Pueblo por la Playa: Huatulco Villa

We stayed in one of the Huatulco Villas at Pueblo por la Playa. We arrived on a rainy night and thought the color of our villa was white.




In the morning, I realized it was apple green. The villa is a duplex, another family occupied the next door.

Every villa is in vibrant colors. These two egg villas are actually offices.




Next to our villa is a purple one which was occupied  by my friend's family. We were actually families of like four with lots of kids.. We occupied four villas.








It was our first to stay in a Mexican themed room. We were in awe of the vibrant colors that surrounded us inside and out of the villa.

The living room and bedroom is separated by a single wall. It's a back to back wall. It doesn't have  a door.

The bedroom equates the living room in size and colors.












The villa's best ever feature is the back door of the room which leads to a private veranda that leads to a walkway down below to..

.. the beach !!! Is that love or what!!!




Going back to the sala, the door to the bathroom could be found.

It has see-through window which we used to watch the safety of our kids while we were at the sala and they were playing in the tub.




Look how eco-friendly the ceiling in the bathroom is.

More pretty details of the bathroom.




Before bed time, the younger guests were happy to receive a complimentary pastry snacks.

Right in front of our entrance door was a beautiful Christmas tree made of potted flowers. So nice.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

Tribal Sidewalks

In Davao City, I bought my girls' tribal collection from the side walks right beside the People's Park. I'm not sure if it's an everyday thing to find them in the streets but I think it was only because of the current festival being celebrated at the time of my visit.

Although these tribal trinkets were being sold gypsy-cally  in the side walks, the trademarks were imminent _ drumbeats, dread lock hairstyled, tattooed and xl hole ears pierced artists /vendors. Exactly the same characteristics I gathered from other stores which I found some in the beaches or markets of different islands in the country. See other stores here and here.

I reckon, the artists and sellers of these trinkets might be members of one tribe or religion as they manifest the same characteristics.Or is it just another fashion culture in this side of the universe? I'm not sure.






It must be because of the location that goodies here were sold cheaper than the ones in a fixed store. I guess that's given.
My girls were happier that I brought home more when I came from Davao. Ofcourse, it was cheaper so I bought 2x lot more than I usually do.

Kuweba

I'm always fascinated with tribal arts and so my girls are too. Whenever I have my out of town trips, they only ask me to buy the same things to take home for them_ tribal accessories.

So I'm always on the look out for local shops where I could buy handcrafted necklaces, rings & earrings. The girls want theirs to be individually produced and not to have any twins.

Sometimes, I would get them right from the beach, market, park or a local specialty shop. In Coron, I saw this eye catching tribal shop right beside the hotel I was staying. It was named Kuweba (cave). Although the name didn't match the structure of the nipa hut store at all, it somehow gave off a mysterious air to the contents of the shop.

I've seen shops of this type around the country and usually the artists themselves are the ones managing the stores. Always, there would be tribal music being played live by the artists, accompanying your visit inside the shop which intensify the tribal atmosphere.

Everything was beautiful but I didn't buy a single item. The designs of the accessories were actually too strong for my girls' shorts and shirts outfits. I love the home decor items but didn't match my budget, not even close.
Nonetheless, I was able to buy my girls' accessories in another store in the town.

Tribal Trinkets

I coudln't help but be proud of my heritage everytime I get to see handcrafts, native accessories & trinkets being showcased and sold by/from our tourist shops.















My daughters, so young and so faithful to our country, patriotism shouts out loud from the way they accessorized their arms and necks.








They love to buy little things which they personally find pretty and very filipino from these shops. They are particularly fond of our tribal arts.










Admittedly, unlike my young girls, I don't anymore go gaga, everytime I see our tribal art products. I've seen a lot of them in my lifetime. Even saw the same products being reproduced from my younger years. Had even owned some of them myself, in one time or another.




The few times I was touristing in other countries, I would always bumped into their own cultural products and always in one way or another, I would be easily taken by the uniqueness and beauty of their arts and culture.









Yet, still these pinoy trinkets never fail to vivify the unconditional love I have to my country.

Pinoy Ako !!!