Blogs from La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America - page 5

One evening a few years back, my friend Jovan told me about the best kept secret on the Baja. We were sitting around a campfire drinking cheap tequila and eating fish tacos. Jovan has lived in this part of the Baja all of his life, he is a fisherman - same as his father and his father before. It was only until recently, that he, along with the other panga fishermen who ply the waters in this area realized they could make almost triple the pesos in about half the time by taking tourists out to their secret island hideaway for a look-see. The place I'm talking about is called Isla Espíritu Santo in the Sea of Cortez. Actually the entire site is now protected under UNESCO as a biosphere and has remained remarkably unspoiled. A ... read more

Since we haven't left La Paz I could write a blog about my cleaning of the bilge or Dave pulling his hair out trying to get his new weather fax working, but I wouldn't even want to see that. So I thought I'd go for a walk on the Malecon and take some pictures. The Malecon is a seawall protecting the city. It runs for about 2.5 to 3 miles along the edge of the bay. When it was built it wasn't to be an ordinary ugly sea wall. It is about 20 feet wide in most places and is set back enough to provide for a beach. The top is tiled in tan and red in a swirling pattern. It is well lit at night and has a lot of palm trees. The city side ... read more

On the way to La Paz A little late on this entry but we've been busy. After Sarah left back to the States, Dave and I stayed in Los Cabos for another week so he could rinse the salt out and we would have a better weather window to get to La Paz. During the delay, we took time out to explore Puerto Los Cabos. We had heard about a cactus garden the developer had made, so we went to look at it. I was a lot larger and more elaborate than I had imagined. The landscape architect was really into repetition and rigid symmetry, as you'll see in the photos. After the cactus garden, we set out to walk to the beach and ran into a security guard on an ATV. We asked him if ... read more

We arrived at around 10PM, touching down right on time. I was ever so ready for a few days of doing nothing. Two friends were flying down from Seattle on the 29th, and that meant that we had several days to hang out. I put in a lot of time by the pool. A lot of time. It was fantastic. I did very little besides go to the coffee shop, and hang out by the pool. Two other residents invited us over for drinks on Tuesday. Gene and Tina float between Turkey, Taiwan, China and La Paz. It was great to meet them and chat. Other than the trip out to the municipal building to file a police report for the backpacks and the odd errand, I spent the vast majority of the several days before ... read more

Again some majestic sceneries today. Riding though the Sierra La Giganta, with more than 100 consecutive curves on mountain sides. Pour les bikers du Lac Bowker: traverser la Sierra Giganta (chaine de montagnes) avec sa multitude de courbes est une experience de reve pour motocyclistes. Pour les golfeurs de Quebec, un p'tit 18? On a skippe les premiers 18 pour se concentrer sur le 19... ... read more