Feliz Cumpleaños Jo!

We wanted to find a nice place for Jo's birthday, and we were struggling. There was no room at the tiny (6 places) one we had in mind, then we ended up in a horrible, crowded locals resort town. We decided to chance our arm and go on down a few more bays and we couldn't have picked a better spot. This gorgeous luxury campsite right on the beach was pushing the budget, but when we met the owner and spent half an hour shooting the breeze (mostly potshots at Trump!) he knocked a load of money off for us.

Jo's birthday started with hot cakes (pan cakes to everyone else) and presents, then we spent the rest of the day chillaxing on the beach with a long lazy lunch - bliss. That evening we were invited to a big birthday party down the beach, but as the clientele is mostly retired Canadians it was all over by 9pm! We went back to our place and had a little fire on the beach :)

The following day we did a boat trip out to Isla Del Corale, although they should really tack the word Meurte on the end as the coral was long dead. Despite that it was a fun trip with some trolling fishing, whale spotting (humpbacks) and snorkeling. We were really lucky to be camping next to Brenda & Richard, a lovely Canadian couple who looked after Maya for the day so we could go out on the boat, despite the fact the crew said we could take her.

As it was such a beautiful spot with a really nice bunch of neighbours we ended up staying another day, and then another day,... I took a surf lesson, and it was such a nice break that I ended up riding only my 5th wave! The problem with learning to surf is that it's a bit like skiing, and it's so tiring until you get the technique right. We definitely needed a couple more days on the beach to recuperate ;)Read more