Tom Carr and his wife Annie are visiting from Santa Cruz, California and they have a rental car. So they generously agreed to drive to San Sebastian del Oeste with Don and Anne (who are here from Santa Cruz on their boat Redwood Coast II) and me. San Sebastian is about a two-hour drive into the mountains east of La Cruz. As soon as you leave the outskirts of Puerto Vallarta, you enter lush green countryside. San Sebastian is a traditional town. It was founded as a mining town during the early Spanish colonial period. On the day we visited, it was very quiet. One family was having a large birthday party for their three-year old daughter, which may have been why the streets were almost empty. We enjoyed walking around looking at the buildings and imagining how peaceful it would be to stay for a bit. We had a nice lunch in a hotel in the town center. We bought wonderful pastries from a panaderia and some tequila produced locally.
The town center in San Sebastian
Building facing the town center in San Sebastian
Children playing ball near the town center
Tom and Annie and Don and Anne
Scenes from around town
Scenes from around town
San Sebastian has a mining history. Assuming this statue is a tribute to miners
Scenes from around town
Scenes from around town
Scenes from around town
Enjoying a quiet traditional Mexican lunch
Our little group standing in the town center
