Bucerias is a charming town just about 45 minutes north of the south side of Vallarta. The beach here is beautiful and much calmer than Los Muertos. We are only two blocks from the beach so it is easy for us to spend lots of time walking and jumping in the surf. The sunsets here are incredible and the Sierra Madre Mountains surrounding this part of the bay are spectacular.
There are lots of great restaurants and bars in the town. Saturday evening we found the Irish Pub and had fish and chips. We really enjoyed having non-Mexican food for a change!
Every Sunday the daily street flea market expands to a very large one. A lot of streets in the town square are completely taken over by the vendors and it is a very festive atmosphere. It’s also a lot of fun!
Monday we went grocery shopping and because we now have a BBQ outside our door we were craving chicken! It’s been about 25 years since we lit a charcoal fire and now I know why everyone switched to propane! It takes forever for the coals to be ready! It was worth the wait though to have delicious BBQ chicken outside in mid December while listening to the waterfall and watching the water tumble into the pool.
Today we walked for only 15 minutes on the beach to reach the DeCameron Resort where we stayed in November 2006.
On the way the most thrilling thing happened! Gail noticed a little tiny turtle running toward the surf, then we saw more and more and MORE!! There were at least a hundred little ones all racing for the water. I had heard that the Bay of Banderas is renowned as a turtle-hatching place but never expected to see such a thing. In about twenty minutes it was all over, so we were in the exact right place at the exact right time. We still do not know if the turtles were laying eggs or if they had just hatched.
Tonight we found a little fish taco stand around the corner and had take out street food. It was excellent!
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