Dinner Out

Usually when one of us has a birthday or we want to celebrate something we will head down to the Bay area in centro and the restaurant Club Nautico. You can either eat inside or eat outside in the bar area. We always choose to eat outside and enjoy the view.

Last night we decided it was time to go out to celebrate both our birthdays so Roy met me uptown after my Spanish class and we walked over to the new malecon. The photo below shows the statue of the Pescador which has been moved to a new location and has a new base. He is now in the center of a traffic roundabout, overseeing all.

We then stood and looked out over the bay and the boats in the new marina. Roy is looking at the pirate ship, El Rey del Mar.(Note to Wayne: notice Roy without cowboy boots lol)

Below is one of the shrimping boats that is past its prime.

Below is a short video of the view from the restaurant. If you can't relax here, you won't relax anywhere.

Views Of The Bay

Some views of the bay and surrounding area, most of them taken from Club Nautico restaurant and the rest taken on our stroll there.

Valentines Day Dinner

Seeing as Saturday was Valentines Day we decided to go out for a nice dinner. Instead of going to our usual restaurant for shrimp, we thought we would try a restaurant that is fairly new, or new to us anyway. It has been in operation for several months now; but we had never tried it.

Club Nautico restaurant and bar is at the new marina and has a great setting/view. It is upstairs on the second floor and is great for just sitting and viewing the bay and surrounding area.

They have an open air bar and an enclosed restaurant, you can eat/drink in both. We choose the open air bar so that we could look at the view.

The view is lovely, the service was great and the food was reasonable and delicious. Unfortunately I started eating my meal before I thought to take a picture of it; but it was presented very attractively and included cooked vegetables which is unusual here. A good choice and a good evening. They also had a comical animated movie showing that we sat, watched and laughed at. They must have had a band the night before as the fellows showed up to take down their equipment. You can rent the place for events and parties also and they have a small pool and hot tub also. Definately a place we will be returning to.

Inside of the bar area, where we ate.



Hot tub/pool area.





Some of the views. It's a tough life, isn't it?

On The WayTo Spanish Class - Part Two

OK, are you done your soda? Time to get going or I am going to be late for class.
After leaving the shade and the soda man we pass by a coffee shop, good coffee there by the way; but a little warm there in the sun right now.

Now we turn and walk down Calle 25, as we get to my Spanish teachers home there is a plaque on the wall. This plaque commemorates the brave deed of a young Spanish woman, she alerted the Mexican troops to the fact that the French troops were preparing to invade our city. This was the battle of July 13, 1854 and is a date celebrated here. This lady was the great, great grandmother of my Spanish teachers husband.

Here we are at my Spanish teachers home. That was a nice walk wasn't it? It was only about 4 blocks, it just takes longer when you are looking around at everything.

Ok, class is over, time to go home. We retrace our steps back to the Plaza de Tres Presidentes; but go to the East side of it.

What do we see from here? Well across the street is the bay and the pleasure boat marina, the statue of the fisherman, some childrens rides and little shops to sell food and drinks.



We stand at the bus stop and wait for my bus. While we am waiting I hear music. I turn around and sitting in the shade in the plaza, is a fellow playing his saxaphone. Very nice, music to wait by.

Ok, here is our bus, time to go home. I think it is a bit cooler now, don't you. Well, maybe 1 degree or so.
Thanks for keeping me company.
Note: I was going to post a photo of my Spanish teacher; but she had just showered, her hair was wet and she had no makeup on, so she declined the photo op..

Across The Bay

Across The Bay

Here are a few photos taken from the malecón downtown in Guaymas across the bay. It was an unusually cloudy day, so the pictures are not as good as they could be; but it gives you an idea of the terrain here.

They have been doing lots of filling in the bay and re-doing the malecón. The railing in the first picture gives an indication of this, previously where the railing ended, the water began. Lots of changes going on there and in centro, hopefully for the better. All of course because, the cruisers are coming.

Below, the white looking rock in the foreground of the picture is a small island in the bay.