Friday the 13th

After a quick look at the flat tire yesterday, Adrian decided it was unfixable:( We can't drive around without a spare here, it just isn't an option. So we called Hertz, with the help our our neighbour who is a Winnipeger but originally from Mexico. Alfonso tried his many charming ways to get Hertz to come out and bring us a new tire, however, Hertz would not be swayed.....We were on our own. Alfonso figured we could get something in town so Adrian and Alfonso ventured into Pochutla for a tire.

We Canadians expect everything to cost a fortune, but not so. They dug up a tire from a local "Vulcunator" for free! The only cost was 50 Pesos ($4.00 CDN) to put it on the rim. Now I wouldn't want to actually DRIVE on it, but it would do on an emergency basis..

Since most of the day was draining away we chose to visit the local beach just below our Casa with our Neighbours Alfonso and Shevon. Playa Mina is not a busy beach, the water is just barely swimable as there is some kind of scum on top, eck! The beach though was covered in rolled glass, my favourite pass time is to beach comb for rolled glass and I had our neighbours in on the action!

There was a Mexican family down there, they were visiting this "blessing site" for good luck. There was a 70 year old Mexican Abuela (Grandma) and she was walking up these rocks, climbing them like a 20 year old!

After the long hike up to our Casa we stopped at the pool to cool off. This is the view of Playa Mina from the pool. Our Casa is even higher up so the views are even better.

Until tomorrow!
Bernetta and Adrian