Caleta San Juanico

view of anchorage from SOMF

Well we ended up staying in San Juanico 4 day just because it was such a wonderful anchorage.  We arrived on Thursday the 4th after a kind of rough day of cruising.  We ended up hooking 3 skipjacks but released them all due to that kind not being very good eats and that they are really bloody, then we got two of our fishing lines really tangled and after trying to untangle them for about 45 min we gave up and cut the line to start over.  And of couse the swells were getting larger as we got closer to the anchorage and we hooked up a sailfish, a very large one at that, and when we slowed down the motor the swells hit us right from the beam, our two 5 gallon jugs of water broke in the aft cabin, and we ended up haveing to cut the line from the sailfish, so needless to say it was an exciting fishing day, but unsuccessfull for keeping anything.  We pulled into the beautiful anchorage around 3:30pm, dropped the hook and Dan and Kate from SV Akupara came over to help us put out a stern anchor because the anchorage was a bit rolly.  After all was said and done, Skeeter and I jumped into one kayak and Jerry in the other and went to shore to play some bocce ball on the beach with the other cruisers. 

The next morning after I made an awsome frittata, Skeeter and I went to shore on our kayak and Jerry started the watermaker to make some fresh water since we lost all of ours.  On Saturday after lots of snorkeling and diving we all went hiking on the trail around San Juanico. 



view from the top of the hill



That evening we had Kate, Dan, Kelly and Becky over to the boat for dinner, which they all caught and cooked, and some much needed "Pain Killer" cocktails that Becky had the recipe for from the Caribbean.  Kelly speared a grouper, and Kate caught another grouper while Dan caught a trigger fish...all I can say was we had a feast, oh yeah, I made a great salad.

On Sunday was another beautiful day of snorkeling, diving and playing on the beach, that evening we all had a bonfire and roasted hot dogs, I made a pasta salad and Becky made the most amazing ceviche, it was a great night of laughing, singing and playing with hermit crabs...yeah I said it, playing with hermit crabs. 

On Monday a lot of the other boats head south to Puerto Escondito, while Jerry and I stayed one more day in San Juanico.  On shore there is a cruisers shrine that has momentos from cruisers from years past, so of course we had to leave a plastic scull head with our names on it.

The next moring after the net Jerry and I pulled up anchor and headed south to meet up with everyone in Puerto Escondito.