We found the bridge easily this time and headed south along the Gulf. It's a familiar road to us now, not great but there is some interesting scenery including Mexico's only nuclear power plant on a beautiful bay.
I've had the city of Gutierrez Zamora marked on my map for years as the location of a vanilla factory that has a good reputation. This time we stopped as we needed money anyway. As we were unhooking the jeep alongside the highway, some friends from the Yucatan Stan and Carol drove up. It's pretty mind boggling that you can run into friends in a little known city in the middle of Mexico's Gulf Coast...and just alongside the road to boot. They were stopping to walk their dog on their drive to their house south of Akumal.
I got some great vanilla and we continued on to a resort area on the Gulf called the Emerald Coast. We stayed at a different spot this time, Posada del Zorro, and really liked it. This area is quite beautiful, the beaches are nice, the Gulf is warm and there are a slew of RV parks within a 10 mile stretch. I took the picture from our door step, we were right on this pool which is one of 2.
We had stopped early for us but then we had been up since 5am! We went out to dinner and were asleep by 8pm and didn't get up until 8am the next day, we slept 12 hours!
Now we had to hurry to get to Akumal and then get up to Cancun to pick up Country on the 19th. We drove all day, spent the night at the WalMart in Villahermosa and drove all day again until 9pm when we arrived in Chetumal and pulled into the RV park there Yax Ha. We've stayed there before, it's beautiful, it's expensive but it is close to our friend Kathe's land and easier to get to in the dark. She says it has been sold and they now have wireless throughout, nice. I got online and sent her email and we called and left her a message that we were in town. We didn't have much time but we wanted to see her and give her a hug, this is the first time we've had a chance to do that since her partner Colleen died. She and a friend, Sam, came by in the morning and we talked a bit and then we had to head out. I took this pick of her and Sam in her ATV, it was raining and there is no top so the passenger has to hold the umbrella! Pretty cute.
Five hours later, on the 18th of December, we pulled into Akumal. Whew!
I've had the city of Gutierrez Zamora marked on my map for years as the location of a vanilla factory that has a good reputation. This time we stopped as we needed money anyway. As we were unhooking the jeep alongside the highway, some friends from the Yucatan Stan and Carol drove up. It's pretty mind boggling that you can run into friends in a little known city in the middle of Mexico's Gulf Coast...and just alongside the road to boot. They were stopping to walk their dog on their drive to their house south of Akumal.
I got some great vanilla and we continued on to a resort area on the Gulf called the Emerald Coast. We stayed at a different spot this time, Posada del Zorro, and really liked it. This area is quite beautiful, the beaches are nice, the Gulf is warm and there are a slew of RV parks within a 10 mile stretch. I took the picture from our door step, we were right on this pool which is one of 2.We had stopped early for us but then we had been up since 5am! We went out to dinner and were asleep by 8pm and didn't get up until 8am the next day, we slept 12 hours!
Now we had to hurry to get to Akumal and then get up to Cancun to pick up Country on the 19th. We drove all day, spent the night at the WalMart in Villahermosa and drove all day again until 9pm when we arrived in Chetumal and pulled into the RV park there Yax Ha. We've stayed there before, it's beautiful, it's expensive but it is close to our friend Kathe's land and easier to get to in the dark. She says it has been sold and they now have wireless throughout, nice. I got online and sent her email and we called and left her a message that we were in town. We didn't have much time but we wanted to see her and give her a hug, this is the first time we've had a chance to do that since her partner Colleen died. She and a friend, Sam, came by in the morning and we talked a bit and then we had to head out. I took this pick of her and Sam in her ATV, it was raining and there is no top so the passenger has to hold the umbrella! Pretty cute.
Five hours later, on the 18th of December, we pulled into Akumal. Whew!
posted by Jonna at 1:18 AM
2 Comments:
How cool!!! Now I am all caught up and found out that I visited you in Calderitas...just kidding...I really do remember the visit...just to let you know that the Rhino now has a roof...no more umbrella...but the umbrella looked so cute...especially when it turned itself inside out at 20 mph...
Now that would make a cute pic, kind of Mary Poppins in a Rhino! If you've had half the rain we've had this last week I'll bet you're really glad to have a roof.
Now to get the blog caught up to real time.
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