On the road to Corrales

After leaving Penny and El Cielito, Michael and I decided to take the bumpy gravel road and try and get up the coast to Corales. There is a lighthouse there and from our sketchy little map, it appeared that we could go through Corales and then head east back toward Puerto Vallarta. So off we went. We discovered a beautiful beach, called Playitas. It is right next to the town. We hung about here for a little while and then headed back up the road. Our next stop was  going to be Corrales:

Here is a little map that shows the area we were traveling through:

Well, after hurtling along on the gravel road at a hair raising speed of 80 KPH, we arrived in Corrales.  You can see the seaside off to the left and it is beautiful. You then descend down a hill, cross a wee bridge, and are straightaway greeted to the sounds of Mexican music blaring from a very modern and blingy jukebox. We realised we had come to a dead end. The only way to hook back up to the road was to take a ferry round past the lighthouse. Since that was not an option we decided to turn around and take one of the other little roads that would go south then east. On the way out of the village of Corrales we provided some amusement to a group of school children who called out " Gringos!" as we rumbled past. We had a good giggle about that.  As for plan B to take a side road, that was snuffed out when one of the locals took a look at our hire car and said " You will never make it in that". Ok, plan C. Head back toward Villa Del Mar and go check out the Mayto Hotel.