In Tropical Riviera Nayarit by Irene Butler Published in TravelLady E-Zine and Senior’s Choice Magazine and TravelingTales.com Curtains of foliage drape the sides of narrow waterways deep in the mangrove forest. Our small boat manoeuvres past the bulging roots which hold these amazing trees upright in the brackish water’s silt base. Crocodiles appear as drifting logs, until they swish their powerful tails. Large swamp turtles laze in the sun on the protruding roots. A pitch-black bird is oddly perched on a branch; its motionless wings spread like a fan. Our guide Richardo says, “That Anhinga is drying his feathers...