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Puerto Escondido through Caleta San Juanico

After getting water, fuel, and gasoline we left Puerto Escondido on May 4th at 10am  and arrived in the SW anchorage of Isla Coronados at 1:30. 

It was a beautiful anchorage, but the water was pretty cold and the bee population was a problem so we left early the next morning for Caleta San Juanico.

We had some good sailing from Coronados to San Juanico and arrived to find a big Cinco de Mayo party going on.  Apparently it is an annual event put on by the gringo community in Loreto.  Lots of boats, tents, music, water toys, food and drink. They set up a huge buffet lunch and invited the three cruising boats that were here.

Cinco de Mayo Celebration going on in San Juanico when we arrived
Most of the Loreto crew left on Friday  and we had the bay pretty much to ourselves until 3 other cruisers (including Journey and Full Quiver) arrived in the afternoon. 
Morning view from the cockpit in San Juanico
As the week progressed more boats arrived and not too many left.  It was a fun group of people  and we ended up having beach potlucks several times.
View of the anchorage. Loomba-Loomba is the first boat on the right.
Beach Potluck

We absolutely love San Juanico. Great swimming, snorkeling, beachcombing, hiking and amazing marine life.  It’s our favorite anchorage so far! The highlight was a whale shark that hung around the anchorage for several days. Very curious and gentle. 




Swimming with the whale shark
He would come really close to the boats and dinghies
and circle around to take another look.
Beachcombing.
The last sunset at San Juanico.
 We left San Juanico on May 14 and headed 9 miles north to Punta Pulpito.


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  1. dolffunMay 22, 2011 at 7:35 PM

    Gorgeous sunset! Maybe we should leave now and just come for a visit. It's cold here.

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