We travelled back to Puerta Vallarta from Mayto on the bus yesterday. Quite uneventful except that we had to say goodbye to our tent and those turtles left that we hadn´t managed to bring up from the nests. We are only human after all and we had put 700 babies into the sea the day before. I did my last patrol with Jorge at 10.00 the night before, and we stopped at the 13km point and engaged in a diverting and stimulating conversation. (Not really!). Actually I enjoyed the silent contemplation of the moon on the sea and the stunning stars unpoluted by light, and the quiet calm that Jorge maintains. A fitting end to my incredible experiences on the turtle beach. Israel took us to the bus stop on the quadbike and we think he was quite moved to say goodbye. On the other hand he might have not cared at all. Difficult to say really.
Back in PV we have struggled to come to terms with being away from the solitude of the beach. This morning I woke up to the sound of lorries grinding their gears, and shouts from the road instead of that blasted cockerel that had decided to greet each day outside our tent. We have discarded some clothes and have spent some time shopping for suitable things to travel in. Had an interesting time booking bus tickets for Mazatlan tomorrow. The girl in the ticket office at the bus station chewed gum and refused to answer my faltering spanish with anything but a sneer. She could double the part in Little Britain saying "computer says 'no'" and I had a hard job keeping a straight face. Anyway, against the odds, we have tickets for 6.00pm tomorrow and will travel first to Mazatlan, then take a ferry boat over to La Paz. After that we will travel down to Cabo San Lucas where we board the Island Princess for our cruise on 7th December. Hopefully we will have no bad weather conditions as the boarding will be by tender and a hurricane on the day will upset us no end.
If anything goes wrong I will let you know .......
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