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A Quiet Week of Salt Air and Slow Days

·Playa Bonita·#mexico#travel#beach#spring#ocean
A sandy beach with palm trees under a blue sky, ocean with a boat, and a colorful towel in the foreground.

The end of March bled into the beginning of April, and most of our days looked pretty similar. The routine was simple: find a spot on the sand, sometimes under the shade of a thatched roof palapa, and just watch the water. The sea was incredibly calm most of the week, with just small waves washing up ashore.

We'd watch the occasional boat pass by on the horizon. The light would shift throughout the day, from bright and clear to the warm, hazy gold of sunset. One evening, we watched a boat head in as the sun went down, leaving just a silhouette on the water.

There was time for short walks, too. Down the coast, we passed some old stone structures tucked into the trees and a few small beach restaurants like Playa Bonita. Quirky, hand-painted signs were scattered around, pointing the way to places like 'Rasta's Freedom in Paradise'. It was a quiet stretch of time, dictated mostly by the sun and the tide.

View from under a thatched roof of a sandy beach and blue ocean, with a sailboat, boat, and a palm tree.Foamy waves wash onto a sandy beach with seaweed and colorful inflatable rings near shore buildings.A black bird sits in a flowering tree with green leaves, next to a two-toned blue ocean.Silhouetted boat on the ocean at sunset with a bright sun in an orange cloudy sky.Palm fronds frame a beach and blue-green ocean with a pelican, a submerged object, and a distant boat under a cloudy sky.A weathered stone building with a doorway and a red carved seat, partially obscured by trees and white flowering foliage.A weathered sign for "Exclusive Client Parking" and "Rasta's Freedom in Paradise" stands by green bushes and the ocean.A colorful beach restaurant with thatched umbrellas and a wooden observation tower sits on a sandy shore by the ocean.

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