Then the coconut fell

Been having a great few days in Manzanillo, well technically we are in
Santiago, what is quickly becoming a suburb of Manzanillo.

Nothing too exciting to report. It seems most days are the same here.
Get up, workout, eat bfast and then sit and read by the pool
overlooking the ocean. Not a bad gig if you can get it :)

We frolick in the waves, but after seeing a stingray I don't go too
far out. Irrational fear of oceans was already there. Boogie boarded
with UP(that's my uncle pat for those who don't know) and met a family
from Wisconsin while doing so. Everyone is from Canada Wisconsin or
Minnesota who is down here. The nice part of this area is that still
mean very few people.

At 5:00 we do see Mauro fir 2-4-1s at the beach bar. My favorite
Italian bartender. I love that u can say graci and he answers prego.
KK misses Italy dearly.

We have befriended new people from Canada. I had a bet with one on
last night womens Olympic gold medel round. Apparently I owe Dirk a
drink as our USA girls couldn't get the gold the Olympics, but silver
is still fantastic.

Mi familia dressed to represent USA at happy hour as the women played
at hh time. We changed my shirt to "Canada sucks." and Amy had stolen
a few of their flags and turned them into USA flags. Don't worry we
knew the Canadians would laugh... And they did. If I could post more
than one photo at a time I would show you them laughing. iPhone only
allows me one photo at a time... From what I can tell.

While at the bar the cancer sucks tshirt got the attention of a women
and she dragged me to meet her husband who was a survivor. He had his
wristbands on and we chatted a while. She wants ti buy shirts for her
whole family and promote it at her work. That shirt is amazing ti
people and it gives them an attitude as I was told last week :)

We left hh and headed to Lableu (or something like that) and had
dinner on a balcony overlooking the bay. Seriously this just doesn't
get old.
However, it does come to an end tomorrow... Sigh.

Off to spend the last full day of sun and fun with the family, the fun
canadians, Bobby the Serbian, Diego the bar owner and Mauro,the
Italian who hands me my drink without me ordering :)

oh and I am sure Amy will stop the dress lady on the beach again today
only to look and say "no gracias" :)

We call this Tuesday in Manzanillo

Today I slept in. Till 9:45. That is a ton of sleep and it felt great.
I was totally relaxed... Finally.

Got up and went for a run on the beach. The best part of my run was
the sprints on the way back down the beach. I am running as hard and
as fast as I can ( a pretty good clip if I will) and vendors still
approah me to sell me things. Ummm really? I would shake my head no
and keep running and wonder at their tenacity.

I went with the aunts and uncles into Santiago to shop for dinner.
Bought some fresh shrimp for everyone (but me) and bought myself a basso
fish filet to have.

We relaxed by the pool the rest if the day reading and then Amy and I
headed to the Oasis happy hour. Yep. It's our favorite. We met up with
Canadians and folkes from Grand Forkes, ND. It was good fun. The
manager, Diago, was great and trying to be my new friend on facebook.

Amy and I stayed there watching the Canada vs germany hockey game till
we thought "better get back for dinner".
We headed out to enjoy the fabulous dinner by our aunts and uncles and
then we all headed back to the bar for pie. Diagos GF (from Colorado)
baked pies and they were fabulous!! In fact pat and sue put in an order in for pecan pie for tonights dinner.

Mauro (Italian bartender) kept pouring me and Diago lemoncello (yummy!) as we discussed Cinque Terra italy and our love for it.
It was fabulous.


for pecan pie for tomorrow already.

The As and Us left us at the bar and Mauro poured me 2-3 glasses of
lemoncella to toast Cinque Terra (a fabulous place in italy!). I got
to know our new candadian friend Bobby better and found he was not
truly candadian but originally from serbia. Good guy and fun, and 39
how nice :)

Must sleep. Amy and I have been invited to a party tomorrow by some
canadians and also we are getting pool side massages tomorrow. Yay!

Adios!
KK

Local Fundraiser - Sunday

Sunday: we got up early to a beautiful sunrise and did my Terri (my
pt) Mexico workout she created for me. It felt great however, we
worked out on the lawn and didn't realize we were being attacked by
Mosquitos (u should see me today-Monday)!

Amy and I went for a long walk down the beach to the shops. Bought me
new flip flops and both of us got cowboy hats. Umm yes we look like
twin sisters. We stopped at a place on the beach for lunch and a
corona. Life is good.

Mi familia all went swimming in the ocean the waves are fantastic and
fun with boogie boards. Later that night at sunset we saw what looks
to be a sting ray out there ... Umm it's gonna take all my strength
to overcome thr and head back out, I have an irrational fear of oceans
and lakes and I know it. But I will go back in today :)

Last night we went to the Lions Club of Manzanillo for a fundraiser.
Carman is a woman who cooks and cleans for us and it was her churchs
fundraiser. It was a lot of fun. Authentic Mexican dancing and food!
Yum!

Adios!

Sunday morning :)

Day 1 take 2

> Amy and I wondered down to Club Oasis for a drink. Great place to
> see olympics we learned. We met Bobby from Canada, nice guy and even
> better my Italian bartender was working that I met two years ago.
> We all know how I love Italian... Anything. Men. Purses. The
> country. (hope to be back there this fall!!)
>
> The rest of the family ended up joining us and relaxing and catching
> up.
>
> We are now back at the house and getting ready or Carman to come and
> cook for us. And I know from years past Its gonna be yummy!!
>
> Looking forward to a whole day in the sun tomorrow. Amy and I are on
> missions or new cowboy hats. Giddy up Mexico!!
>
> Adios!
> KK

Day 1

We arrived safely at about 2pm and got to walk down the steps to the
airport outside (I do love that about Manzanillo!) the sun on my face
felt amazing and the warm breeze was just what the doctor ordered!

We grabbed a cab to casa aurora and were greeted by my auntie Sheila
standing in the road waiting for us :)

In minutes we were in suits and had a margarita in hand. We caught up
with everyone and then jumped in the water. The water is perfect and
the waves are amazing.

Manzanillo, Mexico 2010

Description
In the 2005 census the city of Manzanillo had a population of 110,728 and its municipality had 137,842.[1] It is the second-largest community in the state, after Colima, the capital. The municipality covers an area of 1,578.4 km² (609.42 sq mi), and includes such outlying communities as El Colomo, in addition to many smaller communities. Manzanillo is also a beach resort and, as the self-proclaimed "sailfish capital" of the world[citation needed], hosts a yearly sailfish fishing tournament. The Revillagigedo Islands, off the west coast of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean, are part of the municipality.

Manzanillo is a sister city of the U.S. cities of Flagstaff, Arizona; San Pablo, California; and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Icicles. A week till Mexico.