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After we left Puerto Vallarta, we went back to Yelapa for a couple of days. Yelapa is a very sleepy little village that just got electricity last year. There is no road into Yelapa, everything comes by boat. The bay is very deep, dropping sharply from the shore. We anchored in about 25 feet of water, but the stern of our boat was only 50 feet from shore. The waves start to break right behind the boat and crash on the shore.
A couple of days in Yelapa was more than enough for both Larry and I, so we moved on around the point, Cabo Corrientes. There is not much on the coast for about 80 miles, so we went all night until we got to Bahia Camela. This six mile long bay has a couple of islands in the middle that help protect the beautiful sand beach. We anchored at the north end of the bay off a little village called Punta Perula. This town is mainly a fishing village, but they also get over run by tourists at Christmas and Easter. The beach has six or seven restaurants that combined can easily seat over 1000 people. The most we saw was about 25. We are seeing this all over the coast, everything is built up to handle a huge influx of people at Christmas and Easter, but is totally dead at this time. The locals seem to think that this is normal, we don't understand how they can stay in business.
Chamela bay got invaded by the red tide. We had seen it up north in Banderas Bay, but had hoped to avoid it down here. We decided to hop on further south, saving the rest of Bahia Chamela for our return trip, when hopefully there will be clear water for the supposedly great snorkeling. The next major stop on the cruising route is Bahia Careyes, three little bays less than a mile across. It is supposed to be a cruisers dream stop, so I was thinking grass shacks, palm trees, a few boats, and cheap food. What it really is is an exclusive resort area. There are private villas, houses and condos, all the way around. The resort is $260 to $670 a night US. Breakfast is $18US. Not quite what I had in mind. It is a very pretty spot to stop at though. The only thing really wrong with it is that the red tide followed us here too. The only swimming in the next few days will be at the swimming pool in the resort. I took too many pictures, but it is very scenic with the pastel colored building and thatched roofs.
I am not sure if we will wait out the red tide here or head further south. Our next planned stop is a little bay with no name on the charts that the Mexican captain of the boat in Puerto Vallarta told us about. It is just north of Point Hermanas and Bahia Tenecatita. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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