Surf, Sun, and a little town called Bucerias

Peter on the jungle trail.

It all started with talk of a great open market and health food store, which is something I sorely wanted to find. Bucerias, is a fairly long bus ride north toward La Cruz. Rumor has it that a health food store is located on the funky side of the river and many grains and flours are available there, as well as spices. I took a day trip early in the morning with my friend, Peter, who lives on a boat and is an advent surfer. We made a deal that I would take shots of his surf day to post on his Blog and he would show me around the town. The bus ride to Peter's surf spot was past the town and up in the mountains where we exited the bus and hiked down a jungle trail that opened out onto a secret locals beach. The surf was way up and better then Little Dume in Malibu. See for yourself! You can check out Peter's blog at:

http://destination8degreesn.blogspot.com/2011/02/lets-go-surfing.html

Peter is headed to Ecuador early March to follow the surf. 

 

Trinidad on the bus with us, sharing a seat with Peters Surf board

Me on the jungle trail to the beach.

Peter catching a big one.

Trinidad had a great time and barked at every surfer who ventured into the sea.

Peter enjoying a Pacifico

After the beach we headed back to town for lunch and Peter took me to the health food store which proved to be not all i had hoped for. Other cruisers have informed me Wall-mart has a Gringo section where I can buy whole wheat flour and also there is a farmers market on Wednesday in old town that has some healthy grains. I will be checking that out.

The place we went for lunch had no name and was a real local eatery. The waiter gave us free shots of tequila for desert! 

Peter had the seafood special which had octopus, shrimp, squid, and veggies, all in a bullion topped with fresh avocado. It was pretty good.



The selection of hot sauce.

Very local.

I opted for the daily fresh catch prepared in garlic. It was delicious.