Fruits & Vegetables
02 January 2016 | 19 11.35'N:104 40.43'W, Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Mark
After just under a week in Tenacatita, it was time to visit the small town of Barra de Navidad to re-stock our fresh provisions. There is no large grocery store there, so we visit several little stores to get what we need.
First on the list, and furthest from the boat was the "deposito" where I bought a 24-pack of Pacifico beer for 330 pesos, about $26 Canadian. It's a lot more expensive than it would be in a grocery store in the bigger cities, but I haven't found a better price down here. Then, it was off to the "carneceria", the butcher. He'll cut you whatever you want in whatever size. His ground beef "carne molida" is about $9/kilo and is excellent, good quality ground beef, much tastier than what we get back home. Hamburger is not a low end meat in Mexico. Boneless chicken breasts are a deal at about $7.50/kilo and are also tastier than the factory chicken we get back home.
Next it was off to the "fruteria" for vegetables and fruit, carrying all of our purchases along. Seasonal vegetables are incredibly cheap and have WAY more flavour than back home. The bananas, for example, are sharply sweet because they weren't picked green and shipped thousands of miles. Dee loaded up with two huge bags of fruits & vegetables, a big hunk of cheese, and some sausage, all for less than $20, about 240 pesos.
Then, we struggled back to the dilapidated Sands Hotel where we moor our dinghy, hefted the bags from the seawall into the dinghy without falling into the lagoon, and sped back to the boat, about a mile away. After that, we were completely exhausted & sweaty, ready for a drink!
While we were in Barra we also made a small detour in SPEAKEASY to Punta Graham where a large freighter ran around during Hurricane Patricia, just over a month ago. It's wedged right up against the cliffs, nearly high and dry on the beach. With the rocks and reefs on all sides of the ship, it's amazing that it made it aground in one piece, nearly completely upright. Considering that Patricia packed the highest winds ever recorded, the crew must have been extremely pleased with the great "parking" job on the beach. Everyone was rescued.
After one night in Barra, in the hot and windless lagoon, it was time to head 11 miles North back to Tenacatita.