We got up on schedule, had breakfast then went up to the market, we wandered around and checked out what was there. I followed up with Cano about the oil, and he came down to look and figure out what he would need, then committed to returning on Wednesday. We of course won’t be here, we are attending a bible study at church and then spending the afternoon with some of the couples there, the guys play pool and the ladies hang out in the pool then play games. Mid afternoon, I got an email from Mike about the sails saying he needed scans of our boat documents, passport and TIP (temporary import permit). I tried taking pictures and then converting to PDF, (not good enough). I hiked up to the office to get them scanned (about a mile), they were in “black & white” and not good enough. So, then to the yacht club, they don’t do it. Then to the book store suggested by Mike, they don’t either. Finally I checked back in with Reneé who had gone to Home Depot to get some screws, and she was back on the boat so we headed to La Cruz for dinner and to get the documents scanned. This is a 13 mile trip by car. But we could not get an Uber, none available. So we took a cab. 250 pesos (Uber would have been 189 pesos, again 20 pesos to the dollar). Also of note this is about a 30 minute ride. Once we got there, we got the documents signed then went to dinner at the LA CRUZ INN Very good dinner!
Then we headed back to the boat we asked the cab drivers, 300 pesos to go back. We took the bus, crowded and slow. It was about an hour to get to Walmart where we transferred to a second bus, total time about an hour and half. Somewhere in there I got a text from Mike that he needed an additional document….
We waited until we got back to the boat to look for it. Found that we did not have it on the boat, so we called our friend Bob Miller who found it and scanned it and sent it too us. In the morning I forwarded this to Mike! Sometimes it is amazing just how hard it is to do something (while cruising) that is normally very simple to do in the states. All told probably 5 hours to do what would normally take 15 minutes in the states. (We have had a scanner at home for the last 10 or more years). Finally showers and bed.