Our Next Adventure at Xamach Dos

As promised, the sunset pics from the night before!

I would like to say that it didn't rain again during the night but I can't - by now we were getting used to that softy gently falling sound and it lulled us to sleep all 3 nights!

Tuesday morning was move day - after another delicious breakfast, we loaded our bags in the jeep and said goodbye to Nueva Vida de Ramiro - I truly love that place and if possible, will stay there again!

And then we were off to Xamach Dos!  The actual distance to this off the grid place is about 25 km but we knew it would take awhile with the bad roads - to the tune of 1 hour and 40 minutes!!  The road was hideous - huge, huge water holes which you didn't know how deep or how many rocks were in them - and a bumpy rocky road when there wasn't water!!  Yes, the rain had virtually destroyed this road and we were so glad we had the jeep!

Check out this picture that I took as we were driving - the size of those water holes is what we encountered the entire way!

We actually joked about instead of riding an ATV on the rocky trails of Colorado, we were riding in a jeep down a jungle trail filled with water!  Many of the water holes stretched from one side of the road to the other.

I had visions of a jaguar popping out of those trees at any time and was surprised to find out when we got there that a jaguar has been seen on the road and had killed 5 local dogs this last summer!

We had booked the treehouse - and here again we are talking VERY rustic!!  The owner Dan has built each cabana and he uses a lot of driftwood and shells for décor - quite unique!

 

Quite the bathtub in this tree house - but the instant hot water was wonderful!

This is the view from the bed - it couldn't be beat!

Their new chef served us a delicious lunch of chicken, rice and beans and while Glenn started in on the beer, I stuck with wonderful fruit juice!

Glenn immediately grabbed his fishing gear and started in while I unpacked and discovered the cute little balcony that was inviting me - book #3 was calling!

My view of the beach from the balcony - sunny at times, shady at other times so a perfect blend!

Glenn caught dinner for all of us (well the help and us - we were the only guests at this time) and we had some yummy snapper with garlic butter for dinner that evening - I was so hungry by this time as they eat later than we usually do, that I forgot to take a picture of our plates so here is the extra snapper and he tasted just as good as he looked!

Pictures are hard to take at night since the lighting is subdued but we took one anyway!  It was a fun night just sitting around with Dan the owner, Michelle (Dan's daughter who runs the place), her guy Hugo, the new chef Adrian and the handyman Armando!  Some chess was played, some wine, beer and tequila consumed, and lots of talk - it was great!

We both slept like logs that first night - and I knew Glenn was already dreaming about the big fish he was going to catch the next day!!