5C's Que Pasa

Friday was a good day just enjoying the first blue sky hot day we have had in a long while.  The weather has been good but not great as is normal for this time of year.

There is a three block corridor of vendors one has to walk thru to get to the square.

It was actually rather quiet which surprised us.  Mostly non Mexicans except for these fellows setting up a photo op location.  The lady under the big black hat is a tourist.  I have no idea how much her husband paid to take the photo.

We ate at La Bohemia as they have a great menu and a generous wine pour.  We took our time and ordered one course at a time as we were not in a rush.  About 9PM faces started to change and we were now seeing mostly Mexicans.  Most Americans and Canadians eat early ( and go to be early )!   It wasn’t long before the tables around us filled and the Plazuela became increasingly crowded.

Just as we were finishing our meal Sofia ( my wonderful masseuse ), her boyfriend Brad and his best friend since grade two, Paul ( from Denver ) joined us.

Lots of laughs and some conversation as the music allowed. Photo courtesy of Paul’s smart phone.

Masks borrowed from Sofia.  She is totally prepared for Carnaval and carries a lot of stuff in her bag 🙂

The main band in the kiosk was of course a banda group and they were loud.  It wasn’t long before other banda groups showed up.  These guys were just two feet away from our table.

There were a few vendors from Columbia set up in front of the Indian restaurant With some very different items.

I purchased a lovely gold plated ( nickel free ) bracelet.  The piece is a reproduction of the original developed by pre-columbian cultures that inhabited Columbian territory between 800BC and 1600AD.

We walked even further on this walk and saw something white sticking out just beyond the berm and walked up the path to investigate.

Someone has built themselves a lovely home and is now adding an addition.

Nice view!

Growing in the sand.

…and more to come.

We turned back and started our trek back home when this helicopter came racing down the beach fairly low to the sand.  That is another white home on the beach, this one abandoned.

These folks ended getting sand in their faces as the helicopter lowered even more.

Colin thinks it was a pilot in training.  They were wearing proper uniforms.

You can see them wiping their faces as the helicopter turned around before coming towards us.

Then the horses came up behind us.

As he passed us he indicated that he thought the helicopter was loco and the noise was bothering his horses.

Turned out to be a very foggy morning.

The day ended on a colorful note.

By chance Colin bent down to pick something up and noticed our shiny chrome license plate holder.

It looks like a mirror.

He began to think.  Sure enough a bird has been sitting on an area of the tow car hitch, as you can see in the first photo just about the two blue coils.  That area was full of bird poop.

Problem solved with a piece of cardboard.

Yesterday was a special 75th birthday celebration for one of our RVers.  Dave is the youngest 75 year old ever.  Heck he paddle boards almost everyday not to mention all the other neat things that he does.

He invited at least 60 – 70 ( or more, I never counted ) of his friends.

In celebration of this special occasion Dave treated us all to dinner, drinks and a wonderful live band.

I can’t recall what we were singing but we were the backup chorus singers to the band!!  Aha just sent an email to Audrey, second from the left and it turns out that we were singing Hallelujah.  Gotta love internet.

That is me at the right edge of the photo and my margarita.  Well one of them.  Sometimes I can only drink one or two at the most but I will confess to four last night.  What to do when a nice looking waiter comes by and offers you a drink?  Please note the bottle of water beside my margarita, I drank a few of bottles along with my drinks as well as the melted ice cubes.  Plus lots of dancing was involved.  I can’t dance if I am tipsy 🙂  All was well and absolutely no side effects at all this morning.  Must be all that dancing.

Dave was so happy and the band was perfect.  Dave is an American from Utah but someone had pinned a Canadian pin on his shirt making him an honorary Canadian.

Happy 75th Dave.  Note that the candles were 57!  Love that logic.

Lots of dancing…..

Funny thing is that I told Colin as we walked over to Carmelita’s where the party was held, that I didn’t feel like dancing that night. Guess who was first up on the floor?  Well they were playing one of my favorites, ‘Under the Boardwalk’.  In this photo I am dancing with Feddie, the owner of one of the two larger stores on the Isla.  At this point I had been dancing for a long time.

A great time was had by all.

Even the kitchen staff were dancing.

More dancing. Actually pretty much everyone danced. You just could not help but dance as the music was so good.  This was the same band that played at the December posada, the night I got locked in the bathroom.  http://www.contessajewall.com/oldblog/2017/12/22/i-got-locked-in-the-bathroom-again/

I can’t say enough about this band. They are called ‘la fusa grupo musical’. They play all types of music and have a huge repertoire.  In fact most of last night was different music than what they had played in December.

Dave loves their music also which is why he hired them for his party.

Definitely best party ever.  Some of the guests doing the singing.