Category Archives: Activities

Things we have done during our travels.

Second Trip to Ensenada Grande on Isla Partida, Day 3

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Sunday (January 22) was another rolly morning. First thing in the morning, we coordinated with the other families to go for the big hike. We encouraged everyone to meet onshore ASAP so we could all get a reprieve from the rocking.

We met on the main beach at 1030. It felt good to be on dry land! The older kids took off hiking right away. The adults and younger kids didn’t get moving until after 1100. We’d mentioned that on the day we’d arrived, there was a fourth boat in the anchorage that we didn’t know. It turned out the fourth boat was also a family, and that family joined us on the hike, too. 

Probably around 1120, the kids and adults passed one another as the kids were on their way down. Keith reported that they hadn’t gotten as far as we’d gotten last time before they decided they were hot and turned around.

It wasn’t nearly as green now as it had been last time we’d hiked the trail, but there was still plenty of plant life. The first photo was looking back at the beach, and the second photo was taken at the same spot, but looking up the trail.

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Third Trip to Playa Pichilingue, Days 3 – 4

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Sunrise on Tuesday, January 17. The crescent moon looks fuzzy in this photo because it was blurred by a cloud.

The waves built through the night, and it was another uncomfortably rocky morning. After we finished our morning chores, we went to the Cantamar for Elevensies (late breakfast/early lunch. Eric ordered chili rellenos stuffed with seafood in a cream sauce. They may have been the biggest rellenos we’ve ever seen, and they were great.

After we ordered, Christi walked over to the reception desk to ask if we could leave our dinghy on their beach while we went to La Paz. The reception staff told us that we could for a $10 per person fee, so $30. When Christi said that were spending more than $30 at the restaurant, they made it clear that the fee was to have the dinghy on their property, and that the fee was on top of anything we purchased at the hotel. Christi said that we’d leave right away to avoid the fee.

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Playa de Bonanza on Espiritu Santo to Playa Pichilingue

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Sunrise on Sunday, January 15

We are sad to report that it was no calmer on the north end of the anchorage than it had been on the south end. The rolling wasn’t terrible, but it certainly wasn’t calm. 

At 1000, we met Moin and Erin Skye on the beach and went on a hike inland with them. There were several hikes at Bonanza, and we chose the one closest to where we landed the dinghies. Looking south from the trail head.

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The La Paz Museum of Whales and Sciences of the Sea

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Here is the nearly-full moon during the sunrise on Monday, January 9.

We arrived at the Museum of Whales and Sciences of the Sea at 10:15. Our friends on Sirena met us there. The entry fee was $2.00 USD per person, with an extra $1.00 USD per person for the guided tour. We opted for the guided tour. The museum was small, but the tour was detailed and informative, lasting about an hour and a half. In addition to whales, the museum also had displays on dolphins, sea lions, manatees, turtles and more. 

We started in the evolution room, where the guide explained that ocean mammals, such as whales and dolphins, were originally land mammals that went into the sea for food and eventually evolved to live in the sea. He talked about how the different sea animals have evolved. For example, whales nostrils evolved from the front of their face to the top of their heads, and whales have a tiny foot that is currently evolving away. He talked a lot about how similar the bone structures of sea mammals were to various land mammals, especially humans.

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Another Day of Chores and Errands, Plus Dinner on the Malecon

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Sunday (January 8) was a mellow day. We went out around 10:30 to search for the whale museum. This time we found it, only a few thousand feet north of where we’d turned around yesterday. Sigh. If only we’d gone a little farther… The museum was closed on Sundays, and it closed at 1400 (2:00 pm) the rest of the week, so we couldn’t have gone on Saturday, anyways.

We picked up a few more groceries, then headed back to the boat to do more chores. In the evening, we went to dinner with the Saphira crew at a restaurant on the malecon called Bismark. A lot of street vendors that came by, including musicians.

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