Baja, beaches n boats
I'm making my way south in Baja, with white sandy beaches on my mind...
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Breakfast is from a shack, nuts and a couple of oranges. After a long, long ride I stayed at this place as a reward!
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...because I need a sun lounger. Here I met Cindy and Neil, very nice couple. Neil is another person from Sunderland, now living in Canada. Why do people always leave Sund... no wait...
Anyway the have a house further south and told me whereto find the good secluded beaches.
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On my way to beach Nevada, I need to stop for laundry and internet... After a total of 3689 miles, I reach the port town of La Paz. I stay at this crazy hotel...
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They encourage me to bring the bike into the courtyard... we're both showing the miles.
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My room comes with mummified monkey in a jalopy outside.
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oh mummymonkey!
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Miguel, keeps the place running, always tinkering and making things for display. So polite and charming.
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Found out about ferry to mainland, but with chores done, its off the nature reserve of Cabo Plumo and unsullied beaches.
nice old silver mining town on the way
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Finally, found beach
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found shack on beach
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lovely palm thatch all for $15 a night
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itchy and scratchy live outside and follow me everywhere
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found Margarita and fish tacos...
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Tacos actually from amazing place in Los Barriles - thanks again Cindy and Neil!
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had a swim or two...
One of the beaches actually has lots of gold pyrite or something glittering in the sand... beautiful.
On the second night a big kerfuffle outside, hooves clip clopping then barking and neighing on and on, round and round this little fella was hanging around the next morning... guilty.
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Seeing this other photo, I notice this fella is actually a she, so a proper night-mare...
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Next its time to high tail it back to the port in La Paz and get a ferry!
The sea on the way is just gorgeous.
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at customs the officer goes over all my docs including the bikes then looks at me sternly and says press this button...
I press...
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we both laugh :)
ferry ticket office whoop!
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weigh bike on these enormous lorry scales first tho...
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and were all aboard
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All the guys getting the shade they can beside the lorry.
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sleep, tomorrow its Barranca del Cobre, or Copper Canyon, bigger than the Grand Canyon dontcha know!