Cuyutlan

my home in Mexico

I have been going there for over 10 years

that is a long time for me

longer than I was in Oregon or Florida

 

 

just a forgotten little town on the beating Pacific Ocean

a sand dune really

it was nice to see it in September

everything was so green or blooming

 

I didn't stay at our place as I was only in town for a few days

and it would be too much work to get my place ready

 

so

 

 

I stayed at Casa Colorado

a property that friends just remodeled to use as a vacation rental

 

I spent a lot of really sweet time in that pool

 

 

 

 

this was the nicest place I have ever stayed in Cuyutlan!!

everything was really well done and creative

also everything was very new

 

 

they had built a very cool stairway to the roof

 

 

which had a great view of the ocean across the street

notice the solar hot water set up

 

 

this was the place next door - it just needs a little work....

who's with me?

 

 

no trip to Cuyutlan would be worth it without

lunch at Dago's seafood puesto on the malacon

camarones empanizado is my favorite

oh and the shrimp tostadas and the shrimp cocktails

are awfully good too

 

(Cuyutlan winter friends - in the summer see how there is so little beach

amazing!)

 

 

 happy eating

 

 

we did a lot of happy eating at the beach

 

 

we had a great afternoon at K.'s

he is fun and

he has such a cool house

a nice pool, nice plants

 

 

I could not believe how this plant had taken over the fence

 

 

and he has a nice view

 

 

I went to visit J.  who doesn't look a day older than when I met him

10 years ago

the salt air must agree with him

he was glad to see me

 English speakers are slim in Cuyutlan that time of year

 

even L. was not there as E. had just died

he was old and had been ill a long time

 

I did think I would go past M.'s house once

there was so much commotion in the street in front of the blue door

that I turned around

and too much emotion in me

 

es la vida, Fernando says, it is life

 

 

waiting outside the Hotel Morelos

the morning I left town

I saw this aloe plant about to bloom

wow

I didn't know they bloomed!

 

 

next stop - La Manzanita - about 80 miles north