On the beach, on the Sea of Cortez side for the moment.. Chilling out, getting a base tan and camping right on the beach at Puerto Escondido (the Baja version) amongst a bunch of BC (british columbia, Canada) and north west americans. All seem very friendly and unlike the folk we spend one night with in the Bay of Conception these people don’t have generators running all evening, and chainsaws to cut wood. These people seem a little more back to nature, focused on fishing, and eating that fish and with impressive solar set-ups. Our neighbours have been here 15 years on the trot, and are very sweet indeed. And now they believe Paul is an A*M*A*Z*I*N*G fisherman as he caught a Mahi Mahi (Dorado) off our inflatable kayak today. They typically migrate south by now, and Mrs Neighbour says no-one has pulled one up for months. Ha! Pure luck I am sure but it was a fun kayak trip. Paul did all the hard paddling work, as I am still recovering from a fractured ??? rib, and only allowed to chill for next few weeks. OK. So this is why I am not too worried about being on the non-surf side of Baja for now. We were gonna move south to Punta Conejo=surf spot today, but it was just too nice here this morning at sunset. Maybe tomorrow. The relaxing has begun. Hopefully meet up with Leah at Conejo and have a load of fun.
The van is fantastic so far, small and a little bit compact inside but also very easy to navigate into smaller spaces and onto rougher roads.
Omar seems to think that sea water is fine to drink.. So I am sure he will get sick good soon.. We are working on it.. Other than that he loves being a free dog and running around in the cacti, playing with the neighbourhood dogs and rolling in dead things. He loves the van above anything though and just wants to be in there curled up on the driver’s seat.
Saw Parrot fish and Clown fish from the kayak today, didn’t even have to stick my head in, nice. And snorkelled among a gazillion little bait fish.. Kinda scary how many surrounded us.
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