Jaltemba, Mantanchen & Stone Island
28 April 2012 | Stone Island, Mazatlan
Capt. Crabby
Haven't updated for awhile because Banda Ancha wasn't working too well. We left La Cruz on 4-17, spent one night at Punta Mita & had dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant, the spent 3 nights in Jaltemba/Guayabitos. There are actually 3 towns there, Guayabitos, Jaltemba and Los Ayala. We visited all 3, had some great food and skewers of shrimp and Pacificos on the beach, and really enjoyed it. We anchored by La Pena island, which was quite smooth, but a long dinghy ride to the beach. Lee, I'm real glad I got that motor from you, it would have taken forever with the 2-horse.
We then sailed, (yes, actually sailed most of the way), to Mantanchen Bay/San Blas where we spent 3 nights. We went ashore, visited the fort, and the town of San Blas, had a nice lunch at Walla-Walla, and then the next day went on the La Tovara jungle tour. Really cool! s aw lots of Crocs, birds and turtles.
We left there Thursday and went to Isla Isabel, but conditions were not good for anchoring, so we went on to Mazatlan. Actually sailed a good deal of the way as well.
We're currently anchored at Stone Island, had pizza on the beach last night and tomorrow we'll head to Deer Island and then into Marina Mazatlan.
We're getting very sad that our trip is almost over, but we've had a great time.
More soon.