend my last night in Mexico at the hotel

it was a great idea

instead of working all morning to pack up the house and then driving to the airport,

I went to Tecoman and luxuriated in the huge pool and air conditioned room

did some shopping in the morning easy with a taxi -

I needed 2 princess dresses

and still made it to the airport in plenty of time

we were so worried about the weather and getting out of the Manzanillo airport

as it had been storming for days

the weather turned out not to be the problem -

it was that my passport had expired 4 days before!!

WHAT??

I could not believe it

it took over an hour for the Alaska Airline people to decide to allow me to board

and in Houston, they never mentioned it!!

I was so lucky

or I would still be in Mexico,

waiting at the counter of the consulate in Guadalajara.....