Hacienda Del Sol La Paz

... sated with the action so far. <br><br>The rest of the day was tame in comparison as we were on sealed roads, but still good fun, dodging the pot holes and sand drifts left over from the recent hurricane. We headed steadily south, driving through the few coastal villages that have spung up to service the surfing and diving crowds. All pretty basic and backed as ever by the stark, bare, sand coloured mountains.<br><br>By 4pm we were barrelling along a dirt ...

... Brenda and Walter who manage the place were absolute gems and intent on making our stay a pleasure. It was definitely a good idea to drop anchor here for a few days. <br><br>Like TJ, La Paz seemed to be pretty dead with no western tourists at all, only Mexican families who for all we knew were local. The place was swelteringly hot with only a gentle breeze coming off the sea the afternoon we got there. The rest of our first day was spent exploring the place with a general ...

... up going home, showering and returning to the Malecon in hopes of finding Marcos and Jonathan &#8211; and to our surprise, after turning around and cruising back towards home, we saw Marcos! We had a hard time understanding what the plan was at first but parked our car and soon Jonathan and a young family of three joined us &#8211; Ivan, Monica and Leonardo. Ivan used to work in D.F. with Jonathan and moved to La Paz a year ago. His ...

Started day at café, and met Paco the musician - great vocals and incredible collection of woodwinds from South America. We enjoyed the daily special, juevos rancheros y café for 35 pesos (under $3). Then off to shop for our casita. We loaded up ...

... the off-season, and apparently the resort sees most of its business from August to November and a bit into December. Water temperature is warmer as is visibility for diving, and the air temperature is also warmer. Still, coming from the land of low viz, I'll take 30 feet any time. I'm sure being the only ones there did influence the quality of our stay. I'll start with Club Cantamar itself. In trying to decide if I wanted to make the trip ...

... be interesting. I've been elected to drive. Pam, hope you don't have to bail me out of Mexican jail! After that, we'll have one more day to relax (and let all of our gear dry out!) before heading for home on Saturday. I hope you've enjoyed this little blog about my trip to Mexico. It's been a lot of fun, but I do miss family and home. I'll try to update these next two days, but I'm not sure they will be nearly as interesting as diving!! Until then...

... trips, as you may already know. This one is starting out to be no different. This trip is to La Paz, near the southern tip of the Baja peninsula and along the Sea of Cortez. The closest major city you probably have heard of is Cabo San Lucas. La Paz is a quiet and prosperous little area that has dive and fishing resorts but none of the spring break craziness and crime associated with other touristy Mexican towns. It's perfect ...

I. San Francisco -&gt; Los Isolottes -&gt; Caleta Partida<br><br>Before leaving we took the dingy to the beach to explore the salt flats, cross the small neck of the island, and collect shells and rocks for ballast. <br><br>Again, no wind, dead calm and the iron genny had to do all the work. Though we did take a break at mid-passage for a cold, refreshing swim off the back of the boat followed by a ...

After a day chillin'' in Mulegè doing our only chore (washing), we decide it's time to explore the area. Early start to catch the 'commuter' traffic and we're stood at the entrance to the town trying to thumb ourselves a lift the 30 minutes down to El Burro. With lots or returned hand gestures, we're not sure what we're doing wrong when one very kind fellow stops in his pickup and lets us jump in. We share the open back with 3 logs and a huge machete and I ...

... was surprisingly terrific, it is set out like having a BBQ at your mates house with good music pumping out in the background. We enjoyed it so much we ended up going there everyday from then on. We had to change hotels as the hotel we were staying at was closing down for the week (we are in the off season), so we headed out to the La Concha which was a beach resort 5kms out of town but closer to the ferry terminal where we would need to take a taxi when we head off to ...