Today was our last laid-back day on the beach at Barra de la Cruz.
The subculture there is 100% surf. The point break makes it fun to watch but when it came surfing I never even got to a standup position!😃. For us it was a some good water time then good shrimp cocktails under the beach palapa and a few drinks. I even had time to "listen to" a great book.
At Pepé's it was a bit of Yahtzee with people we met from to Tofino. Patrick was a biologist and his girlfriend, Gwen, formally worked for the city Chamber of Commerce. They had been at Barra de la Cruz for two solid weeks enjoying this surf.
Patrick's job was very interesting. He works at a relatively new aquatic museum in Tofino. Every year they release all of their specimens back to the ocean!! The next season they start all over again collecting ocean species of plants and animals. They study them for the season and then release them again. It's a sort of catch-hold-study-release program where tourists can visit a new set of specimens each year!
Some of the other people were Frenchy (from France ) who we liken to a bantam rooster as he bounced throughout the cabins and campers talking to everyone. Then there was Scotty (from Australia) who is stretching a two week vacation into two months! Beside us was Ryan. He was a highly skilled data-high tech guy who quit his job in San Francisco and was starting a 1.5 year trip to Patagonia in Argentina. Others were from Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, and of course Mexico.
Our spot at Pepe's cabins was an interesting study in people and languages and where they congregated from around the globe.
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