A very confusing entrance to the little town of Rocky Point. Glad we...
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Signs advertising restaurants and beer ... and coming condominiums.
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Our first stop was to a little school where we had a delivery to make.
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Nowadays when we travel , we usually bring books from our...
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Pat with a teacher and some of her young students.
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We come from Southern California, Oregon and Arizona. The heroic...
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That's Sandy Beach across the water. In a few short years it has changed...
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We taxied over to have a closer look.
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We saw dozens of sights like this.
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And another.
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Almost finished. Needs a bit of landscaping.
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A construction worker in Rocky Point probably has a job for life.
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Back in town. We promised you shopping, so here we go.
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Lots of pretty things for the ladies to wear.
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Lots of pots and other ceramics.
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Charming little dolls wearing colorful clothes & skulls. Death is an...
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A very common sight in Mexico: a dear little old lady sitting on the...
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Store after store bulging with all sorts of interesting Mexicana for sale.
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Welcome to the home of the grandparents.
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My own favorite sport, tennis. But I don't know anybody who wears...
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And even one of my beloved Lakers. I don't recognize this one,...
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Outside the store and across the street, the shopping continues....
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We've seen hammocks for sale all over Mexico, but we've never...
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I have to be careful when photographing T-shirts down here, or just about...
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Bags, bags, bags everywhere.
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Lots of pins and pendants.
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You don't even need a store to sell your stuff. Just carry it up and down...
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Crossing the street one more time ...
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Lots and lots of Mexican hats. We've never seen anybody buy one these,...
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Dresses, beach wraps, towels ...and even sun glasses.
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You don't usually see dolphins side by side with African...
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Large colorful fish - all destined to hang on a wall, I guess.
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At first, all I saw was an old woman. Where ,oh where would anybody hang this?
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These plastic fish are more than four feet long. Where would we put them back...
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All sorts of colorful suns with pretty ladies peeking out.
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All sorts of crosses and crucifixes in the stores, and there's...
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Where do you hang a two-foot high ceramic monkey?
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Just past the stores, we came upon this statue dedicated to more...
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Near that big statue we passed open air stores selling fresh fish.
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Not much business today. We came through here last Sunday, and the weekend...
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The shrimp fishing business in Puerto Penasco may be down from...
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Two huge fish - he said they were flounder, but we're not too sure. The...
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Pelicans hovering on the rocks below the fish stores. This is where...
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This colorful restaurant bills itself as the only one here sitting over the...
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The local church.
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The six of us met up at the appointed time and headed to lunch at a...
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Passing by one colorful building after another. This one's a real estate...
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Speaking of colorful buildings ...
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A wonderful mural depicting ancient Mayan days.
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A colorful window display on our walk to the restaurant.
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Not all the construction is over at Sandy Beach. We noticed a number of...
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Plastering the wall.
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Finally, at the top of the hill, our restaurant. Wonder if they serve...
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Upstairs at the Friendly Dolphin, in our own private room. We understand this...
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Let me introduce our friends, Dudley and Gail with their shrimp cocktails.
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Then there's Cynthia ...
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... and her husband ,Bob. I used to work for him, but somehow...
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And I believe you've met my Pat before, about to enjoy her second margarita!
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The view from our restaurant window: a dockyard and some boats - for...
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I enjoyed watching the locals pass by this colorful building. And once again,...
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A vendor passing by that building. Are there fresh shrimps in his cart ? Or...
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Even the men's room sign was attractive.
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But that woman's stare seemed to warn the men that this leads to the...
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"For your safety, wash your hands after using the bathroom".
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We'd spell it just a bit differently: Hey, Amiga. This Mexican...
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Finally it was 2:30pm and time to meet our taxi driver downstairs. He'll...
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North America
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