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La Paz


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 decorations.
Some of the La Paz decorations.


and did some road trips to the surrounding areas.
Los Cerritos:
Los Cerritos Beach (on the Pacific)
Los Cerritos Surf Colony
The road back to the highway from Los Cerritos.


Even on the highway you have to be on the lookout for livestock.




Todos Santos:


An interesting mural in the Cultural Center..........
..............and a creche.
Also in Todos Santos: Hotel California (which they claim was the subject of the Eagles song).




From Todos Santos we went to Triunfo which is one of several mining towns
 which no longer have working mines. 



Then to Los Muertos which is now called Los Suenos.
We stopped in Muertos last year on Loomba-Loomba and it was interesting to see it by land.
It's an amazing place. Just like last year there were no guests, but lots of employees.

The entrance off the highway had a gate with a guard who radioed ahead and after driving a few miles down this road we   were greeted by another employee in a golf cart and were told to follow her to where we could park. We than got in the golf cart and she drove us through another huge wooden gate and down the hill to the resort restaurant.
It is an amazing place on a beautiful bay.
The restaurant was built around the owner's
electric train collection which is  unbelievable.
Not only do they have an amazing collection of art and artifacts,
they also have the biggest pair of binoculars I have ever seen.
The day Drew left we explored a little of Cabo and San Jose del Cabo. 
We caught the bus back to La Paz and he flew back to L.A. 
Town square San Jose del Cabo.
 We are leaving La Paz tomorrow morning (12/10) and making a couple of stops on the East Cape before heading across to the mainland. We are planning on being in La Cruz for Christmas.
Thanks for your photos, Drew!

Comments

  1. PeterJanuary 8, 2012 at 2:19 PM

    Great reading of your adventures.... Best wishes for the New Year. I was the Canadian guy doing work on my Hans Christian with Steve and John across from you in PT. Have been following your adventures for some time.
    best wishes for the New Year
    Peter & Wendy

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