La Paz Revisited

So my trip coverage ended rather abruptly at port. Here are some quick pics that sum up my experiences in La Paz, Mexico. My over all impressions were that Mexico has a very corrupt government unwilling to cooperate with academic pursuits, in particular customs, who wanted bribes to move equipment through faster...totally lame. The terrain is mostly desert in the southern Baja region very arid and VERY hot. The day we got into port the temperature was 120 degrees and on deck offloading cargo with the white metal was over that. This made moving around during the day extremely difficult and dangerous, but I managed to get out into the desert and find a nice cliff line the 1 day we had a little time to explore. So without further interruption here they are...

When we got to port we were surprised by the heat and by the desert which surrounded us. It was a good 30 minute cab ride into town where civilization was.

This find excited Jeff greatly until we found they were playing after we left. Anyways included this one because the background very accurately describes the level of heat we encountered .

A lone cata begging to be taken out in the La Paz beach front area.


Beach umbrellas here were kind of cool.


Because of the heat most people didn't come out until night. Here's the main strip area.


Our hotel was about as happening as the desert outside of town.


La Paz has an algae problem on the beaches. They were using a bulldozer further down to beach to scoop it up.


This dog was king of the beach front properties, sitting on his wall observing the masses below.


Jeff's favorite drink we found...until we tried it. Vampires must have a lonely existence with bad tasting food.


Sporting the "vampire face".
Land activities are something new and fresh after a month at sea.


Frigate birds look a lot like pterodactyls.


The cliff side view I found in the desert bordering La Paz.
Cacti blooming.


Looking back on La Paz from the top of the closest mtn. I could climb. 2 hours and 3 liters of water later.


Randomly the Autobots are all hiding in Mexico now.