01/25/2005 - Two Girls, One Catamaran, and the Gold Coast

Dear friends and family, we are securely at anchor in Zihautanejo. Our latest voyage is almost too hard to put into words so here are a bunch of pictures of our 9-day trip down what is referred to as the Gold Coast of Mexico. The anchorages we stayed at were all beautiful and remote and the wildlife was abundant. We stayed in Yalapa, Ipala, Chamela, Tehatanetec ( the jungle river), Las Hadas, Punta Cabeza Negra and will be here in Ztown until the end of February or until we get that itch to move south again.
(Yalapa, boat on anchor)


(many hump back whales)




(snorkeling on beach off one of the islands in Chamela we saw manta rays, puffer fish and many beautiful tropical fish)


(many dolphins)



(view from anchorage in Las Hadas where hotels resembled those found in a fairy tale)


(happy crew on anchor at Punta Cabeza Negra)


(El Capitan, Jake)


(First Mate, Cathy)


(Crew, Barb, her job was to have no job, just to relax and enjoy herself and she was good at it!)


(Jungle River Trip in Tehatanetec where we were thrilled to see an iguana and enjoyed the serenity and wild outback of the river in stark contrast to the sea)




(the sea was filled with schools of jellyfish, lots of sea snakes, but we only managed to capture pictures of the Olive Ridley sea turtle and a brown booby bird that hitched a ride on the bow)




(on anchor in Z-town)