beach bar....from the younger view point...

Of course, the highlight of the beach bar was the beach, as far as the kids were concerned......:-) Drew was on duty for the first shift.......










  




Kids spent most of their time in the water.....what a surprise........













Then a local joined a number of kids playing in the sand under the coconut trees, cut a few down, and presto - coconut juice.......












both kids tried it....Jonah liked it more than Nessa.....!!!!  Very healthy stuff.....but I will stick with the real coconut milk, preferably mixed with tequila.

kids, beach and music

We joined Mick, Bev, Eleanor, Sharon, Les, Murray, Mary, Patti, Emily......well, the whole gang was there..........for blues and rock at the Manta Beach Bar on Sunday........
















I grabbed a quick supper on the beach before heading back to the bookstore, and Miki and the kids had supper at the Papas restaurant in Villas Morelos............













Music was great - Randall, Peter, Rob, Jeannine - the whole gang played today and entertained the group with fine blues and rock.













Manta beach bar needs more staff, but once they get to your order, they make good drinks and good grilled food.....thanks guys!

Sunday at the Jungle Market

Miki took the fam to the Jungle Market while I went to work at  the bookstore....Fam is right in the middle, about to watch the Mayan women do their dance.......

Vanessa got right into the group maypole dance at the end.....

Even Jonah got up to do the dance with the women.....

Jutta and kids while Drew sensibly went to find some shade......

Lee arrives....

Night before the kids arrive, Lee from Ek Balam spent the night with us before heading home to Canada to see her ailing Mom.









We went out for supper to David Lau's and met friends there.








Rob and Joanne joined us......sorry about the flash on this pic......sigh.......











And Bev and Mick were on hand to help us welcome Lee and send her off to a difficult time with lots of love and support.

Family arrives....!!

Family has arrived from Victoria........within half an hour of getting off the plane, the kids were in the pool.....

Drew settled in quickly too.............

 We headed to town later for supper......two suppers, as Miki was working the first shift at the bookstore. Jutta, Drew and I grabbed a bite at Triny's while the kids played in the park......

Then it was Nana's turn to work, so Miki went for a second supper with  Drew and Jutta while the kids helped me run the bookstore........!