Dog Pack

A pack a dogs trotting down the street is a bit of an unusual site even for present day Mexico. This is a recent event because of a fire that destroyed 120 homes up in the hills of Zihuatanejo which chased the dogs down to Zihua Central.

 

Shipment Day

Street hawkers and small shops loading up their wares!

 

Zihuatanejo Central

We spent our first morning walking around Zihuatanejo Central. There are many shops, restaurants, small bars, bright colours, and busy with people and traffic. We rediscovered some old haunts from our previous trip in 2016. Feels like home! Such a lovely area!

 

Breakfast

We usually cook up our own breakfast, but with a move in accommodations in a couple of days we decided not to buy any groceries. We found a great little restaurant called El Sabon de Zihua for breakfast. Great food, and large portions!

 

Villa Lupita

We are quite enjoying our little apartment. It comes with a small kitchen, gigantic bathroom, king-sized bed, Mexican TV, balcony, small pool, and a wonky key that gives us grief whenever we want to come home! The area is busy with chattering people, and traffic. The roosters are well behaved, and only crow in the early hours of the morning, but the dogs can be annoying with their loud barking during the night when we are trying to sleep. Yesterday, I saw this one dog trotting down the street with a rat in its mouth!! Yikes!

 

Our 2019 Adventures...Mexico, Australia, India, Greece

Zihuatanejo, Mexico

Our trip this year is a bit broken up. Hoss's dad will be turning 90 in February, and we wanted to be home for his big shin dig. We planned a trip to Mexico first, so we would be close to home making travel easier, and cost efficient. We will be spending six weeks in Zihua. This will be our third time to this quaint, bustling city. Our first experience in Zihua was in 1996 on our year long motorhome trip. I can safely say there has been a huge change to this area since then.

We are staying in an area called Madera, in a small apartment block called Villa Lupita. We are here for three nights, then move into a small hotel called Hotel Salinas. Villa Lupita is lovely, spacious, and close to the beach, but not so good if you want to meet people. We may be giving up elbow room, for friendliness, I guess we will see tomorrow when we move.

Homeward Bound!

Well after 4 months of travel, 5 countries, a great visit with Jess and Catlin, numerous flights, ferries, trains, rental scooters, cabs, subway systems, rental cars, many accommodations, and meeting many great people along the way, we have arrived home. With 20 hours of travel from Thailand to Canada, we rested up in Vancouver for a couple of nights, hopped onto Via and after 50 hours of train travel we arrived in Melville and was greeted by Addison who collected us from the station, and delivered  us to our home!! The saying is so true...no place like home! And now to get caught up with our new grandson!


                                            Our view from our hotel room in Vancouver.

                                          Via train

             This young lad from Ontario entertained us with his music in the dome car.

Relax Beach, Koh Lanta, Thailand

We are enjoying the last few days of our trip. We found this nice little beach in a small cove not too far from our accommodations. It lives up to its name and is very relaxing and quiet!

                                  The beach comes with accommodations and restaurants.

Rock Beach Bar and Pool, Koh Lanta, Thailand

While motoring around on our scooter we discovered this gem of a place. It's nice to have an alternative to the beach. The pool water is cooler than the ocean water!

The Salty Fish, Koh Lanta, Thailand

When coming home from the beach one afternoon, we stopped for a drink and a beautiful view in the heat of the day at a small bar on the side of the road called The Salty Fish! We were entertained by a hermit crab and introduced him to a small lad who showed considerable interest in the creature.

                                                 A fisherman at low tide.

                                         A fishing boat looking like it's sitting pretty low!

Mai Pai Beach, Koh Lanta, Thailand

We rode our scooter about 30 minutes south with no particular destination in mind and ended up at the south end of the island at Mai Pai Beach. We stopped because it looked quiet and interesting. There was no shade to be found so we made a sorry attempt at creating some with driftwood and our sarongs. We had a lovely afternoon!

                            This funky structure is a light. It is probably beautiful at night!

                                              A small beach restaurant.

                                     
 Same, same but different. Another small beach restaurant. Both are right beside each other.

This restaurant must have a weight restriction! It looks like it's about to collapse into the ocean!

Koh Lanta Sunset at Long Beach

We are loving Koh Lanta. It has wonderful bamboo restaurants and lodgings that fit in so well with the Thailand's tropical background. It also adds to the laidback vibe you feel here. It reminds me of the song "Don't Worry, Be Happy". It you can't find relaxation here, then I don't think it's in your psyche!