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Dec. 25 – Mexico, Baja

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

Day 146 – Merry Christmas everyone!! Okay, it’s posted a bit late – but hey, we can’t get internet everywhere. We went snorkeling most of the day today. I wore my long john top to keep my upper body warm and to keep any small jellyfish from stinging me. There were some tiny jellyfish that would sting and then go away, but it was not enjoyable to be around. Today we saw sooo many fish! It was amazing all the different types and sizes. At one point there was a school of smaller fish that was three feet thick, four feet tall, and twenty or so feet long – it was like we were in the movie ‘Finding Nemo’ 🙂 Los Frailes beach has the best snorkeling at Cabo Pulmo and it is sheltered from the wind. Peter knew all the names for the fish we were looking at, as he used to have two salt water tanks, with all of these different fish in them. It was weird to see them in the real ocean instead of in his fish tanks. It makes me excited for when we get down into Central America where the water is warmer. To warm us up we had a Christmas drink by the fire; Mexican hot chocolate with a splash of Bailey’s – very delicious!


Sunrise on Christmas Day – couldn’t wait to get up!


Here comes Snorkel Man! Watch out fishies…

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Los Frailes beach_________Crabs have the coolest eyes.

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Tired Snorkel Man

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Dec. 24 – Mexico, Baja

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

Day 145 – After a six mile jaunt down a dirt road, not as bad as everyone made it out to be, we arrived in the isolated town of Cabo Pulmo, where there are only radio phones, that cost a fortune to use and a minimal grocery store. Though there are plenty of restaurants and a few snorkel and dive shops. We headed south, out of town, to the other side of a mountain ridge so we could snorkel where it was less windy. After finding a good camping spot in the dunes, we headed out to test our new snorkel gear.

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Road to Cabo Pulmo__________desertscape of Cabo Pulmo area – Taken by Peter

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Cows taking 0ver the road…

The water was pretty cold, we were told that it is supposed to be warmer than the west coast of Baja – but it wasn’t at all! We saw a bunch of different fish and a few live plants on the coral, it was pretty cool. That afternoon, after our first two short swims, we went back into town and Peter rented a wet suit from the Cabo Pulmo Dive Shop for only $50 pesos a day. Carmel, thanks for your advice on traveling, it was great meeting you, and we hope to see you sometime in the future! We are now ready for our Christmas morning dive.


Our camp cow and Peter.

In Mexico the big celebration happens on Christmas Eve – so we had a big dinner on Christmas Eve, the boys ate fried fish tacos from some homemade batter (Peter received the fish from a fisherman that had too much in his fridge) and I had some burritos. Peter brought us really great presents: some items we wanted from the states. My mom, sister, and Peter bought us a bunch of items we wanted along with some extras. Thank you guys so much for the camper meals, candy, magnets (needed them for making a bug screen), and everything else! We felt so spoiled, we didn’t think that Peter would be able to bring down anything except just a few items. I think one of the best items was a few bottles of Peter’s homebrewed beer from his master brewing process. Dark beer is nonexistent in the south and it was nice to have such a tasty porter, and it will probably be my last one until we hit Russia 😉 We got Peter a barley wine from Rogue Brewing Company, based in Portland Oregon, that was also quite tasty – he was generous enough to give us a little.

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Tasty fish taco…._________________presents on x-mas eve 🙂 – Taken by Peter.

As we were cleaning up from dinner and presents, a group of carolers came and sang to us. They invited us to a Christmas Eve celebration at someone’s RV campsite. It was an interesting time, with retired people dancing and drinking the night away. This area has a strong community of people that come down every year for the sun and holidays. It was really great for them to invite us to share in their decorated Christmas trees and music.


Christmas Carolers

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