Once again, our dear friends, Claude and Lynne, have hosted Christmas. It's always a great party with lots of close friends, food, gifts, joy and laughter. Thank you to the Bellefleurs for the wonderful celebration!
Tuesday 27 December 2022
David and Aline
Every winter in Zihua we enjoy listening to these two, David and Aline. They perform every Wednesday at Banditos. Aline, who is only 12, is a very talented pickleball player and singer. David is a talented muscian, pickleball player, and all round great guy! They certainly know how to get the dance floor rocking!
Sunday 25 December 2022
Feliz Navidad from Zihua
Christmas in Mexico once again. It's always very busy with a mass of people infiltrating Zihua for the holidays, and noisy with loud banging, jump out of my skin, firecrackers. Mexicans celebrate with a late night meal on Christmas Eve then party well into the wee hours of the morning. It's always a joyous occasion accompanied with decorations, food, drink, and happy people.
The golden cowboy is a Christmas staple. We see him every year. He is quite amazing to be able to hold these poses for long lengths of time. Passerbys always stop and speculate to what he is. It reminds me of when we were in Disney World with our boys and they stopped to inspect some Greek statues only to find out they were real people! It was fun to watch our kids reactions! And it is also fun to watch the reactions of others to this cowboy!
Wednesday 21 December 2022
Birthday Celebrations
Our friends Wendy and Karen, who are dear friends, celebrated their birthdays together at a restaurant called El Dorado on Playa Blanca about 8 or 9 kilometers out of Zihua. A lot of their friends came to help them celebrate. We sat around the pool, ate and drank and listened to a band. Perfect afternoon for a celebration!
The birthday girls Karen and Wendy
El Dorados has two pools. One was just built and the other repainted, and now being filled.
Our neighbours and new friends, Chris and Lyle
Pool Party and Barbeque
Our neighbours downstairs received a charcoal barbeque from one of their friends and told us we could use it. So after a practise supper cooking chicken and figuring out how the charcoal works, we were confident enough to host a pool party and hamburger supper with our friends.
Us gals, Linda, Wendy, Lynne, Laurel and Ann
Claude and Tim
The men folk
Claude, Pat and Hoss
Tim and Ann
It was a great get together and of course tequila was involved!
Food Tour Hosted By Zanca Travelers
We had a successful bid at a silent auction at a fund raiser for the food bank. The prize was a food tour of Zihua. The tour was hosted by owners Sandy and Vidal of Zanca Travelers. They make a great team and work hard to make their tours a fantastic experience for all of their clients, and this tour was no exception! It was amazing and delicious, and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in food and restaurants.
All the restaurants we visited are owned by families that have been in Zihua for many, many decades. Carmelita's was our first stop. The Grandmother, Carmelita, is the owner, and it is her family's recipes that are used for the delicious food that is served to the restaurant's patrons.
This is a mural of Carmelita
Zanca Travelers owners, Sandy and Vidal. They offer a variety of types and styles of tours depending on what you want to see and do. We highly recommend them. They are knowledgeable and friendly.
Tortilla's being made by hand.
The leaf on this tortilla is from one of the restaurant's trees that is shown a couple of pictures down.
Carmelita's grandson who is taking the reins for the family.
Our next destination was a small taco restaurant called, "La Flechita Roja," that serves tacos al pastor y barbacoa de res. Their story is very interesting. It all started back many decades ago when the family lived 45 minutes out of Zihua. Everyday, the father and son packed up all the food they needed for their taco stand, drove the 45 minute drive to Zihua, worked their day of many hours, then packed everything back up and went home, only to do it all again the next day. One evening when they returned home, they were met with all their belongings being packed up and placed into a moving van. With bewilderment on their faces, the mother of the family explained to them she had decided to move the family to Zihua so father and son wouldn't need to commute any longer. They found a place to live in Zihua, opened up a small 24 hour restaurant right beside the bus stop which was genius. Now every evening before local workers got on the bus to go home they stopped at the taco restaurant and bought their supper for the ride home. The rest is history. This small taco restaurant has become a huge success and a staple in the community. People from all walks of life can be seen enjoying the delicious food at all hours of the day and night.
Destination number 3 was to a very small restaurant called "Club M" that serves tiritas. Tiritas are similar to ceviche except the fish is cut into thin slices and "cooked" in the acidity of lime juice in which they are marinated. Ceviche is cubed and often marinated in orange juice to have a sweeter taste. Our tiritas were made on the spot, and in front of us on the side of the street. We sat inside the wee restaurant and had a beer with our food. I think we'll be back! Quite yummy!
Club M comes with a view...
And of course construction is going on.
Our final restaurant of the evening lies on Fishermans' Walk. Augustina's claim to fame is their mescal. Mescal is made from any of the varieties of agave plant, but tequila is made only from the blue agave plant. Many of their dishes are cooked and flavoured with mescal including some desserts. We were treated royally and thoroughly enjoyed the variety of dishes and service.
Zanca Travellers drives everyone home at the end of the tour, but Hoss and I decided to walk...we were majorly full! Wow..what a tour! Thank you to Zancas Tours for your knowledge and hospitality! We had a wonderful time!
Ladies Pickleball
Thursday afternoons is Ladies Pickleball. It's a great way to meet other women with common interests, and there's wine or beer at the end of the afternoon! It's a win-win situation!
Sailing Day
Friends of ours lined up a sailboat for a sunset cruise. A young couple from Zihua just bought the boat and are drumming up sailing excursions for a livelihood and repairs to the boat. The ocean was very calm, and we had a wonderful afternoon enjoying friends and meeting new people.What a laid back relaxing afternoon!
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