El Dia de Guadalupe is coming up, and for the next week we get the pleasure of being woken at five o’clock each morning by the sounds of bombs going off on the beach. I call them bombs, the Mexicans probably just call them fireworks. Owning or detonating one of these things in the U.S. would probably land you in jail and on a watch list, but here they use them to wake you up for church. Apparently folks will be going to church all week leading up to the big day celebrating Mexico’s patron saint, Our Lady of Guadalupe.
The past few evenings this guy has climbed the trees around the campground and cleaned them up, finally chopping down the coconuts that have been falling for weeks. Did you know coconuts kill fifteen times more people than sharks?
Anyway, it’s our nightly “show” now. The kids love it, and they can’t wait for him to get back down so they can run around helping clean up. They feel so grown up, and the guys working are super nice to them, making sure to chop open a coco for them when they’re done. It’s pretty amazing to watch how good this guy is at his job, too—climbing the trees with no support (he drags a rope up with him so he doesn’t have to carry his machete, and so he can lower the big bundles of cocos).
A walk around the neighborhood.
6 Comments on “Cocos”
Might want to check that stat. Heard it was an urban myth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_coconut
But I agree totally with the stat anyways. Spent plenty of time in water with sharks, nothing to be afraid of.
Love your website. Followed it for years now.
It’s okay either way, we’re not Wikipedia. A guy did die in the campground next door two years ago, though, after being smashed by a falling coco.
These guys are too much!! The climbers on El Cap have nothing on these guys!! Wow.
Beautiful Hibiscus…
Just watched one of the parades downtown and commented that if you lived near the church you definitely weren’t sleeping in. Looking forward to getting out to Sayulita tomorrow.
Hey on the photo with the kids and the guy with the wheelbarrow is a trailer like ours “RPod”. We have the model 179 not sure what model that one is. Looks like a great place to be.