Thursday April 8th 2010

We got up early today so we could meet Mandy and Mike at Mandy’s pub in La Cruz as we have planned a day of sun and catamaran sailing. We got to the pier and had a Panga (small boat) take us out to the catamaran, this is our first time on one that has sails. We all got on and we took off North up to the Marietta’s (2 small islands that have great snorkeling) at about 6-7 knots an hour, wow, we were flying! It was so much fun!!!

Yvonne made some guacamole and I packed some cheese, cucumber, tomatoes, crackers etc to nibble on. A great time was had by all. We didn’t quite get to where we were going before we needed to turn back so Bill, our captain, slowed the boat right down and Mike and Yvonne took a dip. It took us longer to get back as the wind died down, Ross and I napped on the netting at the front of the boat, while everyone else quietly enjoyed the views. Once back in La Cruz Bill used his dingy to take Sherry (another customer) and Mike back to the pier so Mike could get the same guys to come out to bring us in with our coolers and stuff and when they finally got back, Bill told us the only panga that was available was a boat owned by Jesus and he wanted 200 pesos, well what do you do, we needed to get back so we paid him his money reluctantly.

Once home we all showered and didn’t do a hell of a lot of anything, the sun and the wind sucked the oomph right out of us! I had stubbed my toe before we left and half my polish came off of one of my big toes (it was so sad, it was my green birthday toes) so I took off the polish and now I have white toes. Ross made some homemade French fries and after that some popcorn, we sat and watched TV then popped off to bed so we can be refreshed for the next day!

Yvonne, Ross Kim and Critters in Paradise