Hotel in La Paz
View from the sea walk one block from the hotel
Baj outdoor adventures, our guides for the trip
All packed and ready to kayak
Our first campsite beach
WHAT! We have to get in that water and do a wet exit?
had to pee below the high water mark, hidden by this screen?
Day one - spectacular water and landscape
Mangrove barrier creating an historic pearl farm
Our support folks - they cooked, cleaned up and transported our "stuff" from camp to camp
Our guide, Manuel
Pelicans everywhere - not afraid of us at all
A fisherman camp, not in use today
Great kayaking water
Around each of the points was a new more spectacular beach
The group, just lazin around on the beach drinking beer
Biker dudes kept appearing - and keeping us awake
our first blow
Mama whale
returning to port after 3 hours looking for whales
Spending the night in a small village
one of the best cabins for the night
we did have a flush toilet
our "motel" in the village
Restaurant in the village
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Whale Skull
Ready for Day 2
Yes, Mama whale is right below us
A whale "footprint"
yes, that is a whale they are touching
Mama is looking us over
Here she is, just below the surface
Mama training baby ready for migration north
Here she is, has just gone under the boat
Is she close enough to touch?
Mama and baby playing with us
Right under the boat!
Just about touching!
and here is Mama right beside the boat
surfacing after going under the boat
Our eatery - fired fish and fried shrimp tacos, again and again, and again.
Just one of the bathrooms
Our guide and his family
Lots of color in the streets of La Paz
a float during the Kids Carnaval parade
a mural of what LaPaz is all about
Sorry to leave...
Oliver Weibel wearing a head band from the Carnaval.