EL NIDO DE LA TORTUGA - プールサイド、居心地の良いカシータ

We have lived most of our adult life in Middletown, Connecticut, where Melissa was a school social worker and Bill was a clergyman for the first half of his career and a consultant for the second half. In 1979 we built a home on Cape Cod for our family -- we have three sons.

The Cape House was very important to our family, but as the boys grew up, moved away, and had children of their own, we decided to sell that house and build a three-home complex in San Pancho to accommodate our expanded family as well as friends and other guests. EL NIDO DE TORTUGA is one of 3 units.

In January of 2006 two of our sons went on a surfing/scouting trip to the west coast of Mexico. They found their way to San Pancho, and immediately fell in love with the town and the beach. A couple of months later, we rearranged some travel plans and went to check it out for ourselves. Well, we also loved the place.

We felt welcomed to the town. The Americans and Canadians we met seemed to respect the culture and value their relationships with the residents whose families, in some cases, have lived in this area for over a hundred years. It seemed that this would be an ideal place to build a home for generations of our family.

We purchased this piece of land hoping that we might have a pretty good view of the ocean and sunsets. And we do have spectacular views from the top of the property and the main house, LA CASA QUE CANTA. Though there are no ocean views from the NIDO, all around is the gorgeous jungle.

Another reason this property was attractive has to do with the way the hillside drops away rather precipitously and allowed us to place three separate living units in such a way that they provide optimal privacy but still allow for generous places where groups can get together should they want.

Finally, the property is perfect because it is close enough to the beach (a five minute walk down the hill and through our jungle garden) and close enough to the town (about a 20 minute walk)-- but far enough away so that the noise and the congestion which comes in the busiest seasons does not affect us.