Ipala and final posting of this trip

Well all we are safely back in our slip at Paradise Village marina, and wishing we did not have to go home ( you know work). We have met some wonderful People along the way
S/V Inspiration - Ralph and Sandy hold a special place with us and we have been drinking Inspirations and we will see you guys again
S/V Lions Paw - Greg and Deb. You guys are great I wish we had more time to spend with you ( we love old river rats turned sailors)
S/V Sea - Tacean, Archie and Bev, you gave us so much information and we look forward to seeing you next year
S/V Jammin - Dave and Helen, have a safe passage
S/V Blythe Spirit - Ian Holland you are quite a character we hope to see you back IN La Cruz
and of course Lost Elvis, Have safe travels to Panama we will catch you at some point
Ruben the Dock master at La Hadas , very hospitable. Angelita and Raul of Friday Cafe and Bar at Las Hasas, GReat 50 peso pannin's for lunch and incredible live music on wednesday night. Anyone going to Las Hadas must fo to Frida's

All I can say is i highly recommend doing something like this to EVERYONE. it is relaxing, entertaining, and freeing. Some of the places we went we would have never seen if we had been on a land based trip. You learn so much about other people and their cultures. for next year we hope to take a long break. The only things i would change is some minor modification's to the boat ( we are adding a water maker) although i never became an issue, i can see that is could become an issue, and fewer clothes. The other thing is the sheer number of Newport Beach boat is incredible. NBYC, BYC and BCYC burgee's everwhere. ( not to many ALYC) we need to fix that

My final boat project is to get rid of 1/2 of what i have in clothing, it never came out of the closet. We never ran out of food or good compnay when we wanted it. We had pleanty of music, but we need to add more movies to our library.
IPALA
Deerfoot out of Newport beach anchored next to us in Ipala.

You will notice a panga pull up next to them. The kids go from boat to boat looking for school supplies. We gave them a large spanish english dictionary. Carry school supplies to give to the small villages in a recommendation. they need pens, pencils, paper.

The little village of Ipala there was 8 boats total . That is a lot of boats for this little anchorage

Meet Frick and frack ( they also have 2 sisters) We paid 150 pesos for 4 lobsters.