Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Home of the spider palapas

There's no single palapa design. Some have one center post, some are square and I've been at ones with six, seven and eight sides. The ones at Campo Beluga (south of Casa Grande and Alfonsina's) have eight diagonal struts that make them look spidery. I suspect these palapas started out with just the center post and the struts were added later for strength.

Anyway, surrounded by dunes, Campo Beluga has a pleasant, cozy, funkiness about it. Only a dozen palapas, some rental cabins and—surprise—flush toilets and running water (cold only, though). The beach is rockier than Casa Grande (whose sandy beach might be manmade) but the view is just as fine.

The day was windier, the sea slightly less placid, the sky cloudier. I could see the contrails of flights headed to Los Cabos. But it was still an excellent day.

At one point a bunch of gulls gathered in a line on the beach. After a while, they decided all together to go float on the water. Swim time. How are these things decided?

I can't spend all day staring at the water, though. Sometimes I need to turn and enjoy the sunset. Life is so hard.

1 comment:

  1. Que buena vida, amigo... I wish I could !!

    Keep on having fun.

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