Tag: Mexico

The Place of the Deer.

The Place of the Deer.

A place of peaceful beauty, Mazatlán lies at the Southern Sea of Cortez on mainland Mexico. Mazatlán means ‘place of the deer’ in Nahuatl, spoken by the native Indian tribe. Later the French coined it the ‘Pearl of the Sea of Cortez’. The perfect place 

Lupe Therapy.

Lupe Therapy.

Yesterday, we hung out with Lupe. Lupe opened the one and only restaurant in Bahía San Evaristo two years ago. Cruisers, who anchor in this bay every year, encouraged this small fishing village of around a hundred souls to cater to the passing boats and 

The Seri Against Western Civilization.

The Seri Against Western Civilization.

It was a short sail over to Bahía Kino, past a rock formation the Seri call Ak Akeem and another, which looks like a sphinx from one side and like a turtle coming the other way. No wonder that both have a special place in 

At Peace.

At Peace.

The Day of the Dead. Halloween. Totensonntag. We celebrate the dead. Every culture, in their own way, honors those who came before us. We honor the ones, who died too young, after a long illness, a violent or a peaceful death after a fulfilled life. 

Oh Mango!

Oh Mango!

If there is one fruit I love, it is mango. This south-east asian fruit is cultivated all over the tropics. The mango is an expat like me and having lunch shaded by a mango tree is my kind of paradise. Loreto was founded by Spanish missionaries 

Peaceful La Paz.

Peaceful La Paz.

They say sailing and cruising will slow you down. So far we have been racing down Baja to La Paz to get North of the 25° latitude, because our insurance wants us there. We want to be there too because officially hurricane season has started 

In the Land of the Avocado and the Tomato.

In the Land of the Avocado and the Tomato.

Before we left San Diego for Mexico, we provisioned. Bought a lot of food, as if we wouldn’t touch land for another six months. We didn’t know what to expect and wanted to be prepared. We had been eating great fruit and vegetables imported from 

We did it!

We did it!

We left San Diego, finally, at 6 am and crossing over into Mexican waters probably around one hour and a half later. We will check into the country with all formality in Ensenada tomorrow. The last days leading up to the departure were filled with 

Destination …

Destination …

May 15th, 2016. Today we cast off from Shelter Island Marina/San Diego at 0600 hours. Our destination …Ensenada Mexico. It’s been a year and a half of hard work, learning, good days and bad. We were fortunate to meet good people to help us along