The next morning we did some birdwatching (we ended up in a marsh and I got bitten by about three thousand mosquitoes), and then drove along the windy roads until we got to Maruata:
Rocky prettiness:
View from above - lots of palapas, or shade structures to sit under in between swimming:
We bought fish from this guy - 20 pesos for a pretty big fish:
We spent three days in Maruata before heading west again to check out Faro, and then heading back east to Pichilinguillo - a tiny town of nearly nothing, but an awesome cove to swim in and a couple of restaurants, hotels, and some palapas. We ate really great fish dinner there, and spent the night in a hotel room equipped with two beds, a hammock, an outdoor balcony overlooking the cove and ocean, and use of public bathrooms and showers. The cost for the room? 250 pesos, or less than 25 dollars. Here is Pichilinguillo:
After Pichilinguillo, we spent a rather unimpressive night in Lazaro Cardenas (an industrial city - mostly shipping). The next morning, we went "down to the docks" and bought some tuna and stingray to take home. The tuna was 90pesos/kilo already filleted; the stingray was 45pesos/kilo. Inexpensive! And I had never tried stingray. It was quite tasty.
Throughout the trip we gathered seeds to try planting here, and on the way back we got some cactus that might do ok here in the forest.
