Puerto Vallarta to Las Hadas, Manzanillo

And no Bo Derek. From the time we picked up Anne and Dick in Puerto Vallarta to the time we dropped anchor outside Las Hadas Hotel where the movie '10' was filmed we heard quite alot about Bo Derek from Tony, who was looking forward to seeing her run down the beach towards him beaded braids and her most natural assets akimbo - not to be. But more about that later.
We left PV on Tuesday 2nd December heading for Yelapa, a small, rolly and very quiet - while we were there - bay just before rounding Cabo Corrientes. We had hoped, having spent 2 very hot days in a marina cleaning the boat, that we would be able to swim at Yelapa, but the water was quite murky and very rolly - not very inviting. We were greeted by a panga at the bay opening and invited to use the only moorage buoy available for 200 pesos. We said that our anchor worked well enough thankyou - so he put the price down to 100 pesos, and we thought that would it would be worth paying that much not to put out the anchor.

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Peter said…
Hi Guys:
best wishes for Christmas...
Free to Roam is in the inner harbour and we are expecting snow for the next few days. BWCA's xmas meeting is on the 12th and will raise a glass to the travels of Moondancer.
Enjoying your blog..... Next Year!!!
December 12, 2008 at 6:58 PM
Anonymous said…
Happy new year from the goughs
January 4, 2009 at 2:04 AM
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