I looked outside toward the mangroves and in the backyard on the driveway is the first Toucan in the wild that I have ever seen. The Toucan flew up into the tree and stayed awhile. Lovely. Beach walk, visiting with neighbors, meeting the dogs of the area.
We drove the beach road to Rio Indio looking at the various homes…many new. In the evening we were able to meet several of the owners as we assembled at Mayan Beach Gardens to hear acoustic guitars, singing, ½ off beer, a great buffet with chicken pozole, etc.
In the town of Mahahual, SO many changes in a year. We met our friend taxi driver Felipe, saw the many new condos and hotels, saw the southern part that has become very sophisticated with Matan Ka’an hotel, plus many others going up. We bought a large grouper (mero) from Antonio and also a couple of lobster tails. He’s a wholesaler and his fish are being shipped out the following morning.
Fabulous lunch at AGAVE Restaurant. Francisco and Carlos showered us with attention (no cruise ships in) and a couple of complimentary drinks with Tequila…we especially liked the Kaluah, tequila and coffee mixture for after lunch of burrito and shrimp. We had mentioned we knew Karla, and Wayne who had been to his daughter Andrea’s birthday party the previous day. The tequila they serve is from a large wooden keg…coming from Jalisco. It is “reposado” tequila having aged at least 2-11 months….very smooth.
The dead mangrove section at the entry to Mahaual still exits, but so many new structures are going up, I was able to ignore that area a bit. We saw three iguanas near the Pemex station. We bought tortillas, fish, lotion, charcoal, etc. and returned back to El Placer.
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