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| Beautiful Bahia de Chamela |
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| Sea Stacks at Bahia de Chamela |
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| Birds Among the Cactus |
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| Our Dinghy Anchored at a Secluded Beach |
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| Booby |
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| Booby |
After a somewhat sleepless night of toss and roll on the ocean swell at
Yelapa, we departed in the morning at 5:30am to take advantage of the calm seas
to round Cape Currents or Cabo Corrientes.
True to its name, we did experience some strong current around the point
where the coastline turns and heads in a southeast direction.
This beautiful remote coastline known as the
Costalegre Coast extends to Manzanillo and includes about a dozen beautiful bays
easily reached in short day hops once you arrive at the first bay of Bahia Chamela.
After twelve hours of motoring, we reached the
scenic bay of Chamela backed by the beautiful Sierra Madra del Sur and anchored
off a nice sandy beach near the village of Perula.
We spent time here exploring the area and its
islands which are part of the national park system.
From the dinghy we could see numerous species
of birds perched in rock outcroppings, hiding in the trees, and atop the
cactus.
As we explored further, we came
upon a small, secluded white sandy beach tucked between some islets.
What a perfect place to go snorkeling - the
sand so white, the water a beautiful turquoise, and the rocky islets yielded
interesting and colorful fish.
We
anchored the dinghy just off the beach and had a wonderful time peering at a
variety of fish in their water world, deep below our own.
After snorkeling we swam ashore and walked
through the soft sand, sharing the beach with an Egret and several Boobies.
I had to get some pictures of these unique
birds so I swam back to the dinghy to get the camera, placed it inside a “dry
bag,” and swam back to shore holding the bag over my head as a precaution,
swimming with one arm, whew!
After a
great time at this private little beach, we motored across the bay and along
the shoreline where we found a lovely private resort with a dozen casas
sporting red-tiled roofs surrounded by huge palm trees.
It was a fun day, certainly better than the
previous day spent on boat maintenance, which turned out to be one of those “oh
my, I can’t believe it” days.
More details
to follow.
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| A Lovely Secluded Beach |
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| Lorena Snorkeling |
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| Egret |
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