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| Honeymoon Cove, Isla Danzante |
Honeymoon Cove
Where would you go on St Valentine’s Day? We headed for
Honeymoon Cove on the north end of Isla Danzante. We had the south cove to
ourselves and stayed for 2 nights. The snorkelling was excellent and the short
hikes up the hill were on good trails, except for the one up to the highest
point, which was almost vertical in places and very slippery on loose stones
and gravel. We turned back and slithered down.
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| Walking on Isla Danzante |
An American catamaran called
Goblin was anchored in the middle cove with Alan, Jennifer and Katie on board.
They invited us for a cup of tea and we enjoyed chatting and exchanging sailing
adventures. Sarah from the 65ft MacGregor, Illusion, whom we’d met in Bahia
Ballandre, near La Paz, joined us for a while.
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| Isla Carmen from Isla Danzante |
Isla Carmen
We had decided we would definitely go into the marina at
Puerto Escondido, 3 miles away, on Friday morning. Just before leaving, Jeremy
suggested circumnavigating Isla Carmen and going into the marina on Tuesday, as
not all businesses are open at the weekend.
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| Sal Darago in Honeymoon Cove |
We rounded the north of Isla
Danzante and the south of Isla Carmen and anchored near S/V Maiwej in Punta Colorada.
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| Puerto Colorada |
Just before we lost our
intermittent mobile phone signal completely, I received a message from my
sister, Pat, saying our 92 year old Mum had been taken ill that day and her
care home had sent for an ambulance. Pat and my other sister, Sara, were about
to go on holiday and did not know if they would get away. After two anxious
days, our phone signal returned as we came round to the west side of Isla
Carmen. Mum is OK. The paramedics were able to bring her blood sugar back up
and Pat and Sara were able to go on their holiday.
We snorkelled on the excellent reef at Punta Colorada and
walked along the pebbly and rocky beach. Jeremy broke a dinghy oar rowing
ashore. He was able to do a temporary repair so I could row gently back to SD.
Later, a permanent repair was made and now one oar is two inches shorter than
the other.
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| Full cupboard, but the house is demolished? |
Bahia Salinas
Yesterday, Saturday 17th February, we spent the
night at Bahia Salinas on Isla Carmen. Catamaran La Ballanos Too with Jim and
Chris on board was the only other vessel on anchor in the huge bay. They had
been our kind and helpful neighbours in Marina de La Paz. It was good to see
them again.
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| Two wheels on my wagon .... |
Jeremy and I went ashore in the dinghy to explore the ghost town
and the vast salt pans, where 200 people lived and worked until the mid 1980’s.
Some of the buildings have been
converted into a hunting, shooting and fishing lodge. This part is private. As
long as you respect that and ask permission to look around the ruins from the
caretaker, you are allowed to wander about for as long as you like.
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| It is not snow, it is salt |
It was fascinating
trying to work out how the factory buildings operated and how the salt was
transported from the pans to the jetty. On our return, we stopped at La
Ballanos Too and had a cup of tea and a long chat with Chris and Jim.
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| The church |
Puerto Ballandra
It was quite a bumpy ride in the swell as we rounded the
north end of Isla Carmen this morning. Strong north winds had been blowing for
the last two nights. The wind had calmed but the sea always takes a little
longer. Here in the southern part of Puerto Ballandra there is not a breath of
wind and it is raining. We have both had a swim and think the water is as cold
as Calgary Bay, Isle of Mull, Scotland in midsummer. I have seen two big horn
sheep on the nearby cliff which are as big as the Scottish mountain goats.
Tomorrow, we re-enter civilisation at the town of Loreto.
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