I'd Rather Have a Palapa in Yelapa than a Condo in Redondo

1/23/10 Depart Puerto Vallarta
1/30/10 Arrive Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa
Distance: 395 Miles

















After three weeks of visits from family and close friends, the time has come for me to leave beautiful Puerto Vallarta. While in PV, I took several groups across the bay to a little town called Yelapa. While underway, we were often surrounded by a pod of spinner dolphins and they would do their best to impress us with amazing acrobatics.



















Yelapa is a beautiful little village: thatched roof huts (Palapas) cling to the jungle mountainside overlooking the clear blue bay. There are no roads to Yelapa and, as a result, it has a charm all its own. The local ex-pats have a saying, “I’d rather have a Palapa in Yelapa, than a condo in Redondo.”















With good wind and clear skies, the expedition from Puerto Vallarta to Ixtapa was fairly uneventful. The raw beauty of the Mexican coast with its azure swell, exploding whitewater, rugged mountains, and empty beaches was truly breathtaking.















Shannon is currently resting comfortably in Ixtapa. Our next expedition will be to El Salvador starting on March 18th. Until then, fair winds.