After our final days of enjoying Costa Baja and La Paz, we departed on 13 March. Our friend Venus also happened to be departing from the fuel dock at the same time, so we were able to get some great pictures of Venus and AEOLI together - really shows the scale of the super yacht!
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| Final Bismark-cito fish tacos and empanada |
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| Leaving our mark at the local cruisers bar The Shack |
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| Super yacht, mini yacht... |
Travelling back north through the Sea of Cortez was nostalgic, as we were able to revisit some of the places we had previously enjoyed. Now that the weather is warmer in the sea, there are many more cruisers, highlighting the value of the solitude we had in our previous tour. We motored north for 25 nm the first day and anchored in Ensenada Grande; the second day another 55 nm to anchor in Puerto Los Gatos, a favourite of ours with its dramatic red rock formations; the third day another 54 nm to Puerto Ballandra on Isla Carmen just outside of Loreto. Finally we ran overnight for 115 nm to Guaymas, arriving today in the late morning. We were grateful that our calm weather window held, and we did not have another night of fighting north in the sea.
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| Huge whale, larger and a lighter grey than the ones we've seen before |
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| Whale tail! |
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| Just as we were commenting that the Mexican dolphins do not seem to enjoy swimming with us as much as the Californian ones, they showed up! |
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| Final sunset on the sea this season :( |
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| Hello Guaymas, industrial town |
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| Fleet of fish boats |
So beautiful, both the scenery and the wildlife! Matt that yacht's got nothin' on you guys ;)
ReplyDeletewe haven't seen the sun in Vancouver for days now...so feeling a little jealous currently!