Today we reached La Paz, our southern most destination. Getting in to the port was an interesting experience though… There is a long(about 6 miles), narrow entrance channel that is dredged to make passage to the downtown area of La Paz. We stayed at a Marina right downtown and on the Malecon to experience the city life. Getting into our side-tie slip was interesting, as we basically had to parallel park the boat! David did a nice job getting us in safely.
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| The Malecon |
Our first afternoon in town was sweltering. With no water to swim in, we walked around in 90 degree heat, but thankfully we found some convenient paleta shops, allowing us to cool down and Patrick to try out more ideas for his popsicle business.
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| Posted due to the numerous dogs the cruisers have |
The next morning we woke up to the local cruisers net. It is basically a way for the community of cruisers to stay in touch and hear the weather and other announcements. We used it to find Sea Otter Jimmy, a guy who sailed down on a trimaran 30 years ago and fell in love with a local girl who worked at a ice cream store! So he stayed down here and happens to be a highly recommended outboard mechanic, so we paid him to service our Honda. After the net is over, many cruisers head over to Club Cruceros, a little building near our marina that has a library and social area for the cruisers. It is amazing how many retired gringos are living the cruising life in La Paz, but it makes sense. They have a social life right on shore, easy to access with bocce ball, yoga, volleyball, line dancing and more activities nearly every day. Club Cruceros is like a retirement home for gringos in Mexico. Patrick bought a “pink” shirt, or officially apricot ice color for the upcoming Bay Fest, a weekend full of fun activities.
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| Our neighbor mother hummingbird |
La Paz seems like a pleasant little town. At night the Malecon wakes up and is full of Pacenos(what people from La Paz are called) exercising or strolling with their lover and ice cream. It is really great to have a couple mile long walk that is totally protected from cars!
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| The famous Pearl of La Paz |
After a few days in La Paz, we started to get restless for the sea. It was just too darn hot and our area was full of old cruisers, not people we were stoked to hang out with. Finally, with a few scrapes of the dock on our way out, we were heading back north.
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| Vicious locals (Free tire puncturing if you park there!) |
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