Swimming was just about perfect here.

These are huts you can rent to overnight on the beach (girl not included.)

Also available for rent are a few tents and hammocks (Boy not included either, or maybe for a price!)

Mama Ruth's Paradise cafe, Playa Blanca.

I am not sure what kind of services are offered at the Blue Whale Hostal, but how much could you really need in such a paradise?

This stand was rather formal compared to many of the seafood offerings on Playa Blanca, which included hawkers walking up and down the beach with a knife and a bucket of shellfish.

I could not resist the Pina Colada "in the raw." For about $3 US, you can get a fresh young coconut, colada mix, and a couple of kinds of rum over ice.

You put the rum in the coconut, you drink 'em both together...

The only problem with drinking out of a coconut is that it has no "bottom," so you have to drink the entire thing before you can set the coconut down!

Lunch was included on the tour - a very anorexic but tasty fried fish, rice in coconut milk, fried plantains, and a slaw salad.

I wonder what the navigational chart symbol is for Mother Mary?