The beach at Bucerias is a wonderful place to be first thing in the morning. The warm ocean waves lap at your feet and deposit all kinds of treasures in the sand....beach glass, shells, interesting stones and coral. This is how we often start the day.
Beach Treasures
a shovel
frigate bird
Treehouse Treasures
bouganveillia
a flycatcher
parota leaves
leaf beetle
Rob and Sue went for a walk through the town. Rob visited his physio one last time and he also got a haircut.
Sue spotted the new Tequila Museum and decided to go in for a tour. She learned that in the early 1500's, the indigenous people
of this area called the Huichols, dug up the agave plant root ball and made it into a toxic alcohol that affected the brain and caused blindness in those who indulged. When the Spaniards arrived in Mexico in 1521, they used their wine-making skills and worked with the Indios to develop a better tasting alcohol called Tequila. Today, this part of Mexico is responsible for the world's quality Tequila. Pedro, the museum tour guide was very knowledgeable. Of course today, this tequila is organic and very expensive and no, there aren't any worms in the bottle. Some cheaper types of tequila have a worm in the alcohol in order to capture the customer's interest. This marketing ploy does sell tequila.
the museum is close to the De Cameron hotel near the beach
the blue agave plant is a member of the pineapple family and the root ball is harvested after 10 years of growth
Pedro teaches Sue
Betty, Bill, Kathy, and Jack celebrated the end of a great day with Rob and Sue with a feast at the famous Ana Ruths restaurant below the treehouse.
Pops Bill tries to tell Betty about his day at Sayulita but Betty is busy buying rice pudding from the street kids.
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