It’s Friday morning, a chilly morning at 16 Celsius for where we are in Mexico. We have just returned from our weekly walk to the Market where bread and Italian sausage was purchased — six sausages weighing in at 2.4 kilograms. Yes, they are big sausages with one making a meal per person.
Yesterday, we again went on a hike to Playa Patzcuarito which is turning out to be our go-to destination for the most part. Like the day before, there were too many people on the beach with some of them claiming my privacy corner among the rocks. There was no sunbathing time, but it was okay as we saw families out enjoying their Christmas holidays. On Tuesday, the kids will all be back in school. Even the gringos will be heading home as their Christmas vacations come to an end.
I did manage to get in a bit of forest-bathing while hiking on the way back to Sayulita. There is a stretch of about 400 metres that rarely has any hikers. In the past month, we have passed only one couple. Horse riders are a different story as the path is theirs.
Today, it will be mostly sunny so we will be walking the main, crowded beach before taking a detour through the jungle to reach Playa Malpaso where we will walk as far as possible before heading back the way we came. Will there be a sunbathing event at the northern end of Playa Malpaso? Maybe, maybe not. After all, it is still Christmas holidays and other people like the serenity of not-crowded beaches.
Feliz año nuevo!