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Baja California (5)
I continue with fairly close updates to try to catch the little backlog.
We are now almost in the South and the climate is summer.
1. Baya San Evaristo, a nice anchorage for yachts traveling.
2. Saline behind the promontory.
3. We decided to stop for the day on a beautiful beach where we were completely alone.
4. Nice camp, isn’t it?
5. The weather was not great but it’s nice for taking photos… 😉
6. I took the opportunity to photograph some birds. Here a brown pelican.
7. A blue heron.
8. A couple of American heating small crustaceans.
9. Sorry, I don’t rememebr the English name of this one. Will complete it later. 😉
10. Grooming…
11. I also test my folding kayak that proves efficient!
12. The next day, the light is brighter before our departure.
13. The road to La Paz delivers nice views…
14. … with some cliffs.
15. Fishing camp…
16. Still the desert…
An incident will slow our progress. While we have just La Paz, I see Baja Shaker that puts headlights in my rearview mirror. I stop and Andrew said: “You’re losing all your diesel”. I lean in and discovers a slot of ten inches in one tank welds. The vibrations of the trail broke this weld aluminum. Using plastic bottles cut, we managed recover about five gallonsto fill the only can we had, the rest of 40 gallons accidentally ending on the side. Baja Shaker then tow me to La Ventana where we find an old man, Adan, who made a nice weld on the tank previously took apart. As it was Sunday, it’s Baja Shaker who took me discovering the coast towards Los Barilles.
17. Seashore North of Los Barilles.
18. Sunset on Baya La Ventana.
19. From the other side of the bay the next morning, a beautiful sunrise with the sound of whales blowing.
After the forced stop, we will head north to join a small group of vans in San Ignacio and go alltogheter see the whales in the Laguna San Ignacio. To be continued in a few days… 😀
Baja California (4)
The road down the Baja continues.
1. We passed by the Mission San Luis Gonzaga, simpler but no less lovely.
2. Stripped interior.
3. Bell tower…
4. Decorated door.
5. … and amazing knocker.
6. Detail…
7. Some other buildings probably built in the 19th century remain. These are the only of its kind we saw during our trip.
8. It wasn’t possible to drive faster than 5-10 mph on that kind of roads.
9. Small Church in a very small village along our road…
10. Some “aroyos” have water during the winter.
11. Another mission that we couldn’t visit since it’s private property and we should have had an appointment.
12. Mountain oasis…
13. Another small isolated church.
14. Vivalavida and Baja Shaker then borrow a beautiful canyon to reach the coast about 140 km north of La Paz.
15. Stony descent.
16. Ascent to the pass accessing the coast. Here, a spring creates a small oasis.
17. There are some river crossings…
18. While Andrew went to see the village of San Evaristo, I climbed a peak to look for a point of view. Vivalavida looks very small from up there!
19. What a view!
20. San Evaristo not far away…
21. In one word: superb.
To be continued… 😉
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