Bahia de Los Angeles

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This really is a beautiful spot, some say the most beautiful of the whole of Baja, others say in the world. It has an outstanding approach to it. The bay just unfolds before you as you come over the desert and then you drive down into this ever expanding vista of turquoise blue water with numerous islands of various hues, heights and shapes. It does fairly take your breath away. Once down into the bay you are literally surrounded by mountains (well high hills) many of the islands are also very high. As the light changes constantly, so do the colors on the hills. It truly is amazing.

This is Lorne's favourite spot on the Baja. Today, shortly after a group of seals announced their presence we watched a very large pod of dolphins come into the bay, very close to shore. Apparently juvenile whale sharks arrive here in November and people come from all over the world to swim with them. Whale sharks are the second biggest animal on earth. This makes them very big indeed, some as long as 60 feet the biggest seen by the people we were talking to was only 30 feet. There is all manner of sea life here.

Once again we spend some time looking at places for sale. We found a few to look at that are beach front on leased land, which makes the price more affordable for us although fairly speculative. There is one that I like, quite small but I think has a lot of potential (work). Plus it comes with two boats, two kayaks, and a fairly new quad. For another 20 thou we cqn have the custom built rail that Zips over these desert roads at 60 mph. Now, if only we could figure out a way to fly in here easily so family and friends can visit..... nothing short of chartering a plane, which is entirely possible. There are a number of gringos here who are pilots and there is a runway nearby.

This is a fairly remote area as far as remote areas go in Baja, that we would consider living in. It is about a 10 hour drive south of the Mexican border (depending on who's driving, wouldn't be us in the motor home). It is a fair sized Mexican town with several small grocery stores, an internet and movie rental store, three mechanics, two Pemex stations, a hotel and two small but nice looking motels. There are several restaurants and rv parks on the water in town that have gone belly up. Maybe they open in the summer or maybe no one is staying there at the moment. There is lots of mining history here but no active mining now.

This has long been a major sports fishing destination for fishing fiends, particularly in the summer. There is plenty of bass, barracuda, triggerfish, yellowtail, sierra, grouper, ladyfish, cabrilla, and rooster fish. The temperatures in the summer can get up to 120 degrees, with the water at a cool 90 degrees. There is just no getting cool.

The fruit and vegetables look pretty sad in the stores, although if you know when the delivery date is for the stores you can get some better choices I understand. We see no gardens, water is a problem, although there is a spring where the water comes from, and it is delivered to everyone for a price; or you can fill up your water barrels yourself for a much cheaper price. The town got electricity just last year but there are lots of generators and solar panels around, particularly on the gringos homes which are outside the village where electricity has yet to come.

January 23, 2009
After 6 days of kayaking, cycling and meeting people we are on our way to San Lucas Cove if we make it that far. The road has some excellent spots and some not so good (terrible) spots. A quick stop there and then on to Conception Bay. We will try Playa Requison as we haven't been there before. Whenever we have driven by its been packed with people, this year there have been very few tourists all the way down so far, so perhaps there will be few at this beach as well. It may not be good for kayaking, in which case we will go a few km north to El Coyote again for about a week.

I will post pictures if we ever get any time with an internet connection that works......