We left La Cruz on January 12th and spent about five weeks getting to Manzanillo before we turned around to start heading north. We are now in Barra de Navidad. The sun was just coming up as we left Marina La Cruz and made our way through the very crowded anchorage on January 12th. We were headed to Punta Ipala (a day passage) around the corner south of Banderas Bay, or Bahia Chemala (an overnight) if the weather wasn't good for anchoring at Ipala. See the photos from our cruising guide below. Sunset view from the cockpit at Punta Ipala where we were able to anchor and get a very good sleep. One of the shrimp boats we encountered on our way to Chemala from Ipala. We spent a couple of nights in Bahia Chemala, but never went ashore. We caught up on sleep and boat chores before we headed to Tenacatita on January 15th. We were in Tenacatita for a little over two weeks. The weather was a bit overcast some of the time, but the water hovered around 80 degrees,
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving….. Lao Tzu