We passed nice looking green mountains and farms. We started
seeing organ pipe cactus along the road. At 10 am it was 91°. We paid M$225 on the toll road Hwy. #15D
between Los Mochis and San Carlos and again we felt it was worth it.
Dimitri had pre-booked at Marinaterra (Estrada s/n, Sector Herradura, San Carlos, Sonora, tel.622- 225-2020, www.marinaterr.com). Our room (#118) cost M$1800/US $148 including breakfast. The hotel/condo complex is old and kind of dilapidated. Our junior
suite was actually a one-bedroom apartment with a kitchen (with a coffee maker
but no microwave), dining area and living room. The refrigerator was from The
Year One but finally cooled and actually froze the food in it (there was a
broken temperature control in it). In order to use the burner to heat up
Dimitri’s pastry, we had to call the technico. The controls were broken. The
hotel should be ashamed of itself. The Internet worked in the living
room, surprisingly. The sofa in the living room was actually a bed and was not comfortable
for sitting. The view was of the pool and part of the marina beyond. There was also an
very interesting view of a unique looking mountain beyond. The ocean is south-ish of our marina view. We had lunch at the hotel’s restaurant, El Embarcadaro.
We had a crab totada which Audre thought tasted like the crab was off but
Dimitri liked. We also had a fish soup that was full of octopus and shrimp. It
was too hot to walk on the beach in the afternoon even through there was a
stiff breeze. We worked at our computers, catching up. At sunset the pool
filled up but with the air conditioner running in the living room we didn’t hear the noise. We
decided to walk to the Palapa Griega for dinner and the temperature was
pleasant. The walk was along the road (there being no malecรณn). We thought that San Carlos missed its opportunity to be a
well-planned, pretty place.
La Palapa Griega (on the beach in San Carlos, Sonora, http://vivasancarlos.mx/directorio/la_palapa_griega.html)
really was right on the sand and it really did offer Greek items on the menu
that Dimitri (the Greek) said had credibly Greek tastes. We had Taramosalada (M$50)
with pita, Gigandes with pita (M$55) to start. Both were very good. For our
mains we had Mussels in a white wine sauce (M$130) that were good. Dimitri had
the Rabbit stifado and one beer. Our waiter had attitude. There was a 10% tip
added to the bill so the meal cost M$569. We were happy enough. We got a ride
back to our hotel with some other (gringo) customers.
We watched one of the shows we had recorded on our computer on our flat screen TV and planned for a 9:30 a.m. start the next day on our next leg to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.
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