Bungalow Siete

First off, surf has been great the last few days.  Head high to a little over on the sets and nice, long, glassy lines.  I know, I suck.  A couple of pics below.

Since I arrived in la Saladita I've been parked next to Bungalow Siete, aka, Seven.  In that time, quite a few people have come and gone.  As I near the time to leave this spot, I found myself reflecting a bit the other night on just how many interesting people have breezed in then out of my frame of existence in just one little bungalow and in just one short month.  There was the family from Mexico city, the young surfers Jackson and Corey? from Santa Barbara, the retired group from California and also by way of a house near la Manzanilla, another Jackson and his pal Julian on a land-speed record attempt from Cali to Costarica, just to name the ones I can remember off the top of my head as I sit in the small internet cafe in Llanos.  Jackson and Julian have a blog (malibutomatapalo.com) that, while somewhat content-limited due to their absurd schedule and lack of internet along the way, promises to be interesting after they fill in some of the gaps.  I also met a great couple from Cali, Zack and Sachi, who have their own blog at marshmallowchronicles.tumblr.com.  They're in a '94 Toyota 4x4 with a crazy flip open camper shell with a tent that attaches on the top.  Wish I had a picture to show but if you check out their site you'll see what I mean.

My plan is to stay here another day or so, then head south to Ixtapa.  There's a "real" campground there with hookups, a pool, showers, and laundry.  I need to be able to plug in and charge up my batteries properly after the questionable voltage in Saladita.  I also need to run the A/C and dry things out a bit, as hurricane Beatrice left a distinct wetness around everything.  I also will be doing a mountain of laundry.  Add to that I need an oil change for Nookie, the generator on Nookie, and the Ruckus (not sure I'll get them all done here) as well as a new front left tire, and I should have a few days' worth of work.  Plus, the forecast is for the swell to disappear until at least next week, so that makes the decision a bit easier. 

I'm including a few random shots from the last week or so here below.  More to come!!!!

looking down the beach from Saladita

another beach view from the end of the wave

Laguna de Esteban, the lake outside my door after Beatrice, as named by Omar and Blanca, who work at Lourdes' place.

sunset last night

sunset wave--one more...