08 March 2016 | Mylestom, NSW
10 December 2015 | Coffs Harbour Marina, Coffs Harbour
05 December 2015 | Richmond River, Ballina
17 November 2015 | Tin Can Bay anchorage
07 November 2015 | Bundaberg Port Marina
25 October 2015 | Beachfront Resort anchorage, Luganville
15 October 2015 | BeachFront Resort anchorage, Luganville
02 October 2015 | Port Vila, Efate
25 September 2015 | Lenakel, Tanna
10 September 2015 | On the hard, Vuda Marina
02 September 2015 | Vuda Marina, Vuda Point
25 August 2015 | Viti Levu Bay
16 August 2015 | Savu Savu
09 August 2015 | Neiafu, Tonga
31 July 2015 | Neiafu, Tonga
20 July 2015 | Neiafu, Tonga
05 July 2015 | Apia, Samoa
15 June 2015 | Vaitape, Bora Bora
Manzanillo
18 January 2015 | Las Hadas Resort anchorage
Ange
We picked up anchor on Tuesday & motored around the headland to Ixtapa – the hotel & resort coast in this part of Mexico. We popped into Ixtapa marina to fuel up & hopefully get a glimpse of the crocodiles that live there. It was pretty busy in the marina so we didn’t get to see them – not sure I’d like to leave my boat there!
After getting some more diesel we dropped anchor at Isla Grande – a small island with 3 lovely beaches & many seafood restaurants. Lots of tourists from Ixtapa come out every day to enjoy the water & sand but by 5pm they (& all the restaurant staff) leave & you have the island all to yourself. It was a lovely place to spend a couple of lazy days walking on the beaches & having a swim.
4.30am Thursday we started our journey north to Manzanillo. We got to Caleta de Campos at 5pm in the afternoon after a full day of motoring. We were surprised at how peaceful this anchorage was & had a nice afternoon of watching kids swim & fish off the break wall. It also was a pretty anchorage, surrounded by clean beaches & high red cliffs.
Another 4.30am start on Friday morning as we continued to head north. At midday we picked up a nice breeze & had a great spinnaker run until 6pm. We were going to stop at Punta Cabeza Negra for the night but decided to push on to Manzanillo. After dodging some very large ships anchored in the bay & doing a very quick run across the traffic separation zone in front a huge container ship we arrived at the Las Hadas Resort anchorage at midnight. A very big day! Unfortunately the resort & its next door neighbours had their night clubs pumping but the earplugs came through again – sleep was good!
Yesterday we had a nice sleep in & then caught up on computer work & emails seeing as though we have internet at last. We rowed the tender into the marina & went for a walk along the resort beach fronts to Commercial Mexicana – a big grocery store. We had lovely Chinese for lunch & then stocked up on groceries. A quick taxi ride back through some lovely houses on the headland then through the resort to the marina. Yesterday afternoon was a nice relax reading & watching some TV. Today we are heading around the point to Bahia Santiago to the anchorage off Playa la Boquita for some quiet time.