Boca Chica, February 11, 2009

Today, I am in the throes of trying to find places for all the provisions bought yesterday. Boca Chica is a tiny town with one gas pump, one tienda (store) that you stand in a window and point for things, and one tienda that is 10' X 20'. This isn't good enough for what we need since we haven't shopped for over a month.

We left early morning and went to the dinghy dock for the restaurant. From there, you can take a panga into Boca Chica and then a small mini bus (in terrible shape) to the highway. At the Pan American, you pick up a bus to take you to David. All very involved. We got to the dinghy dock and the restaurant, come hostel, also had a load of kids with huge backpacks. The panga trip went well, but it wasn't looking good for the mini van. David, on Nuage, talked to a taxi driver and we negotiated $70 for a crew cab truck to take us in, around David, and back again. Turned out to be a great deal as we had a lot of running around to do. We need to go back to actually visit and see the town, but we did get all our shopping done. Ralph also got our wind generator bearings pulled off (he didn't have the tool) and a new pair of sandals. The trip took all day and we arrived back after sunset. We had a full load in the pick-up and then we had to find a panga to take us back to Fortuitous. All went well. We loaded the fridge stuff away, and stowed some of the fruits and veggies. Now, I'm finding places for all the dry goods and Ralph is putting the wind generator back together.

We'd like to take another trip to David, just to look around. So, we'll see how long we'll be here.