Rob and my sister, Laurie have a house in Melaque, so this  was our next stop for a week or two while we catch up with family.  Brother Peter and his wife Heather travelled south from Calgary which was great fun.   The Bay gives you great protection from the wind but swell has been known to challenge even the best at dinghy landing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were lucky this year with mostly easy landings though when the Tohatsu outboard was being repaired  we got wet a number of times- mostly at night when the swells were hard to see.

Rob took us on a number of Jeep adventures, travelling into town was a regular occurrence with the horn always bringing smiles to kids faces.  Of course a little back-roading took us into agriculture area behind the town with proved to be enlightening though we always seemed to be covered in mud!  Rob found this Veep is the US, a 1951 Jeep body that was put on a VW beetle under carriage that turns heads where ever it goes.

Rob Josh and Peter were always game to fish, they had some success.  Here is a pic of Josh with another Durado , we have bee eating well from the sea!

The week with family went quickly with trips to La Manzanilla, Barra de Navidad, Costacomante, the local Melanie tienge (street market), beers at Alexe’s on the beach and …….   It was so fun to have most of the Bannister together for a week but alas all good things come to pass.  We have truly enjoyed getting to know this town and area.