Hotel Serenidad Mulegé

In Mulege...wow it is beautiful. We have the entire beach to ourselves (Playa Escondido)! It's really hot though. We are also finally meeting other travellers. We have a new addition to our crew! Can't wait for you all to meet Ballena, our little whale. Love you all and talk to you later! :) Steph & Wade

Playa Escondido-2 nights
Playa Los Cocos-10 nights
Met Karen and Allen, and Tobi and Jenny
Nancy and Allen

Previously on Si's blog...instalments that I´ll complete later, in the interests of keeping this current:- The Big Sur - Travelling the coast with Gaz and Shahla from LA to Santa Cruz. NLP University - Experiences, thoughts and changes while on the NLP course in Santa Cruz. A taste of California - Goodbyes and a big "Hello" to Eli as we get ourselves ready for Latin America while still in the States. --- Our alarm is set, but I wake up earlier than expected. Today is the day we're ...

... I was so excited to meet someone else who had danced with the devil...Team LA, you know what I'm talking about! Ok, Jess here...first off, Malin's burritos tasted so good because Felix, the bartender/chef, never cleans the grill!...you have all of that carbonized Mc-goodness of garlic, onions, peppers, and built up everything that has been cooked on it throughout the ages...although I didn't say anything at the time because Malin's smile ...

... here last! It was now 73 degrees instead of 113...what a difference! And today, we'd have to cross the Baja Peninsula twice! From the Sea of Cortez to the Pacific, and back to the Sea again. A little bit about negotiating the roads in Baja...be careful!! These little strips of bumpy tarmac can be daunting...the main north-south road is no wider than your average driveway and there is no usable shoulder to speak of... and with limited budgets ...

... beach made of thousands of perfect shells. At first we thought the hotel was closed, there was not a sole to be seen on the grounds, but then at sun down we detected some activity so we thought we would go in for a cocktail. The hotel was beautiful but eerily empty, I felt like I was living the Eagles description of Hotel California. When we made our way into the main dining ...

... be putzed in. We saw pods of dolphins, spectacular sunrises and sunsets, and the most incredible biophosphorescence I´d ever come across. I´d seen this phenomenon (caused by zooplankton) in Fermain Bay in Guernsey and at Belvoir Bay in Herm, but never as bright as this. Splashing the water was like throwing stars. Eunate and I wrote our names in the sand on the shoreline and, as the water lapped forwards, the letters lit up ...

... full volume. Mulegé is a pleasant little town on an estuary on the Sea of Cortez. It is surrounded by palm trees and pelicans. Eunate and I spent one night here in Manuelita´s guest house then decided to hit one of the beaches south of town. We did our shopping, stocking up for a week of camping, then set out for the highway to hitch a ride...

... is truly a spectacular cruising area. There are islands all the way up the coast, and also beautiful bays on the mainland. Each new place requires only a short sail of a few hours. The sea life is abundant. We've seen countless manta rays of all sizes jumping way out of the water and have been joined by some very athletic dolphins making huge leaps out of the water around the bow. Scott and Chris saw two Hammerhead sharks from the boat one day, and a pod of ...

... cheap price. She was able to convey to one boatman that she was on a limited budget and was willing to pay $25 USD. She was turned down and told to head to the office to haggle. Funny thing, the night before, the office staff told us to haggle with the boatmen. It seemed as though the whole outfit was playing a nice ol' fashioned game of "the run around". Sullen, Geraldine walked toward the office. To her surprise she heard footsteps on the dock behind her ...

... Public Library, and the old French neighborhoods. We strolled the streets for a little while and the Eurons bought a watermelon before we stopped for the night at a fish camp a few miles south of night called Camacho RV Park. We had the place to ourselves except for a massive RV from Oregon the owners of which we never saw. Nobody ever came to collect our seventy pesos so unless they show up in the morning this may be a freebie.