New Year 2016 in La Paz
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Full Moon Rising over La Paz
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On January 19th we sailed in company up to Caleta Partida with our good friends from Santa Cruz, Dan and Kristy on their boat Te Poe Rava a catamaran. We scuba dove on the reef there it was a lot of fun. Next day we sailed to Isla San Fransisco with light winds 10 knots which turned to 25 knots by noon and seas were 6 to 8 ft. Rough going for both boats took 6 hours. We stayed at San Fansisco for 3 days Great time with great friends.
February 4th thru the 9th is Carnival here in La Paz. They celebrate for 5 days with 3 of the days filled with great floats for 2 miles down the Malecon. Some of the participants were very young. there were Carnival rides, food and souvenirs all up and down the Malecon. The Malecon is a wide beach front walk way with multiple bronze statues that stretches for 5 miles. By 10:00 AM every morning every bit of garbage is picked up for another day of festivities.
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| These are all men
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Our friend Richard arrived just in time to enjoy the festivities. On Tuesday February 9th we sailed out to Isla Caleta Partida. It was a beautiful sail, had a couple of Marlins hooked but they got away, but of course it sounds like a fish story. We enjoyed scuba diving, snorkeling, paddle boarding, and peace and quiet for 3 days.
We sailed with February 29th with our good friends Hal, Nancy, John, Linda,Myra, Rick and Denise. We enjoyed the 15 knots of wind and wonderful lunch. We saw a whale shark that swam right to us and then we sailed up to a big pod of Short Finned Pilot Whales about 12 of them.
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| Cute baby Sea Lion |
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| Beautiful Mural |
Adios till next time
