La Sirena Gorda

This morning was all about working out my issues with AT&T.  I had already talked to them once on this trip, but it seems that somehow I was charged over $100 before my package option went into effect.  That shouldn't have happened.  After spending some time, I was finally transferred to International and Julie took care of me.  Not only did she take care of me, but instead of owing $320 for this months bill, it's now $138 (That's dollars, not pesos).  Happy Dance!

I got dressed and headed to town to take in the sights.  I'm looking for a couple of last minute things and didn't quite find what I'm looking for.  I did see a lot of pretty artwork, and home made rugs.  I even looked for a runner rug for my kitchen to cover the concrete floor seams.  Didn't quite find what I was looking for though.

Traipsing about in the heat of the day makes you thirsty, so I headed to Zorro's for a beer.  Met a group of gentlemen there and had a great discussion.  Found out that a sail boat that's been abandoned for the last couple of years (apparently there's some lawsuit with the owner, etc) beached over at Playa la Ropa during the mini storm last Sunday.  Although a couple of boats tried to pull it back to deeper water, it didn't happen.  The next day, the scavengers came out and had a crane drag it further onto the beach and  picked over the thing and stripped it down.  Looks like the owner is going to come back to nothing.  Ah well.

We also talked about how they spend 6 months a year down here.  Their rent is about $200 per month, which makes it totally affordable. I'm beginning to get the picture.

After two beers, and not having eaten breakfast, and it being past lunch, I went in search of something different.  I headed to a place called La Sirena Gorda, which is on the Malecon across from the Mexican Naval Installation.  I really didn't want a full blown meal so I ordered the empanadas.  You get three, so I chose 2 fish and one cheese.  The waiter brought out two different kinds of green salsas, both good and spicy, but one of them super hot.  No worries....I got this.

He brings out the empanadas and they have a light, flaky crust that is not greasy.  They were so good.  The cheese is really cheesy.  Put some of that green salsa on it and the flavor just soars. The fish empanadas were not too fishy, lots of flavor and just melts in your mouth.  Oh yeah, I was a happy camper.  I finished those off in no time flat $100 pesos for the empanadas, which is a tad pricy but considering where the restaurant is located, to be expected.

I finish off the meal and head to visit Arturo.  There's all kinds of couples around the bar, and we're sharing the places where we've eaten, etc.  I was turned on to another place for tomorrow.  The only fried chicken place in Zihuatanejo, and apparently, it's so good that a line forms and could take a half hour to get chicken!  Well, after eating Mexican food and fish most of the time, this would be a welcomed change, so...I will let you know tomorrow all the details about the fried chicken place.