Didn't see the snake

Rat Snake of the road to Pinal Villa

Lorena said she saw him and heard the thump-thump but I must have been paying more attention to other vehicles or bicycles.   I said "where" and she said you just ran over it.  I stopped the car and sure enough he was on the road behind us.  Sad to say that little bulge on his rear section are his insides popping out.   I got a stick and tossed him off the road but I'm afraid he was a goner and two school kids stepped in to finish the job.   He was over a meter long and I'm sure a good mouse and rat catcher.   I believe he is a "Rat Snake"

Raising Melaque Puente II

The bypass around the old bridge is just about ready unless they are going to pave it. This is the bridge at the west entrance to Melaque over the canal near Hotel Hacienda Melaque. I have seen water over the top of it before so I guess it makes sense raise it to the same level as the bridge on the highway. They built a whole new and larger one on highway 200 at the entrance to Boca de Iguanas in about 3 months so maybe this one in two?

The road

Bypass and culverts

Semana Santa en Melaque

Borrowed photos from canal235.com because we are staying away from the beach. We went the first weekend and restaurants were full but this last weekend is the crazy busiest of the 3. We did go to the Water Park Saturday and it was totally packed later in the day. Of course my camera went off Automatic setting and I ended up with no photos.

Melaque Playa from the Mirador

Same with Tele-close

Our pelicans are back

What else ?? ..... more Skim

Semana Santa Skim - April 18 , 19

Melaque xtremo

After school activities

The foto is Friday after school 7:30pm +/-.   Just a few minutes before there were about 50 Secondary school kids in the middle of this road.   The reason the road is empty is because 2 motor cycle police and the pickup had just swooped in to break it up and they did.   The Quad couldn't escape as fast but he was the taxi for a few more kids wanting to watch the melee. 

Same thing happened Thursday evening as we passed by on our way to Pinal Villa but no police.  The combatants seem to be girls in these two cases and another closer to school a few weeks ago (street fight).   Guess someone reported this and the cops were waiting.   Better ways to spend your time kids ????