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LA PAZ JUNE 7, We've been safely in anchored in La Paz, Mexico since June 2. We left Ensenada May 19 en route for Turtle Bay on only 3/4 tank of diesel because a very large power boat pulled up to the fuel dock before us and bought all the diesel. |
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AGUA VERDE, Mexico JUNE 30. We had a fun three weeks in La Paz. The town is pretty and still somewhat old world, although it has grown about 10 times the size of the La Paz I visited 13 years ago. There seems to be a high concentration of British and Aussie expatriates living here both aboard yachts and ashore. La Paz is the current capitol of Baja California Sur. Loreto was the original capitol, but when a major storm washed away the road into Loreto in the late 1800’s, the state capitol was moved to La Paz. |
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BAHIA ESCONDIDO, Mexico JUNE 30, On board the ponga were 2 men dressed in blue jeans and T-shirts. The T-shirts had the logo for the Policia Judicial Federal printed on them. Both men were sporting pistols on their belts. I immediately assumed that these were what Norte Americanos call ‘Federales’. There were 2 men dressed in military uniforms and carrying automatic rifles. There was also a local policeman, the ponga driver who had picked up our guests the evening before and fisherman Fernando. One of the two Federales seemed to be in charge. |
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BAHIA ESCONDIDO, Mexico JUNE 30, The next day at noon, I was ready. At about 12:30 Daniel began calling me on the VHF. I answered several times, but he couldn?t hear me. I suspect either his volume was turned down or his squelch was turned up too high. Another piece of equipment they didn?t know how to use. At about 1:00 he tried again. This time he heard me respond. Daniel announced that they were on their way and they had a faster boat. No helicopter, but a faster boat. A half hour later a PGR high speed patrol boat rounded the point. I directed them to approach Toucan on the side with all the fenders to protect our hull. As they came along side, we counted 14 heavily armed Federal Police and Marines. Everybody was in full combat fatigues and carried either automatic rifles or fully automatic machine pistols in addition to their side arms. They seemed to have taken the point that somebody else must be looking for the dope too. |
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MAZATLAN, Mexico SEPTEMBER 10, We spent 9 days in the crystal clear green water of Agua Verde. We were anchored in a private lagoon with our friends Mike, Beth and their 8 year old son Josh aboard Zugvogel, and Dick and Saucy aboard Emerald Star. We had a private white sand beach to play on and a small reef for snorkeling. It was hilarious to take the kids snorkeling on the reef and listen to them yelling through their snorkels about everything they saw. The town is a small fishing village accessible from the main highway by 4 wheel drive over 15 miles of "road." The residents live either in lean-tos on the beach or one room shacks made from corregated steel. The entire village is completely overrun by goats and pigs. Several years ago a Mexican government giveaway program provided each resident with a solar panel panel for electricity. Incredibly, several of these structures now have TV’s and satellite dishes in addition to their single 60-watt light bulb! |
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