After spending time in the beach, we headed an hour to a little village called El Churro. It only has about 50 residents here, about half ex-pat. This was a true vacation, and the spot was muy tranquillo. I had to work a bit more on my Spanish here, as no one outside the ex-pats spoke English.
this odd mexican skeletor? near El, Churro
The village was right next to a reserve de biologique. It had hot springs. If you know ash and me, you know we love hot springs. Although the area wasn’t that great for soaking as while the water coming out was hot, it was mainly dumping into the river. The hiking was stellar (pic below), we did the same hike twice along the ridge of the canyon. It had some impressive vistas, with lots of views of the mountains and the canyon below. It was also very diverse looking, in one spot there were cactuses right next to oak trees.
Cool looking tree in the park
The place we are staying here is a bit more up close. We are staying with a Canadian retiree. And her daughter, son in law and 3-year-old girl happened to be visiting for the holidays. It can be a touch awkward at times, as we feel like we are just up close with them. I will say that it is nice to see holiday family dysfunction from the outside, versus living it.
The host invited us to join the ex-pat Xmas eve dinner. They were so welcoming to us. However, they were mostly older and Canadian. But they treated us like we were their friends. The food was fantastic, I brought my chipotle beef dip to the party, and it was a hit. We left early as my stomach was bothering me a bit.
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