Bad news bears

Well all, I´ve got some not good news to share in that my computer seems to have bit the dust. I can´t be for sure yet, but thats what it looks like right now.

I need some advice if any of you know anything about macs and might have a clue about what I should do. Here´s the dilemma: when I turn my computer on, it makes the usual whizzing noise of the hard drive, but then about 5-10 seconds into it it makes three low beeps, and then stops. The light on the screen release button stays on but blinks about every 15 seconds. The screen never comes on, nothin´, it just stops.

So anyway we can still post the goings on from wherever we are from internet cafe´s or whatever but the pictures, the really cool parts, are m.i.a. for the time being.

Right now we are still in Sayulita but on the countdown for when we leave. The plan thus far is this: on thursday we are going to go have Thanksgiving dinner with a bunch of gringo cruisers at a bar/music studio/restaurant/community center in a town south of here called La Cruz. The place is called Philo´s and we got to meet Philo through Richard and Doña the other morning at breakfast.

From there we are going to go to Jillapa which is on the south side of the bay from Puerto Vallarta. Jillapa is this sweet jungle town with sweet waterfalls and animal watching and lots of hiking. They also teach para sailing in Jillapa. We plan on being there until Sunday, and then go back up to Puerto Vallarta to celebrate Katy´s birthday on the 2nd and also we have to buy some nice shirts so we can look good when we are looking for a job in Antigua.

Then we are taking a bus to Mexico city to jump on a plane on the 3rd. Our trip is: Mexico City to Cancun, Cancun to Miami, Miami to Kingston, Jamaica where we layover for 18 hrs, then straight to Antigua from there. We are going to this huge yacht show there where we are going to find jobs, and most likely spend the rest of the winter and spring (at least until Antigua race week in April).

This is all contingent on the fact that we have to wait here in Sayulita for our ?paper plane tickets¿ to arrive from Katy´s awesome mom who sent them to us. Nonetheless we have a full schedule awaiting us.

Lately all we´ve been doing is surfing, eating, reading, and meeting a lot of really cool people. Yesterday we met a guy down on the beach who is from Naniamo BC who has a little laser sailboat that we get to use. We talked sailing with him for a long time which was really fun.

Sayulita has been a haven and made us restless for more on-the-water time. We try to surf or boogie board everyday but the holiday season has got this place bumpin with the latest swimsuit and territorial surfer trends. We have eaten almost a million tacos del pastor with so many onions soaked in habaneros that we are ensured to forever remember this place. Taking advantage of undetected deals we have been eating real churros from the back of a truck, purchase six get the seventh cerveza free at the bodega, choco bananas with coconut granola and hand made totillas with anything you order. Locals try hard with our broken spanish and their conversational english to be as helpful an silly as possible, dogs that have party play time down at the beach all day long are never mean, and so much lazy sun we keep learning to just chill out. We can´t wait to get back out on the water and start sailing again! Asta Mañana Amigas and Amigos, we love you all and are super thankful for having you read our chatter.