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Santa Rosalia

We arrived in Santa Rosalia early enough in the day on May 21st to take a look around the town.  It was built by a french mining company (copper) so most of the buildings are built out of wood with a French/New Orleans flair - quite different from the adobe or cement block you see elsewhere. Their church was even designed by Gustav Eiffel! The mining company has not operated for several decades and the town looks a little economically depressed. Apparently the mine is reopening in a few years and has already started hiring so things are looking up for Santa Rosalia. 

Santa Rosalia is definitely not on the tourist circuit. It is just a friendly and interesting working town. In fact, there are so few "norteamericanos" (tourists or residents) that everyone we meet just seems to know we are on a boat. Very refreshing!
Loomba-Loomba at the 12 boat Marina Santa Rosalia.
There is wifi on the boat!
View from the dock - many abandoned buildings along the waterfront.
A fishing boat loading sardines onto a truck on the pier-a little different procedure than in the states.
One of the town plazas in Santa Rosalia.
 Samples of the Santa Rosalia architecture:
Iglesia Santa Barbara - built in Santa Rosalia in 1897(designed by Eiffel) - still in use.
 

View of Santa Rosalia "Centro"




The largest grocery store in Santa Rosalia
Good Food in Santa Rosalia:
Chuyitas famous bacon wrapped, deep fried, gooped up hotdogs.
Great BBQ Chicken
One of the many taquerias in town.
Tacos carnitas
The Hotel Frances (circa 1886) serves a great breakfast.
Hotel Frances with linen tablecloths and nice china.
New taco stand with fish and shrimp tacos right around the corner from the marina.
Well, it is now May 26. We had planned on leaving yesterday, but there is a strong southerly forecast for the next few days and there aren't many good south wind anchorages within a days travel from here.  We decided to stay put for a few more days before we start heading south. Since we are at a dock we can do a lot of the prep work for "putting the boat to bed" for the summer and won't have quite so much to do in Puerto Escondido.  So this is a good spot to be stuck!

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  1. AnonymousMay 26, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    Are you leaving your boat in Puerto Esconido for the summer?

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