26 August 2011 – Went to Fronteras yesterday with Mia and Rose just to look around, very interesting little town. We stopped at Bruno’s Bar and Grill where we left the dinghy and Mia had to have her water on the rocks.
She is turning into a regular bar fly
"That's my kind of drink water on the rocks!"
"Watch it Dad, Mom is coming!"
27 Aug 2011 – Our friend Tony here at the marina said he would go into Fronteras with us and show us around so we would be able to find what we were looking for. We took 2 dinghies and tied them up at Bruno’s and walked up to the main street. He showed the market place and where to go to find what we wanted at the best prices. The sad part is I like margaritas and Tequila is an imported liquor in Guatemala, $160.00 “Q” a liter or about $20.00 USD, 3 times what it cost in Mexico. Now Guatemalan rum on the other hand is about $50.00 a liter ($6.00 USD) So now I guess if I want a drink is going to be rum and coke.
Our friend Tony
We walked around the streets and found what we need for groceries we needed and met Tony back at Bruno’s. From Bruno’s we went under the bridge and across the river to Cheekies (sp) has good prices and variety, then back under the bridge to Mar Marina to the West Marine Port supply store they have almost as much as the West Marine in San Antonio, but at 30% more than the catalog price. They did say they could exchange my fresh water pump that is still under warranty.
In the market place
As you may have figured out by now, the dinghy in our case and pangas in the case of the Guatemalans is not only the prime mode of transportation, but in most cases the only mode of transportation.
Guatemalan children in the market
Back to Mario’s as the heat of the day is rapidly approaching so we can get in the pool and stay cool. Today in the boat at 1400 hrs it was 103 degrees. We don’t use the air conditioner in the day time due to the price of electricity being 43 cents per KW.
This place has everything
So we do the cheap thing and sit around with our friends in the cool shade around the pool and swap stories about the places we have been, storms encountered, problems with the various governments checking and checking out and where we’re going after hurricane season. It is truly amazing the way we all know the same people from different ports.
Main street Fronteras
I told tony I planned on cooking on the grill on the boat this evening and he countered with we should use the marina grill and share the heat, as it ended up we had a pitch-in dinner by the pool. It was great!
More of the market
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