THE CHILDREN

The Children in Mexico are beautiful. This was in celebration of Our Lady of Guadelupe Day.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHURCHES

From pueblo to the largest cities, you will always find a church in the middle of the square. The most majestic one in Oaxaca is the Santo Domingo de Guzman with it's Baroque architectural style.

What nativity scene would be complete without the baseball players!! The rabbit is an "alebrije" Mexican folk art made from brightly painted, hand carved wood. Another B&B we stayed at named "el Diablo y la Sandia" (the Devil & the Watermelon") & of course, the Pinata.

"EL ARBOR DEL TULE'

One of the oldest (2000 years old), largest , widest (more than 119 ft. around) trees  in the world found in Tule, outside of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is a Montezuma Cypress tree.

CASA ADOBE

The B & B that we stayed at in Oaxaca. It was a beautiful, tranquil setting with lots of artifacts from the area. 

TEOTITLAN, OAXACA

 We took a "collectivo" (taxi) to this family's home where they have been weaving rugs for 5 generations. Rosalito spent 2 hours showing us how they prepare the dyes for the wool. The cochineal is the bug that grows on the cactus & is used to make the various shades of red. The indigo plant makes all shades of blue - a very expensive & time consuming process & then there were the yellows & the greens, etc. all made "au natural". Absoulutely fascinating.

Ernesto is an award winning weaver. He was making a spectacular rug which he figured would take him at least 4 months. It was incredibly intricate.

This is the rug we bought for the boat. The pattern signifies the mountains and the rain.

LOS "PERSONAS" DEL OAXACA

STREET SCENES IN OAXACA

SAN JOSE DEL PACIFICO

Stayed in this little mountain village to break up the 7 hour twisty-turny trip from Oaxaca to Huatulco. There were about a dozen "cabanas" here & one of the best Italian "Taberna" we have eaten at! The vistas were stunning & it was quite a bit cooler (5,000ft. elevation). They would come in & light the fireplace for you at night.

ALEBRIJES

                                Hand carved, brightly painted animals from Oaxaca

BAHIA CHACHACUAL

Beautiful bay about a 2 hour sail from Marina Chahue. We had it all to ourselves. The first night was pretty rocky-rolly because of the ever present Pacific swell, but moved to the other side the next night & it was beautiful. Decent snorkeling too.

LITTLE TOWN OF CRUCECITA, MEXICO

The main town in Huatulco is known as Crucecita. Charming little fishing village.

QUINCEANERA CELEBRATION

This is a celebration of a young girl's 15th birthday which marks her passage into womanhood. The little 2 year old on the left is just practising for her big day 13 years from now!!

A COUPLE OF HITCH-HIKERS

These are a couple of the critters we found in the anchor locker upon our return. One was an alligator lizard about a foot long & then there were at least a dozen newly hatched frogs.....one of which landed on my face at 2 in the morning scaring the crap out of me!!

CHIAPAS MARINA, PUERTO MADERO, MEXICO

This is where we stored our boat for the hurricane season. Returned Nov. 2016 for our 11th season of sailing. Will head up the Mexican coastline approx. 1000 miles to Bay of Banderas.

SO MANY VARIETIES OF PALMS AT CHIAPAS MARINA, MEXICO