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La Paz, BCS 2019

Scenes from La Paz:



The Malecón (waterfront boardwalk) in La Paz is great for
walking or biking. It is now getting a major facelift.
This is the old section:

This is the construction zone:
 

This is the section that is done:
It's VERY nice, has more places to stop and relax, play structures for the
children, and all of the wonderful sculptures are still intact.

 

Carnival!!!!! Is a week+ celebration with a parade most of those days:



Baja California Sur is trying to promote recycling. 
This is a wire form of a whale shark full of plastic:


Meanwhile back at the marina.....
 This was a first for us. We've never seen a personal submarine
on a private boat before:

Nice sunsets

La Paz has lots of very good restaurants, from taco stands to fine dining.
Here are a few of our favorites.
J&R Ribs:
Very good ribs, and many sides and salads to choose from.

El Estadio for fish tacos:


Ventrino for pasta, fish, and key lime pie:

The BEST shrimp tacos are at Pulpo Taqueria on Serdan and 5 de Febrero.
We found this place when we were exploring on our bikes the first time
we were in La Paz in 2011. 



We can't visit La Paz without enjoying a La Fuenta paleta or 
cono - especially when it's my birthday!
This was a cono con helado coco. Yum.

There is a great Organic Market on Saturdays and Tuesdays with
organic veggies, food stalls, and crafts. There is also a new organic
store called Fruti Organic (they have a FB page). La Paz is
getting very "trendy".


An International Triathlon took place one weekend:
An unbelievable amount of work went into setting it all up.......



....but La Paz hosted Mexico's "Tour de France" the next weekend so
all the fencing and tents were used both weekends:



Not only did we get the auto pilot, outboards, and SSB radio fixed while 
we were in La Paz, but Jim also replaced two more port lights and
I re-varnished the interior port light trim. It was also fun
catching up with a few friends that we haven't seen for awhile.
We are FLYING TO MAZATLAN this morning to meet the kids.
Very excited to see them!
We will be back in La Paz the evening of April 12th and
start heading north as soon as we provision.






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