Ferry heading into the terminal at sunrise on Monday, November 28
This morning, we got Kosmos ready for sea and lifted anchor at 1000. It was a two hour ride to Playa La Bonanza, located on the east side of Isla Espiritu Santo.
The anchorage was a stunning perfect crescent with sparkling white sand against a backdrop of hills. Looking towards the north end of the anchorage.
Continue readingOn Sunday morning (November 27), we made one more run to the grocery store in La Paz. The tide was not as high as it had been yesterday, but it was still high.
After we were done shopping, we had a little time to kill before the car was due back, so we went to Playa Tecolote, a popular beach at the northern tip of the peninsula. Like the rest of the peninsula, the scenery from the dive was mostly vacant land, mostly hilly desert with glimpses of the shoreline, including several estuaries.
Continue readingSunrise on Saturday, November 26. Very demur compared to some of the dramatic sunrises we’ve seen here in Baja.
We were shocked to find that today the tide was significantly higher than it had been yesterday. Yesterday, we’d tied up in front of the big restaurant. That wasn’t an option today since the big restaurant was flooded.
Playa Pichilingue is nice. There is a beach with two restaurants and a road to La Paz. There is also a dock, but it is broken. The tide swings were so huge that at high tide the water went up to my waist at the broken end of the dock, but Dad carried me.
Playa Pichilingue est bien. Il y a une plage avec deux restaurants et une route pour La Paz. Il y a aussi un ponton, mais il est cassé. Les marées étaient tellement grosse qu’à marée haute l’eau montait jusqu’à ma taille à la fin du ponton, et papa a dû me porter.
Continue readingThe malecon stretches on for miles. When we felt like we’d walked far enough, we turned inland and headed towards the historic church. Just a block in from the malecon, there was a pedestrian walkway that was packed with vendors selling assorted goods.
Here is the other end of the walkway. You can see that the vendor stalls end just before the entrance to Sears.
