Nov 26-A Visit to Las Ayala.

My brother-in-law, Maurice, and I paid a visit to Las Ayala, a neighbouring town that is roughly 20 kms north of Lo de Marcos.   This is a small village located on the south end of the Bahai de Jalemba.  The beach is roughly 1.2 kms long, and 30 metres wide.  Further north along the beach are the towns of Rincon Guaybitos, and La Penita. 

 

A map showing location of Las Ayala.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are a number of  hotels in Las Ayala, the biggest being the Royal Decameron.     We wandered through a nice park near the Royal Decameron where wicker deer and slieghs were decorated with pointsettas.

Decorated reindeer in park at Las Ayala

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part of Las Ayala is built on the side of a mountain, the rest down close to the ocean.   The higher parts of town offer excellent views of the bay below.

View of bay from mountaintop location.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We continued up a steep incline to a restaurant on the top of the mountain that offered a different perspective of the beach.

View from restaurant of Las Ayala beach.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anxious to check out the rest of the town, we descended the mountain, and walked to the beach area.   We found  this beach to be a lively, upbeat place primarily geared to entertain guests at the Royal Decameron.  There were excursion boats, party boats complete with blaring music, and dancers onboard, and we noted the beach was full of vendors selling umbrellas, inflatible aquatic toys, etc.

One of two party boats cruising on the bay.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the many vendors on the beach.

Maurice and I strolled through streets bordering the beach.   There were dozens of shops selling similar items that were being sold on the beach.

Some of the shops in Las Ayala.

On one of streets running parallel to the beach an apartment/hotel had sculptured shrubs along the sidewalk.

Sculptured shrubs made nice display.

We enjoyed our tour of Las Ayala so much that we went back with our wives this morning to show them some of points of interest.   As an aside, Maurice and I visited one beachfront trailer park in Las Ayala and we learned that sites fronting on the beach were renting for $1,200 US per month.   This particular park was all concrete, surrounded by a brick wall, with no trees for shade.   We found it difficult that people would pay this much for so little.   But I guess if being were action is important, then some people will pay anything to be there.   We gladly returned to the peace and solitude of the beach at Lo de Marcos.