{"id":2148,"date":"2015-02-19T19:18:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T01:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2016-09-07T19:13:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T16:13:48","slug":"gal-about-maz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/gal-about-maz\/","title":{"rendered":"Gal About Maz"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"I<\/a>

I have a farmer’s tan on my legs! \ud83d\ude00<\/p><\/div>\n

I had a lunch date with Dale today, so I worked a few hours this morning and left around 11:30.<\/p>\n

I realised this week that if I were to take the expensive beach panga, I could get picked up right at that embarcadero by the bus that goes both to the Mercado and into the Golden Zone. I have no idea what sort of time saving that would be, though, since the bus meanders. But it’s a good thing to keep in mind if my leg ever starts acting up too badly to walk far or if I have something particularly heavy to carry.<\/p>\n

Since I need the exercise, I decided not to explore that option today and just do my usual route of village panga and walking down Gutierrez Najera, stopping for a grapefruit juice along the way, to get to a bus stop on Avenida del Mar.<\/p>\n

For the first time, I arrived at the bus stop just as the bus was pulling in. In fact, I was a second behind it and if another passenger hadn’t bodily placed himself with one foot in the door and one foot out to force the driver to wait that second, I would have missed the bus! They really just pause rather than stop for passengers!<\/p>\n

The bus was packed, but I found a seat and rode all the way to about a block shy of Rico’s Caf\u00e9. I walked there and got a pound of coffee. It was nice to get some before I got to a ‘need to count how many scoops I have left’ quantity at home. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"Love<\/a>

Love is like WiFi. It’s in the air, but not everyone has the key.<\/p><\/div>\n

It was then a short walk to the RV park, where Dale and her boys were waiting for me. Dale has been in the Golden Zone a full month now and loves it so much that she is going to renew for another month. The location is really convenient, I’ll give it that!<\/p>\n

I was craving a hamburger, so we went back to the same place we ate last time I visited<\/a>. Service was as good as last time. We ordered a giant ‘chocomilk’ again (*smiles*). Dale got the chicken quesadillas, a good value for her as she gets three meals out of them. I got the hamburger and opted for chips and salsa to share rather than fries.<\/p>\n

Their salsa was phenomenal! It was definitely Gringoified as it wasn’t spicy. There was chile in it, I could taste it and feel just a little heat, but nothing major. It was just perfect for me and I got to the bottom of the bowl!<\/p>\n

My hamburger today was nowhere near as juicy and oniony as the last one I got, but it was still fantastic and I would definitely go back all the way out there for a burger even without Dale.<\/p>\n

We then walked a bit further north so Dale could show me a stretch of beach she discovered.<\/p>\n

\"Gorgeous<\/a>

Gorgeous beach day!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Waves<\/a>

Waves crashing on rocks make the prettiest sound.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Low<\/a>

Low tide, looking south.<\/p><\/div>\n

We had fun watching the parasailers (people pulled behind a boat while wearing a parachute) and I am going to research that as it’s something I’d really like to try.<\/p>\n

\"That<\/a>

That looks like fun!<\/p><\/div>\n

Then, something quite unexpected happened: a beach vendor actually managed to sell me something I hadn’t planned on buying! I really don’t buy a lot of jewellery, but I saw these pretty sun and moon earrings and just had to treat myself! They are very likely not real silver and I surely paid way too much money and I really don’t care. They are just gorgeous!<\/p>\n

\"I<\/a>

I love dangly earrings, but rarely indulge.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The vendor said they were his ‘eclipse model.’<\/p><\/div>\n

The afternoon was moving on, so we headed back to the RV park to walk the dogs quickly.<\/p>\n

Then, Dale drove me to Soriana. She had already done all her big shopping, so I told her that I was very happy for the lift and could get home on my own. We made tentative plans to meet for lunch at the Mercado on Monday.<\/p>\n

Before going to Soriana, I stopped in at Office Depot next door to do a little research for the English school here on Isla as I am helping them make the decision for the purchase of a printer.<\/p>\n

I’ve also been looking for an agenda since the end of December and hadn’t found one, to my immense surprise. Dale also had trouble finding a calendar. So I thought an office supply store would have agendas and all Office Depot had were quite pretty hard bound perpetual agendas for a mere 82.50 pesos. I really like those because I can start them at any date, but they are super hard to find and expensive in Canada and the US. So I came out of there quite pleased!<\/p>\n

Soriana was next. I started by wandering around the store looking for non-food things on my list and got help finding “the white cotton things to clean your ears” since Soriana staff don’t know what Q-tips are (whatever works!).<\/p>\n

Food-wise, I didn’t want to lug home things I can find at Ley or the City Deli, but I did find some treasures. I bought all the hummus they had (two containers *g*) and spent a full 15 minutes in the ginormous cheese section drooling.<\/p>\n

They had everything from local Mexican cheese to cheeses imported from Quebec, France, Italy, Spain, and more! I bought some ‘Manchego’ and another one that looked hard and aged that claims to be Mexican Parmesan. I look forward to trying it out!<\/p>\n

\"So<\/a>

So I pick up a bottle of sauce to look at the ingredients and they’re in Japanese… The Spanish label only had the type of sauce and the nutritional content.<\/p><\/div>\n

I thought I’d come out of there with bags and bags of stuff and spend a fortune, but I spent less than 500 pesos and my four bags weren’t even all that heavy. If I wasn’t absolutely beat, I would have taken the bus to Gutierrez Najera and walked to the panga from there, but I’d done my exercise for the day and really wanted a pulmon\u00eda.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, there was one right outside. I couldn’t get him any lower than 70 pesos, so off I went. I’ve noticed that rides from the embarcadero tend to be cheaper than rides to it, probably because it’s harder to get rides there. I really enjoyed my trip!<\/p>\n

I’ve lugged much heavier and cumbersome bags home, so I didn’t get a pulmon\u00eda on this side. A short distance from home, I came across a guy selling giant corn on the cobs from his truck for 1.5 pesos each and bought two.<\/p>\n

I’m now unwinding with a glass of white wine (partial payment on some work I did recently) and I’ll have to do a small job tonight. Work is sluggish, but steady!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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