The Beginning of Baja

 

My favorite ferry ever--NOT!

 

 

After an unexpectedly long ferry ride, (24 hours total because one of the ferry engines broke) we made it to La Paz on the Baja peninsula on the afternoon of March 20th. We were so relieved to finally be off of the ferry, although we did meet some interesting travelers from Spain, Germany and England onboard. La Paz centers around the malecon beach walk and that is about all we were able to see on our first day there because we got off the ferry five hours later than expected. Well, actually on the first night we saw the sunset on the malecon as well as an amazing lobster stuffed chile relleno that my mom had read about before we even got there. Yum! Sometimes it's nice to travel with someone who reads the "where to eat" section of the guidebook before any other parts! Here are a few of the late afternoon and sunset pictures of statues and a giant waterbottle shark along the beach front. 

 

 

We made up for our late start the next day, by mastering the bus system and checking out two gorgeous beaches northeast of town. Tecolote beach was at the end of the paved road and we caught the first bus there in the morning. We snorkeled at La Concha beach in the afternoon, which was not yet packed with Semana Santa (Holy Week/Spring Break) crowds. Mom and I also took the kayaks at our hotel out on the bay and it was so handy to be staying so close to the water.

 

Playa Tecolote, all to ourselves!

 

 

Greek-themed Hotel Mediterraneo in La Paz and the view from the roof top patio