A year ago at this time, just before leaving San Diego, I would have thought that right now I would be anchored in a muddy estuary somewhere. I would have thought I would be taking solar showers, catching fish I had caught for dinner and supplementing my meals out of cans. I would be sitting in the dark conserving electricity and water and I'd be completely out of touch other than by way of a SSB or VHF radio. Yes...life should've been pretty difficult by now. Not exactly the way it turned out. We are currently at Paradise Village Marina (PVM)....voted the top marina in Mexico, and one of the top 100 Mega marinas in the world. I am writing this blog from the free internet at the Vallarta Yacht Club, of which PVM provided us with a 2 week free membership. Before coming over to the Yacht Club we showered in the very clean and very hot marina showers. This morning Sharon took a free water aerobics class in one of the 4 pools in the resort.....of which we are able to use. Along with their 4 pools, Paradise Village Resort also has 8 restaurants, two spas a private beach and get this....a zoo, all of which we are also able to take advantage of. Next door to the resort, about a 500 foot walk from Si Bon, is a mini mall which among other things has a Subway (had a 2.00 sub for lunch today), a Dominio's Pizza (maybe dinner),and a McDonald's.
The Marina does sit in what was once probably a muddy estuary (pic from our stern)....so I guess things aren't completely off of what I thought they'd be a year ago. Gotta go my 1.00 pacifico is almost gone and I need to order another...adios for now