Blogs from La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America - page 2

Aboard the California Star ferry crossing from La Paz in Baja California Sur to Los Mochis in mainland Mexico. And reflecting on the last two weeks of our travels. After leaving LA via bus from Long Beach LA to San Diego. We loved San Diego lay back city and very friendly. Strolling through the city and the board walk on sunny days, people enjoying the promenade cyclists, walkers and dog walkers we felt it wasn't unlike Brisbane. We found the Saturday food markets that offer a array of food tasting of local produce from Guacamole, Cheeses, Chilli dips and Salsas and wines. With the emphasis on the Mexican cuisine. A clean city with easy light trolleys and buses. We visited the Aircraft carrier The Midway a WW2 aircraft carrier which was fabulous, it enabled me to ... read more

Left Cuidad heading South Highway 1thru Santa Rita and into LaPaz. Heading North hwy 11 to Tecolte Beach stayed on the Beach full of Canadian snow birds. Beautiful it was. Monday took a side trip to Enesanda passing thru Los muertos, south east of LaPaz. Today heading to the big city for a few days.... read more

This morning we decided that it was such a beautiful and calm morning that we would go out again to swim with the whale sharks, knowing we may never be this way again. We shared a boat with a Belgian born guy named Stefano, who was traveling here as part of a year long world tour taking a break from "slavery" as he called work. Stefano had just finished touring Alaska, Canada and the west coast, hitting all our National Parks in between and was on his way to Central and South America. He invited us to visit and stay with him where he lives, which is a small French island off the coast of Madagascar named La Reunion, which he described as "like Hawaii, but more beautiful and way cheaper", SOLD! We drove around the ... read more

We left Cabo Pulmo to make the 3 hr. drive to La Paz, the capital of Baja Sur, population of about 250,000. The only reason La Paz was on our itinerary was it is one of the best places in the world to see whale sharks. The season generally runs from October to February so we kept out fingers crossed that we would see the tail end of the whale sharks. La Paz is a mediocre looking Mexican town with a nice malecon running for a few miles along the waterfront. I had read that there is a small amount of cartel violence here (1 murder a week) but if you are not involved in any part of the drug trade then you should have a safe visit. Once here we read that they have 2 ... read more

While the last few days in La Paz haven't been as exciting as the first two, we've been enjoying the quiet of our hotel (silence is required after 10:00pm...) and the easy accessibility to the malecon and the water. I've tried paddle boarding (a bit too windy and lots of boat wakes, but dolphins!!!); we rented bikes and cycled the length of the malecon; I rented a bike a second time and went swimming at the beach at the end of the malecon while Bill watched the Seahawks game; had an anniversary dinner at a sweet restaurant with great pasta; we rented a car and drove to Todos Santos and on to Cabo San Lucas (and back...); drove another day to the pristine beaches north east of the city in a wind storm; drove to the ... read more