Mexico - Bahia California - La Paz

 

A short stop over in Los Angeles, due to technical problems, gave us the chance to visit shortly the famous town

 

In La Paz we joined the marina "La Palmera", where we checked in on our 3800 Moorings catamaran.

MARINA LA PALMERA

  

After stowing away our provisions

 for our ten days' trip, we were ready to sail off

 

Our first destination was Bahia San Gabriel on the island Espiritu Santo

Bahia San Gabriel

Leaving Bahia San Gabriel, we sailed northwards past the island of La Partida towards Los Îlotes. Here we had the opportunity to 

snorkel with a colony of sealions. 

We were told that it is no problem snorkeling with sea lions,   but should the big male sea lion enter the water,   it would be better to get back to the boat    After our "sealions' bath" we sailed back to Isla La Partida to anker in the Bahia El Cardonal     From Isla La Partida we sailed towards Isla San Francisco  and onto Isla San Jose  From our anchorage (Bahia Amortajada) we started exploring the large mangrove estuary as well as the cactus forest with its’ famous cardon cacti     After leaving San Jose, we anchored in front of the Agate beach in San Evaristo Here we have a stroll through a  small fishing village of San Evaristo, as well as an old salt farm (salinas)   Leaving San Evaristo we sailed around Isla San Jose. Here we had the opportunity to watch some whales and a huge school of dolphins. The dolphins offer a spectacular sight since they are hunting and the water is literally crammed with these amazing mammals.   On our way back, we stop at Partida, go ashore and have a long walk through a very particular landscape with red rocks and bizzare sand formations. After that we enjoy a snorkeling session in the bay of Espiritu Santo  Leaving the sailboat, we take advantage of our stay in Mexico to visit Mexico city (Tenochtitlan) the famous pyramids of Teotihuacan, as well as the Puebla and Taxco