1 A ride in a small skiff takes four of us from nowhere, where the trimaran was moored, to farther away than that.
2 Ride got a wee bit rough
3 But eventually hit the village.
4 A half mile walk to a "stables", where Savannagh and I rented horses for the trip to the waterfall. Problem was, these weren't horses, they were ponies .. AT BEST. Mine was a big dog with a weird nose.
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7 When it started to climb, I took pity on my poor animal that was not much heavier than I am and handed the reins to our guide from the boat. this fellow was making the trip in BARE FEET and was, I'm sure, extremely thankful for the ride.
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9 Arrived at the creek that is the outfall from the waterfall.
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22 Of course, where there's Mexicans, there's things for sale. Savannagh bought a couple. Only when we were cutting the tags out at the end of the day did we notice that both were "Made in Indonesia". A six hour flight, a two hour boat ride, a three hour hike, only to buy things we could find in Vancouver. Oh well, the beer was fantastic.
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29 Here come Hector and Myra, the other couple along on the hike. Myra was pretty quiet .. a wee bit shy, methinks, but Hector turned out to a really good guy and I'm going to try to keep in touch.
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34 This place was as pleasant as it looked .. and twice as hot. It had to be 110 or better, with a LONG walk back.
35 The clear blue blue sky, and the white hot sand.
36 Hector made friends with a caballero who had a few extra horses and he offered them a ride back.
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49 but climbing a tree resulted in a better one. That's Puerto Vallarta far in the distance
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