Blogs from Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America - page 51

Our final day in Loreto. Loreto has grown on me in the course of our stay, it has a sleepy charm, friendly people and a small town atmosphere that I feel very familiar with. It is the Mexican equivalent of Sheringham, the small Norfolk seaside town that I went to high school in. The Historica Centro is very quaint, clean and well tended - I hope the photographs I have taken do it justice. My first port of call for the day was the Bank. I arrived at the bank with no idea how to say "I've had my card taken by your ATM. Please can I have it back." I started with "Hola, buenos dias" instead. Then asked if they spoke English - "only a little" - more than my Spanish. With a few English ... read more

We caught an overnight coach from Ensanada to Lorreto - it cost us $60 or $560 pesos, but it took 16 hrs. 16 hrs is the longest I've ever spent on a coach, I'm glad most of it was through the night where I managed to sleep. Due to their being three of us one of us had to sit with a stranger, I was willing to roll the dice and see who turned up - if s/he had spoken a little English I could have really accelerated my Spanish knowledge. It was a fat middleaged Mexican woman - I said "Hola" she looked away out of the window and communicated from then on soley by kicks, grunts, snores and farts. This was the first really unfriendly Mexican I had met - and I had 16 ... read more

Recently, I found this old picture in a family photo album. "Winter 1979" was scrawled on the back. It made me wish life moved a little more Despacito.... When I first saw it, I was instantly teleported back in time when Los Cabos was nothing but sand dunes & sea. Off in the distance, you can make out the rock formation that’s called Lands End. The sleepy fishing pueblo of Cabo San Lucas barely existed. Nowadays, this same spot is covered in multimillion dollar resorts, and all the chaos that comes with that. My attempt to get an “after” comparison photo foiled by looming concrete walls and vigilant security. I wrote a little information on the back of this picture before I tucked it away back in the album to be stored away and forgotten. Maybe ... read more