La Paz, Mexico Travel Blogs

Crazy crazy Carlos....
Sep 11, 2006

... , I moved on rather quickly, as did Trey (who had fallen asleep under the tree and woken up with Carlos beside him). Welcome to La Paz. Dinner was good - some of the first real food I've eaten in days. My appetite isn't what is used to be. I sure ...

From Tijuana to Cabo (1691 kms) under our belt
Mar 7, 2007 (9 photos)

We are finally finishing the Baja leg our trip, and catching the ferry tomorrow from La Paz to the mainland (Los Mochis). La Paz, on the east coast of the Baja and about 150 kms north of Los Cabos, is the state capital and an easy city to hang out in ...

Baja California
May 23, 2006 (20 photos)

... town even has a patisserie selling great baguettes. We continue on, stopping at the pleasant town of Loreto, before finally arriving in La Paz. A nice but as yet, not touristy town in the south of Baja California. Itīs Marcīs birthday on the Sunday, ...

Still in La Paz...
Sep 11, 2006 (2 photos)

... to Guadalajara from there...and there are some other logistical problems I might encounter along the way. Should be sketchy. So total costs for La Paz- 15$ for the hotel, 4$ in taxis, approx 17$ for food, 2$ to the ferry terminal. The bus here was ...

Beautiful Baja California
Oct 20, 2001 (3 photos)

... than Greyhouds in the US to my big surprise! I crossed some beautiful deserts in Baja and arrived at La Paz around 6pm. My first real taste of Mexico, wow! somewhat a culture shock. I just realized my spanglish cannot be understood by anyone. I found an ...

Beachcombing Part II
Dec 29, 2005 (4 photos)

... Model-T rots in the leafy central courtyard, a dusty, stuffed spider monkey straddling the vehicle's dashboard. The waterfront in La Paz is less inspiring, the tepid, shallow water and beach mottled by green seaweed. Shuttle buses run tourists and ...

Baja California - Cacti and camping
Apr 1, 2001

April 1st - written in La Paz, Baja California, Mexico Unfortunately we didn't get out of bed as early as we should have done on the day we went to Mexico. Our plan was to travel quickly down through Mexico on buses, stopping to see maybe two or three ...

La Paz
Jun 11, 2007 (2 photos)

... hostels in every town and city. i get a decent room with TV and sleep. All the time hoping that this place isnt a brothel. La Paz is the nicest place i have been in Baja. Nice sandy beach and nice bars and cafes. the lack of other backpackers is ...

No wonder why I feel hot!
Nov 6, 2006

... positive things... it completely changes your mindset and puts you in a wonderful mood. Speaking of wonderful... the people here in La Paz are absolutely awesome. They are so friendly, kind, polite, and if you smile at them they are very quick to ...

La Paz! We're in the big city now!
Jun 29, 2008 (9 photos)

... nbsp; entire place only had 4 rooms and only one other was occupied by a young Italian couple celebrating their honeymoon.    La Paz is a pretty big city by Baja standards and it felt great to be able to just get some stuff done...like laundry ...

Tortillaring in Mexico
Aug 25, 2006 (5 photos)

... they had finished searching, the ferry terminal was empty! Headed off for the Pensione alifornia, a crazy yellow and blue hotel in La Paz. The walls are lined with old paintings and the courtyard has old car bits and bones. Always a good place to meet ...

Mexico
Aug 17, 2005 (14 photos)

... see what all the fuss what about. For those of you that don't know, Mark's sister, Jessica is living and working in La Paz as an Illustrator with a marine conservation charity. She fell in love with this place some years ago and has visited regularly on ...

Plans changed... again :)
Nov 4, 2006

... we could hear it from our room! Uh, it was only the day after Halloween!). Anyway.. so we ended up on a 22hr bus ride to La Paz! hee hee Heck, why not? haha So, after 22 long hours on a freezing cold bus, we finally arrived to this cute beachside town ...

Did I mention it is hot here?
Nov 5, 2006

Did I mention that it is hot here? whew... well, I was looking for the heat, and boy did I get it! I have no idea what the actual temp is, all we know is that it is HOT HOT HOT! Last night we went for beers with Mike from Oregeon... super nice guy ...

To Baja California
May 23, 2008

... us to move a bit quicker through the very thorough inspection by the Mexican customs officials!!!! We got a shared taxi into the centre of La Paz as there was no sign of the bus. We had asked to be dropped off at the Spanish school where we wanted to ...

Een compleet verslag van de zeilstage tot nu toe.
Feb 3, 2006 (5 photos)

... we nu zitten. Het gaat prima, het wordt steeds warmer, alle winterkleren kunnen opgeborgen worden. Morgen ga ik La Paz verkennen en donderdag vertrekken we weer. Zeezeilstage Vrijdag 13 januari, Ensenada Mexico Vanochtend om 7 uur opgestaan ...

Lange dagen in La Paz
Feb 13, 2006 (5 photos)

Dinsdag 6 februari Het zijn lange dagen in La Paz. Was er oorspronkelijk een stop van twee dagen gepland, het werden er zeven. Reden het grootzeil. We hadden al een scheurtje opgelopen ter hoogte van Magdalena Bay en er zaten nog wat gaatjes en zwakke ...

La Paz Arrival
Oct 28, 2006

We made the 220 or so miles today to La Paz. Well worth the drive! We are at an RV park right on the bay and the breeze is wonderful. There is virtually no one here. The gates were locked when we arrived and the owner "Mary Lu" came out to unlock and ...

Sea Lions
Oct 10, 2006 (25 photos)

The palm trees were near horizontal and the dust was swirling violently in the streets when I arrived in La Paz early Saturday evening. Fortunately I had made it into my accom before the 10 minutes of heavy rain commenced - sufficient enough to flood ...

Baja California, Mexico
Jan 12, 2004 (3 photos)

... all saw in the new year in an appropriate style. On Christmas day i left the states and headed over the border into Mexico. The timing of this sucks, but under No circumstances will American immigration let you extend your visa if you entered the country ...

THE ADVENTURE BEGINS
Jan 17, 2008 (2 photos)

... , who has lived here for more than 24 years.  We had lunch with her yesterday (the 15th) at her restaurant just outside of La Paz and tonight we are going back for dining and dancing at her restaurant, the Club Marlin. This is a very special place, ...

Our firsts....
Nov 1, 2006

... us the 3 blocks! grr! staying below our standards: Lorraine's Guesthouse, Caye Caulker getting ridiculously drunk: John - La Paz, Baja California cockroach in our room: Cozumel Music: Hotel California - La Paz to Todos Santos Anything ...

la paz
Dec 2, 2006

... von St. Quentin ein Busticket nach Santa Ines gekauft...bloss der Bus hielt dort nich...also bin ich 1000 km weiter bis nach La Paz...umsonst...70 euros gespart :))) Anyway, gesehen hab ich noch nix von der Stadt. War die letzten vier tage in einem ...

I canīt drag myself away from this place.
Jan 13, 2008

Today was to be the day that we head over to mainland Mexico. After three months in Baja California, I reckoned it was about time I moved on. So when Bruce told me there was a big, clean south swell coming, what did we do? Go back to Conejo. For the ...

An overnight BOAT trip, with bar, and disco...
Jul 14, 2007

How was the boat trip?

Third time in Conejo...
Jan 11, 2008

... . It was to be my third time in this amazing place. The idea was to surprise Bruce, who would be expecting to meet us in La Paz the following day. We might even get a quick surf in. Bruce wasnīt there. Heīd buggered off early. No worries. We hit the ...

Christmas in paradise
Dec 15, 2007

... the time. Itīs difficult to find a more magical experience. But all good things come to an end, and other good things begin. Eunate flies into La Paz this evening so Iīve come here to spend the new year with her. I canīt wait. More news later... 

Expensive tequila and rocking mariachis.
Jan 12, 2008

This was Eunateīs last night in Mexico. After doing laundry and shaving and all that, we went out for dinner with Bruce and Victor, a friend of ours from Oregon, who weīd met at Conejo. We ate sushi and drank sake. We played pool then  ...

The VW wait
Jan 6, 2007

We scooted down to La Paz as quickly as possible so that Rogelio at GeraldoVW could order parts for ailing Eve if necessary. On arriving Friday, we found that his shop was closed for Christmas (!) until Monday 08 January. Oh well, it was time for a break, ...

La Paz - Time to learn the lingo
Jun 16, 2008 (12 photos)

We arrived in La Paz and got picked up from the bus station by the principal of the Spanish school and dropped off at our host family (Vicente & Alicia) for the week. We thought that it would be a good idea to stay with a local family to help us get ...