Backcountry adventures!
Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 10:50PM Rich, Kim, and I went with Hugo on a day trip today. The destination was Tehuamixtle, another village down the coast, but we drove Hugo’s dilapidated Ford Bronco over the rustic backcountry roads to get there. Among the day’s highlights were: Kim’s hangover, the fact that the Bronco refused to start on about a half-dozen occasions, and I nearly squatted on a gigantic pig who was hidden in the shadows when I attempted to find a place to pee.
We had to stop in the road once to allow a herd of cattle to go around us, and we had a beer in a roadside tavern in the middle of nowhere.
We stopped at a beautiful cemetery, and took some photos of the flowers.
We stopped at the coconut plantation where Antonia grew up, right on the ocean, and enjoyed the beach there for a while…as far as the eye can see in either direction, perfect unspoiled coastline. Absolutely gorgeous. Kim and I nearly got pulled out to sea by a very strong undertow, and we were only in up to our calves!
We also had delicious shrimp and oysters in Tehuamixtle, and got to watch a palapa being built. In all, it was a 60 mile roundtrip, and it took about nine hours to get there and back.
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