S/V Loomba-Loomba

We arrived in San Blas/Mantenchen Bay at 5PM on 12/14. All decorated for Christmas. Outside the Market Hotel Flamingos Lobby Apparently built by Maximillan Delius More pinatas Central Plaza I wish I'd taken a video of this. These four dogs barked up a chorus whenever anyone walked by. This woman was all dressed up riding around town. We saw her later with her little grandson (great-grandson?) riding in the front. Lunch at Alicia's on the beach with Bob and Gisele from Relax  and Virg from Wildflower. We left San Blas the morning of 12/18 and arrived in Chacala that afternoon. One of our favorite spots. We caught 2 Sierra on the way to Chacala. Really good eating. The Port Captain's office in Chacala A very descriptive sign on the path from the dinghy landing to the town. Hotel Las Brisas. On the Beach with good wifi in the restaurant. Two Chacala fishermen heading out in the evening. Chacala Sunset. ...

We left La Paz on 12/10 and anchored in Puerto Ballandra (12 miles from La Paz)  to get an earlier start through Cerralvo Channel. This was the sunset that night. Had a great sail heading out of the Channel the next day  and anchored in Los Muertos for the night. Left Los Muertos on the 12th heading for San Blas. Leaving Muertos there was no wind. The wind picked up later that day and lasted all night. Sunrise day 2. Sunrise day 3. Passing Isla Isabela heading into San Blas. We anchored in Mantenchen Bay at 5pm on December 14.

We arrived at Marina Palmira in La Paz on 11/29 with time to get Loomba-Loomba cleaned up,  do laundry and buy a little food before Drew arrived on 12/2.  Drew flew into Cabo, rented a car and drove up to La Paz. The weather was not great while he was here - more "northers" - in fact blowing 25-30 right in the bay. All the slips at all the marinas were full and no one was going anywhere.   Since we didn't want to go out to the islands we explored La Paz, La Fuente Ice Cream Shop on the Malecon (As featured in the Seattle P.I.) Riding our bikes from Marina Palmira to El Centro Catedral de Nuestra Senora de La Paz hit the big supermarkets (there are many) to re-provision and Home Depot for some boat supplies, Lots of good produce to choose from at Soriana's Hiper. The wind blew Santa over! we hung out around the boat and marina,  Drew had a hard time not taking this kitty home. Sunset view from the cockpit. Loomba-Loomba's Christmas decora...