I’ve slept well, as well as possible. My Canadian friends are pleasant to chat with but maybe I should have said good night and went to bed earlier. Good thing is (apart from the fact that a cat seemed to be in distress all night – or it was just horny) that with the earplugs I slept like a baby.
Fourth day, fourth breakfast and the last one in the row of the restaurants on the Mercado plaza – Loncheria Tacos-Tumbras. It’s good eggs, the second best of the four. This day (a Sunday) I also ask for an aqua limón (lemonade) which is really good. I don’t think it’s much or any added sugar in the drink.
After the usual preparations (the smearing of sun screen lotion) at the hotel – I do only use 30 in my face and 15 on the rest of my body – I head over to the beach. It is real crowded. I’m guessing more tourists and more locals on the Sundays. It was 29 degree celcius yesterday, it is 29 degree celcius today. I finish my 1L bottle of water after 2½ hours in the sun – it’s just pouring out of me! Around two pm I’m finished but I do hang out another hour – because it does not feel as if I’m getting any sun at all – even if the sweat is heaving out of me by the bucket. On the way back to the hotel I walk the beach west and then south. There are a lot of people here!
A bit later I leave the hotel, a little earlier than usual but… I walk the walk and stop around the ferry terminal just to check out the “tourists”. After getting bored of this, I end up at the main square and just sit down checking out the local flora which consists of locals and tourists. A few food stands have set up and looks nice – if you have not tried out the food stands, well that’s a recommendation, though knowing Spanish is a good thing for these.
I head over to Javi’s Cantina since I’ve not only read about it but also heard about it. Of course, it’s a Sunday and I’ve not reserved a table – but I’m alone and can sit at the bar. I get some help from André – who I think is a bartender. I order the daily special which is sort of a grouper in a vegetable cover with rice. It’s nice, it’s the first time I eat fish on the island – but is it worth the price? No, not for me. I could do with traditional Mexican food for 1/3 of the price and the same taste essentials.
I end the day early and decide to watch another move from the list.