Since we haven't gone on any special trips this year, I thought I'd post more photos of every day views here. This is our sixth winter in Lo de Marcos so we forget how unusual some of the scenery is to our friends.
I walked over to Venados Beach today. It is about a 20 minute walk (if you don't stop to take photos). The route is via a low traffic dirt road through the coastal jungle. The unfortunate part about dirt roads in this area is the deep ruts from the rain. The roads are not graded often so it is easier to walk than to drive over to this particular beach.
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| a sign where the pavement ends and the dirt road begins |
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| The last of the paved road before the dirt road begins |
The sounds of the tropical birds singing was music to my ears. Very much like when we had 14 exotic finches in our home that used to sing such pretty songs. I also saw a flock of small parrots, similar in size to the Quaker Parrot we used to have as a pet. The birds were all too high in the trees for me to capture a photo.
Along the way there are lots of mango and banana trees. This year we have had more rain than usual so mangoes are already forming on the trees. Other years we have not seen mangoes developed to this stage before we left in March.
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| clusters of fruit on the mango trees |
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| demonstrating the size of the mangoes compared to Bev's foot |
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| a cluster of bananas |
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| the bloom on a banana tree |
There are a few homes and a small fish restaurant located at Venados Beach.
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| looking to the right at Venados Beach |
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| looking to the left at the palapa for the fish restaurant on the beach |
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| One of the homes on the public road at Venados beach |
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| beautiful glass window of the house pictured above |
On the walk back from Venado Beach I took a couple of photos of houses at the edge of our area of Lo de Marcos.
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| this house at the top of the hill has an infinity pool and can be rented via VRBO |
One of my favorite stops is the waterlily ponds outside of El Caracol RV Park which is located about 4 houses past our campground.
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| These large lily pads curl up at the edge |
The path to our beach is not far from our campground -- we just walk past 2 houses to get to it.
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| walkway to our beach |
The ocean is very calm again this week and the beach is quiet as many people have started their journey home already.
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| looking to the left from the end of the walkway |
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| looking to the right |
From end to end, our beach is about 2 miles long.
The shrimp boats continue to moor during the daytime off our beach.
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| the view straight ahead from the walkway |
Shrimp have been expensive this year. The large shrimp we purchased this week were $200 pesos per kilo ($16 CAD for 2.2 lbs)
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