San Blas... La Peñita de Jaltemba

We got up to see the sunrise at the beach and then re-visit the Wharf of San Blas as it had been already too dark yesterday. There is a statue commemorating the story of the woman waiting at the wharf for her husband to come back.

We were worried about the clutch but it went up again and we decided to drive a bit and see how it behaves. As it was okay we continued on for just 10 minutes to a viewpoint of wild crocodiles... And it was swarming 🐊🐊🐊🐊 There were about 7 right next to the viewpoint and some further away 🧐 It seemed like they had been fed because when we walked to the railing more started showing up and swimming there. We spent some time watching them before continuing on in direction of Puerto Vallarta. There are some spots on the way that are famous and that we need to check out...

Unfortunately just as we were about to drive into the first town (Rincon de Guayabitos) the clutch went down and didn't come up again. I continued to drive on for a few minutes but then turned into a gas station and "tried" to park but the motor died 💀 We called a mechanic that a policeman recommended and he told us if we can move it to him but neither forward or reverse worked anymore. So luckily he came by and checked the fluids but apparently the issue is the pump that needs to be replaced 🥲 We called our insurances (Mexican and Swiss) and we needed to be towed to Puerto Vallarta. we waited for more than two hours. Then we spent more than two hours sitting in the front seats getting driven to Puerto Vallarta with all windows covered because it's illegal to drive in the a towed car 🤷‍♂️ We were towed until the official Renault car dealer which Julia had called ahead to order parts. But when we arrived they were hesitant to let us in because it didn't say that it's a Renault and they don't know the service protocol for Opel, therefore they sent us away 😢 The tow truck driver said that there's a clutch mechanic nearby and he can drop us and Ruedi off there. They were super nice there and we're going to get a call tomorrow to discuss what's wrong and how to proceed.

They mentioned a cheap motel nearby where we went to drop off some of our stuff and then go to Dominoes for dinner and our only proper meal today.Read more