March 23, 2022We are thoroughly enjoying our stay here at La Parota RV Park in Lo de Marcos. It’s hard to believe we’ve been here three months already. We’ve just recently paid for our last month with plans to start heading north on April 21st. That means we’ll get to experience Semana Santa - Holy week - the seven days leading up to Easter Sunday. It is apparently the busiest holiday of the year in Mexico with thousands of Mexicans flocking to the beaches for the entire week. I’m sure I’ll have a blog with many pics and highlights once we experience it.
I thought I’d write a little bit about this beautiful park. It’s located at the end of a road about a mile or so long that has RV park after RV park here in this small town. The pandemic impacted quite a few of the parks and not all of them are open, however I’d say the majority are. The pandemic understandably hit these parks quite hard. Even this year, for most of the time we’ve been here the park hasn’t been full. It wasn’t until about January that it started to fill up. And now into late March many snowbirds have headed home. The owner Juan Jose has told me that this coming winter of 2022/23 he expects to be full once again. That’s good news for these businesses for sure. Many parks in town are right on the ocean while others are set off the beach, some of which have access to pools. The town is very small though, so the magnificent beach is never more than a couple blocks away.
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| The road that runs parallel to the beach, leading to La Parota RV park |
Juan Jose started the park about 12 years ago. His daughter owns Tomatina’s restaurant which is right in the corner of the park on the beach. Over the last 12 years it has apparently grown from a small food stand to the beautiful place it is now. I remember pulling up to the beach bar for the first time, looking at Dan and saying “paradise found!”. On a hot day there is no better place to catch the ocean breeze, people watch and have a cold drink. Friendly staff, great atmosphere and good food!
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The bar stools are where you’ll find us.
Great view, great breeze and always lots of great people to talk to |
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| Fire roasted pizza - yumm! All the food they serve is made in house. |
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View of Tomatina’s from the beach.
That’s me on the left bringing back one of their signature piña colada drinks
(more like a bucket of piña colada than a cup!) |
The park itself has just over 40 sites, all with their own concrete pads and a beautiful variety of foliage between the sites. Each has 30 Amp power, water and septic. There are a small number of sites that are occupied by year round residents .
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| Yep, those are banana’s growing right behind our rig! |
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| Numerous gorgeous varieties of Hibiscus all over the property |
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Not sure what kind of shrub this is, but the purple flowers are gorgeous!
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| Numerous beautiful butterflies and colourful moths |
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| Every colour of bougainvillea you can imagine! |
There is also a main washroom with showers. The top of the washrooms has a very nice covered area where at one time the snowbirds who visit here used to have events and live music. There are a few folks who have been coming down to this park for a number of years, some since it opened! Now that the bar has grown and offers it’s own live music those activities don’t happen anymore. The bar and music brings in many vehicles, golf carts and people throughout the day and into the evening, making the park quite a busy place at times. There are definitely days when we look forward to the quiet that comes on Mondays when it is closed. But we have no complaints, everything quiets down by 8:30 p.m. even on loud band nights.
Although there aren’t organized social events happening there have been weekly visits by a local Chiropractor and massage therapist organized by another RV’er. They set up their tables in this rooftop patio area. It’s an awesome place to get a relaxing massage as you listen to the waves and feel the breeze off the water.
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| Washroom/Shower building with covered rooftop area |
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A view of the front half of the park facing the ocean.
Taken from the rooftop patio over the washrooms |
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Another gorgeous sunset pic.
It’s not too often there are clouds to accent the beautiful sunsets |
We’ve had such a great time here. It took a little bit to adjust to this small town. After visiting a few much busier towns like Rincon de Guayabitos and Sayulita, we knew that
Lo de Marcos was more our “speed”. We’ve enjoyed many gorgeous days of sunshine with only 2 days in all of our time in Mexico when it rained. And that was only for a few hours at most! We have also enjoyed our time out on the water in our kayak fishing and chasing whales. It sure is a memorable place.
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A view of the beach from out in our kayak.
Tomatina’s is the building just to the right of centre. |
It feels odd to be on our final countdown. I’m sure this last month is going to fly by but one thing is for sure, this won’t be our last visit to this beautiful piece of paradise.
Until next time / Hasta la proxima vez!
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