Adios El Salvador! 25 January 2016, crossed the bar at Bahia Jaltepeque at high tide, 4 pm. Sailing northwest to Mexico.
Forty-seven hours later, 3 pm. 27 January, tied up at the dock, Marina Chiapis. Next day we checked through immigration, customs and the Port Captain. We had checked out just about a year ago, on our way to many adventures in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Cleaned up the boat after a lot of salt water spray the last hours of the recent voyage. Took care of maintenance jobs (boat & us) for next couple of days. Debbie and Dennis Davis will be joining us to sail, on 2 February. The Tapachula airport is 15 minutes away, so it is an easy connection.
It seems to be always hot and steamy in this south coast area of Chiapis, Mexico. To escape the heat, we rented a car and drove into the mountains, actually the side of a volcano, to a coffee finca resort called Agrovia. We stayed a couple of nights in a nice cabin almost in cloud forest. The restaurant was excellent and the coffee, superb! We had a good time birding and hiking in the jungle.
ARGOVIA BIRD LIST: Summer Tananger, Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Red -legged Honey Creeper, Violet Sabrewing,Squirrel Cuckoo, Spotted Wood Creeper, Banded Wren, White throated Magpie Jay, Altima Oriole, Orchard Oriole, Ivory Billed Woodcreeper, Collared Aracari, Golden Fronted Woodpecker, Golden Cheeked Woodpecker, Golden-olive Woodpecker, Clay colored Thrush, Rufous-collared Thrush, Masked Tityra, Red-lored Parrot, Great tailed Grackle, Rose-throated Bacard, Spot-breasted Oriole, Yellow-winged Tananger, White-bellied Chachalaca, Black-headed Trogan, Blue-grey Tananger, Black and white Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Melodious Blackbird,Broad-winged Hawk, Several species Hummers