Dec 20 was the festival in Santa Cruz, and we watched the lunar eclipse.
Gringos watching the rodeo at the fiesta:
The next day was winter solstice, so we had the big bonfire at Bill's house, and lit off firecrackers. Before the bonfire, we had an excellent dinner at Lucy's in Aticama. I had the flautas de pollo, as usual.
The remnants of our yummy dinner:
Dec 22 we went searching for some pyramids nearby. I think we climbed up a small one, but they're all overgrown, so it's hard to really tell. If someone ever excavated them, it would be pretty cool, and probably become a major tourist attraction. The coolest things we found were a seashell, a scorpion, and some weird little pumpkin-type gords.
The gringos climbing the pyramid:
The pretty seashell that I found:
Pretty sunset that night too:
The next day, I went on the river boat ride with the Baileys. It was pretty cool, saw lots of crocs and birds. The cocodrilario was pretty neat too - they have a bunch of other animals too, other than just crocs. The last part of the trip is to the swimming hole, but I didn't get in, it was a little too chilly. After that, we had lunch at the San Blas Social Club - and had one of the best cheeseburgers in Mexico. (The best one is at Elvis's in Santa Cruz, which we had on the lunar eclipse/fiesta night). Pictures of this trip to come - I haven't uploaded them to my computer yet.
Christmas Eve, not much happened during the day, but had a really good dinner at the Baileys - turkey, stuffing, potatoes, the whole shabang. For Christmas dinner, we cooked at home, and Dad made tenderloin roast, crab, shrimp, veg's, salad, and bread. Very yummy.
The day after Christmas, I went with Dad, Shell, and Bill, to watch them cut down bamboo for our new palapa. After we got home, I went to Casa to watch the rest of the Packers game, and had a really strong margarita thanks to Eduardo.
That's all for now!!
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