“Wait, the sail will hold us?!”
Lightning in the distance. Lightning bugs above the water. Bioluminescence in the water. In a small bay off a small island in a bay in Costa Rica.
I was responding to a thread on Facebook about a kid and her parent’s cell-phone. One of the parents mentioned they copy-cat-ed the protocol for their kids. Before our kid was old enough for a cell phone she had a walkie-talkie. Rules for the walkie-talkie were: Call in every hour. (No answer from parents? Come home.) Call in before you go inside someones house. (No answer from parents? Come home.) There is no calling from their phone. It happens from the radio. Call in before your change the plans you told us about. (No answer from parents? Come home.) If the parents call you from the radio and we don’t hear a reply we’ll wait .00001 seconds before getting into the truck to find you. If this happens then you and the bike go into the truck and come home. The above now works with radio being replaced by the…
A few nights ago Keely exited to the boat to venture up to the ladies room. She left quickly, shutting the door behind her to keep the mosquitoes and no-see-ums at bay. Rover began barking in alarm. He was not pleased. I tried to reason with him. “Keely will be back soon to take you for your evening stroll,” I said soothingly. He wasn’t buying it. I opened the door and stepped through the companionway and glanced around the cockpit. Under the cockpit table, staring up at me was a possum. It looked something like this: Its beady little eyes peered straight into my soul as we both froze, unsure what to do next. Rover made his move. He flew past me as I lunged for the safety of the door. Under the table he went, his terrier instincts driving him to flush the animal out of hiding. The possum…
Today was winch maintenance day. India took pictures as I dismantled the winch. The next step was cleaning all the separate gears, springs and pawls followed by a fresh coat of grease and pawl oil.
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a19297887/gigantic-pool-floats-for-six-flamingo-unicorn/?src=socialflowFBCOS India says no. The rest of us say yes as long as we get an air compressor. India is a kill-joy.
Ryan brought to my attention he was the only one posting anything new on the blog. I admit I taken to brief updates on Facebook and Instagram and have been largely ignoring this blog. There are several posts which I have started but get overwhelmed quickly when looking at all the events that have transpired and places we have been between now and my last post. We left La Paz on December 1st and have since traveled to Bahia de Los Muertos, Mazatlan, Isla Isabela, Matanchen, San Blas, La Cruz, Nuevo Vallarta, Yelapa, Puerto Vallarta, Chamela, Tenacatita, Barra de Navidad, Zihuatanejo, Acapulco, Huatulco and Puerto Madero. This equals approximately 1400 nautical miles of travel with a few stops of several weeks in between. Between La Paz and Puerto Vallarta we were surrounded by friends. For Christmas, we had a potluck on the dock in Puerto Vallarta. One New Year’s Eve…
Internet WiFi = There is a small bar or something with open wifi. This would be great but every other cruiser in the anchorage appears to know this secret. We witnessed 7mbps/768kbps. Standard DSL in the states. 3G = Telcel: It is pretty bad. We are able do do basic browsing. I’ll be using the KVH tomorrow for work. Voice Ugh. Pretty bad. Airport and Airport Transport I did not need to go out to the airport so I have no information. We will be going to Barra de Navidad next as I have to fly north from there. Funny thing, the airport is north of there so we have to pass by it going south. I was tempted, for just a minute, to have India land me on shore in the dinghy so I could run across the runway parallel to the ocean. That thought stopped as I considered…
Internet WiFi = There was NONE. Tiny town. 4G = Telcel: We saw 50mbps down and 50mbps up. Seriously. It was freaking awesome. It was smoother than my office. Voice I used Skype for Business as that is what my company uses. People thought I was state-side! Airport and Airport Transport I did not need to go out to the airport so I have no information. Other Avoid the beach-side restaurants here. They will impact your ability to work. Scuba-Jazz however.. whoa! Go every night!
Internet La Cruz: WiFi = the WORST – Used my KVH IN THE MARINA. No 4G Paradise Village: Pretty decent during the day. At night everyone is going crazy on Netflix so it slows down a bit. Cost is $25 for 2 weeks of unlimited 4mbps down and 2mbps up. We normally saw 1.5mbps. Voice La Cruz: Calls barely worked on 3G. Used the KVH for phone calls. Paradise Village: Reasonable service on 4G Airport and Airport Transport PVR airport is a tourist airport. When I landed I walked through customs and went to what looked like the taxi stand. The person at the stand asked where I was going and then proceeded to try to sell me a timeshare. WTF?! I walked away. The cost from PVR to La Cruz was 750 Pesos. This 30 minute ride cost 1/2 the 3.5 hour ride from Mantachén! Other Uber…