Playa Piedra Pintas

Yesterday was cloudy and cooler, so around 3:30 PM we packed the car with our stuff and headed for the beach.  We decided to go to Playa Piedra Pintas, there are a couple of coves there and we picked the second, less used one.  There were very few other people there and we enjoyed the afternoon in the water and just sitting and relaxing.  We stayed and watched the sunset and then later the clouds and moon before heading home around 8:30 PM or so.
A lovely afternoon.

Legal For Another Year

Earlier this month we went to the INM office (immigration office) to see what we needed for our paperwork this year.  I always like to check with them first so that when we actually go into the office to do it I am comfortable that I have what they want.

As we were finishing our last year of renewing our then FM3's they told us we had 2 options this year.

We could either leave the country, return and pay for a tourist permit and then come back to the office and apply for another FM3 OR we could just apply for an FMI (former FM2) without leaving the country.
We opted for the FMI rather than making a trip NOB when we didn't need to.  They told us what we needed and as I also wanted to changed my designation to "Artista y Deportista" from "rentista" so that I can sell my artwork, I had a few extra things to do, such as going to Hacienda and getting a tax number.

Once we had everything covered, I filled the forms in online and we returned to the office with our paperwork.  After a couple of days I checked the website and was surprised to see that it said we should go back to the office, very speedy.

We went to the office and were given the papers to go and pay at the bank which we did and also got the necessary copies made of the payment slips; unfortunately by the time we were done with this the INM office was closed for the day.  Their hours are 8AM to 12 noon.  It was Friday and the weekend of Independence Day so when the guard told us to come back on Monday I asked him if they were open Monday.  I expected them to have a "puente" or long weekend.  He told me they would be open.

Monday morning before going to the office I called first and they were open.  We finished up the remaining details and were presented with our new cards.

Easy, peesy and very fast this year.  It only took maybe a week and part of that was because we were too late getting back to the office on Friday and had to return on Monday to finish up.

Done for another year.

Another Party

Yesterday we went to yet another party, I think this is the fourth one since the 15 th of August.

This party was to celebrate the baptism day and first birthday of our neighbours grandson.

 

It was held at the Navy Club on the other side of the bay from us, in the area known as Las Playitas.  We had never been to this building before for a party; although we had driven by the place at other times on our first sight seeing days at the beginning of our stay here.

It is a very large building with a palapa style roof out of metal with walls mostly made of up large screened windows.  The whole building has a large patio all the way around it, a small pool for the children, a large area where they had the blow up jumping things, kitchen area, washroom area, large parking area, yard area,etc..

Inside the building is a large central area which is raised from the seating area and is used for dancing, this is where they had the gift tables set up.

On one side of the seating area a Mariachi band called Oro y Plata, (gold and silver) had set up and was playing.

People were seated all around the central raised dancing area and also outside on the patio all around the building.

We had gotten a lovely rain the night before and it was hot and HUMID, we first sat inside with our landlords family; but it was just too hot so we went outside and leaned against the railing and I took some photos of the area.  As it was in the afternoon the sun was in the west so it made it difficult to get some good shots in that direction.

Pretty soon the rest of the people from our inside table came outside to join us and we sat there for the rest of the time.

We finally were just to hot and sweaty and came home, the temperature when we got home was still at a "feels like" of 42 Celsius, which is around 106 or 107 Fahrenheit, so call us wimps if you want.  I think the humidity was at about 75%.