We wanted to mention that there is a huge bird population that lives around the fuel dock. There are a lot of pelicans and seagulls, but there are many other bird species, too. Here are a few that have been hanging out by our boat:
Sunrise on Thursday, January 5, 2023
We took the 0900 shuttle into town. Our plan was to rent a car and go grocery shopping. We’d noticed that there was an organic market called Nomada Fresh and Organics near the church, so we decided to walk over there and check it out before heading to Chedraui. It turned out to be a restaurant, not a market. So we had breakfast there.
A street vendor came by selling sweets, and we bought one. It was shredded coconut covered in caramel. It tasted just like the Samoa Girl Scout Cookies.
Land life and boat life each have their pros and cons. La vie sur terre et la vie sur mer ont des pour et contre.
In the boat, it’s fun to be able to go to an anchorage or relocate whenever you want. But the boat has limited space. Unless you are in a marina, you have to get in the dinghy, then zoom over to the nearest good place to land.
Sur le bateau, c’est amusant d’aller à un ancrage et de se relocaliser quand tu veux. Mais le bateau a un espace limité. Sauf si tu es dans une Marina, sinon tu dois prendre le canot pour aller sur le meilleur endroit le plus proche sur terre.
Sunrise on Tuesday, December 13
The taxi picked us up at 1000 from the marina. It took us to the airport, which was on the outskirts of town on the southwest side, about a 20 minutes away from Costa Baja. We drove through downtown La Paz, passed the Walmart at the edge of town, and passed a military base before getting to the tiny airport.
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