15 - 17 February, 2007
La Paz, Baha California Sur, Mexico
--- population: 196,000
Casa Blanca RV Park
Dear Friends of Barbara and Charlie (B/C) ...
Humphrey again. This email covers the drive from Cabo San Lucas to La Paz on the Sea of Cortez, 106 mile drive. We stayed here three nights. La Paz is an active port, terminal for ferries from the mainland, and the capital of Baha California Sur state. It is a bustling city that we happened to catch during their Mardi Gras which essentially closed the downtown in the evening; B/C stayed at home.
Our sightseeing of the city was by bus. The roadway system were well developed however traffic was pretty heavy. Always there is a stop at the traditional Mercado or market, now really an acronym with all the supermarkets with packaged and refrigerated foods.
Lunch was at a popular semi-outdoor restaurant: you ordered outside and it was served to you at the table inside. The restaurant was across the street from the malecon or harbor walk. The tide was out. Charlie came across a group of high school kids who were posing for one of their kind taking a picture of them with her cell phone. He volunteered to take one of all of them and shot this as an aside.
The afternoon included a visit to a long-established weaving artisan; in the morning we had visited a long-established pottery artisan.
Our sightseeing of the city was by bus. The roadway system were well developed however traffic was pretty heavy. Always there is a stop at the traditional Mercado or market, now really an acronym with all the supermarkets with packaged and refrigerated foods.
Lunch was at a popular semi-outdoor restaurant: you ordered outside and it was served to you at the table inside. The restaurant was across the street from the malecon or harbor walk. The tide was out. Charlie came across a group of high school kids who were posing for one of their kind taking a picture of them with her cell phone. He volunteered to take one of all of them and shot this as an aside.
The afternoon included a visit to a long-established weaving artisan; in the morning we had visited a long-established pottery artisan.
That evening we were hosted to a margarita cocktail party and dinner at a plush ocean-side resort.
The highlight of the evening was a very professional dance troop of engineering college students! Charlie says that he never saw engineering students this attractive in any of his classes. The dress and dancing was spectacular, all on the theme of courtship as represented in dances from the several different ethnic areas of Mexico.
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Humphrey for Charlie and Barbara
