The El Manglar restaurant is closed on Wednesdays which is a good enough excuse to make Wednesdays the day to try some of the many other restaurants in Zihuatanejo. We recently decided to try some of the high-end places which we have previously avoided for the most part.
Wednesday the 11th we went to Kau Kan, a place that we drive past every time we come or go to centro. It sits on the hillside overlooking the bay, has a wonderful view, an impressive menu and an absolutely terrible wine list. The food, service and view were very good, unfortunately the wine . . . well lets just say that we regularly make at least as good a wine in our basement!
Returning to the car, we were short one dog! Trekker was there, but no Tia. Again. Since Gillian has been doing some tracking training with Trekker (there’s a mouthful) she took him out on his leash and commanded “go seek”. He was off down the stairs to Playa Madera (a beach and neighbourhood between Playa La Ropa and Centro) while Art took the car around by road. The three of us met up at the bottom of the hill, Trekker still following something so we carried on and met again near Centro.
Trekker was thoroughly enjoying himself and though he was quite excited Gillian felt that he had now lost Tia’s scent and was just exploring. Gillian and Trekker covered the waterfront while Art drove the streets of Centro, all to no avail. We finally gave up and returned to the El Manglar RV Park and went to bed–not too concerned–she had done this several times in the past few years, sometimes returning on her own, at others returned by car and once by taxi!!. The boys in the park refer to Tia as “Vaga” from vagabundo, or vagabond. The expression can be used in several ways, ie she is vaga or she went vaga. If we had known this when we first found her we would have named her Vaga!
Next morning she was sound asleep under the motorhome. However this time her return was quite different in that her collar was missing and she had a piece of red twine tied in its place and another cord tied to that. Tia could slip her collar if she pulled backwards, so we think someone had found her and tied a rope to her collar then, when she got out of it, replaced that with the twine. Little did they know that Tia needs to be tied up with something chew-proof even though her teeth are worn down to nothing!
She was very tired and sore that morning, she must have travelled quite a distance. We were fortunate and very happy to get her back. She is not left alone loose in the car anymore–Tia is tied in on her harness or the dogs stay in the motorhome when we go out for dinner.
Appies, Infinity Pool and Sunset Feb 12
Last year our former “motor homing” friends Doug and Carol built a house on the hill over looking Zihuatanejo. When they took a trip to Florida this year they asked mutual friends Cal and Linda to house and doggy sit their two golden retrievers Maggie and Sadie.Cal and Linda live in a motorhome next to us at El Manglar and are in the process of building a home here as well. They too are owned by a Golden, called “Rojo” (Spanish for Red, pronounced “roho”) While there Cal and Linda invited us and Julia, another El Manglar resident, up for appies, a dip in the pool and to watch the sunset. The “Pool Boy” in the photo is Cal, being supervised by Rojo and Maggie.
Spectacular view, great snacks, great friends. We brought along our own two dogs--fortunately all 5 dogs got along fine and none of them got into the pool!
Before going back to our Zihua home we sat at the pool side bar watching a cruise ship sail off into the sunset, feeling no envy at all.
Pangea, Friday 13th
Friday the 13th passed uneventfully and to see it off we went to the Pangea Restaurant for dinner.
Pangea is located in the courtyard of a condominium development in Playa Madera, and is open to the sky except for this immense Caiba tree. This tree is only 18 years old but a broken watermain that went unrepaired for years contributed to its rapid growth.
This restaurant we knew would leave us neither broke nor disappointed. We have known Mal, the owner and chef, and his wife Jen for several years, they are friends of Memo and Edmundo, of El Manglar.
We were presented with a basket of the usual tortilla chips, crisp and still warm but rather than the normal Mexican Salsa or “Pico de Gallo” it was accompanied by a dish of wonderful fresh Mango Chutney. Mmmmmmm!
The Margaritas were great and very inexpensive–only 30 pesos each. Art told Mal he should charge more–but not until we already had the bill!!
Pangea specialises in Thai and Indian inspired cooking. Art had the daily special, a Thai dish while Gillian still remembers the Tikka Masala fondly.
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