WeAreTraveling.com, February, Part 2

As mentioned in the updates for the first part of February, we are in Playa Los Cerritos. We stayed here for almost a whole month. It is just gorgeous here and we had a wonderful time. Near the end of the month, we started our travels north again, heading back towards Playa Santispac... In one of our original plans, we had decided to stay at Santispac until May, however, our friends and neighbors Jim & Deb had to go back to the States earlier than planned and so we have decided to continue our travels and head towards mainland Mexico's west coast...

Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

Here is another Cardon Cactus, they are just incredible, so tall and sturdy looking, the base is so thick it looks just like a tree.

Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

As previously mentioned, this is a very popular spot for surfing, you can rent surf boards here right on the beach. We really enjoyed watching the surfers and some of them are out there from dawn until dusk... We really enjoyed our body boarding, but had to be very careful because of the undertow. If it caught you, it could flip you around and around underwater, and could be very scary. Actually, two older couples were body boarding and one of the men went missing and was found the next day. He had drowned, even though he was with other people the whole time. It was very sad, and everyone was affected by this tragic accident.

Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

This was the view from up on the hill, looking down on the whole beach. What a spectacular view! There was great hiking in the hills here, and wonderful walking on the beach. We got a lot of exercise here. You could walk for miles and miles, with the ocean breeze to keep you cool...

Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

Here is one of our hiking days, we had a wonderful time, look at some of the pictures of the view! They are just spectacular!

Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

Take note in a lot of the pictures how Tiki is most often tucked in and around Cindy's feet. Isn't he cute :) He loved it here...

One time Cindy went for a walk by herself and a saw a very large rattlesnake. Thank goodness she had her radio, she was able to call Barry and tell him where she was, so that he could zoom over on the scooter to see it too. We forgot the camera though in all the rush to get there... oh well, you will just have to take our word for it. It stretched right across the path, headed under some brush and coiled itself up in the shade...very, very cool!

Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

See the surfers!! This one was of their favourite spots! They surfed for hours... from where you see them they would ride the waves to the left all the way to the shore, obviously not towards these rocks...

Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

We both had an opportunity to fly our kites here at Los Cerritos. On this particular day, Barry was able to put up a number of his kites all at once. It was beautiful to see and caused quite a stir on the beach. You can see our coach there in the background right at the end of the road before the beach starts...it was a gorgeous spot...

Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

Not a cloud in the sky...

Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

We thought this was kind of a neat shot...the way the sun was right behind the octopus's head...

El Pescadero, Baja California Sur

A friendly local in El Pescadero...

El Pescadero, Baja California Sur

Farmland in El Pescadero. The fruits and vegetables in this little town are some of the best we have ever had... as mentioned before they are absolutely delicious. It is amazing to eat them ripened and freshly picked off the vine...

Oh, and we often got quite a kick out of their fences, the wood they use is often from Cardon, or local trees, and most often the fence posts were wonderfully uneven in height and width...they looked just great. We also saw fences that they needed to block the wind and they would weave flattened cardboard boxes into them...I guess they don't get much rain in Baja :) ...

Near Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

We were zooming around on our scooters one day and came across these small yellow furry things growing in these bushes...

Near Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

Once we cut into them, they looked like cucumbers or kiwi... we are still not sure what they were. We had planned on doing some research on the internet or in one of our Baja books to see if we could find them...however...well...we never got around to it yet :)

Near Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

Los Playa Cerritos, Baja California Sur

Barry enjoys the view while he brushes his teeth, obviously no idea that Cindy had the camera...

Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

Some cute children that used to come with their family near our camping spot at the beach at Los Cerritos. We had some really nice neighbors here, their names were Jodi and Al, and they often handed out toys to the local children, very kind and generous people. And as you can tell, this precious little girl really likes her new clown... We also met another really nice couple on our other side named Brian and Margaret... all the best to all of you, happy travels!

Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

As you can see, we had some of the most incredible sunsets at Los Cerritos, it was just gorgeous there!

Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

A local fellow named Charlie who used to come and collect beer & pop cans each morning at sunrise...

Day trip to Todos Santos, Baja California Sur

Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

One of the things we are still getting used to (and having a hard time with) in Mexico is the litter. A group of young men drove up in a couple of vehicles, blared their wonderful Mexican music, and starting drinking beer. By the time they left, there were beer cans all over the place. We collected them all for Charlie :)

There are places were there is garbage, loads of garbage, all over the side of the road. One time we boondocked at a Pemex Gas Station and we saw numerous people throw bags of garbage over the walls. I guess 'out of site, out of mind'... it is so sad... They have some of the most beautiful land and beaches here...

Playa Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur

When we were preparing to leave Los Cerritos we noticed this cactus was in bloom... so pretty...

El Pescadero, Baja California Sur

Leaving the Los Cerritos area and heading north through El Pescadero...

Todos Santos, Baja California Sur

Travelling through Todos Santos on our way north... There were lots of properties for sale in Todos Santos and some of the most beautiful beach front properties in Baja...very nice. A lot of "Gringos" have retired and moved here, it is a really 'artsy' area, and very beautiful...

San Carlos, Baja California Sur

By the end of the month of February we had made it to San Carlos. It is a fishing village off the west coast of Baja. We only stayed 2 nights as the poverty there was very disturbing. We had a nice place on the beach, however. We took our scooters down to look around and decided we wanted to move on...very sad... However, as you will see in "Faces of Mexico" this is also where we met Henry and he was a real sweetheart...

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