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Day 4: Internet the Cabo Way: Park & Connect
February 11, 2006
La Paz, the commercial as well as the governmental capital of the state of
Baja California Sur, turned out to be a rather big, busy, dusty and….well,
very commercial city with a tiny old town and a rather tourist street along
the Bahia de La Paz bay, packed with fancy hotels and restaurants. Burger
King, Applebee's and McDonald's were also there :)
La Paz is also one of the few places in Baja California which has a ferry
service between Baja and the mainland. The terminal is in Pichilingue, about
10 miles north from La Paz. We will be taking a ferry to Topolobampo 2 days
from now, so we go there to check the schedule and fares.
Tip #1: (Some useful info for those of you who are planning a similar trip)
Baja Ferries from La Paz to Topolobampo leave every day at 3PM. You have to
be there at least 2 hours in advance. $65 per person (private cabins available
for extra $50) and $97 for our Nissan ($97 for a car or light SUV. For cars
longer than 5.4 meters the charge is $400 and up). Transit time is 5 hours.
Temporary Vehicle Importation form is required. Ferries from Topolobampo to
La Paz leave daily at 11PM.
From La Paz, there are two ways to Cabo San Lucas: Mex 1 (the major highway) and Mex 19. For a change, we chose Mex 19 and covered the entire 100 miles in about 3 hours, at a blazing speed of 33 mph!! Mex 19 is a shorter, but very slow road, narrow and winding, with lots of roadwork, slow vehicles, pedestrian crossings, livestock etc.. The scenery, however, was rewarding, and so were the enchanting little towns along the way, especially Todos Santos.
Thus, 3 hours later, Los Cabos here we come! Since we are sooooo behind with our www updates, Internet is the highest priority (btw, we thank all of you guys for your patience waiting for the updates, for checking back regularly and for your continuous support messages that keep us going. You guys rock!!) Guess what… we are damn lucky to get straight into a street full Internet Cafes, one of which, Hangout Café, offers free wireless Internet. We park nearby and several minutes later…we are connected without even stepping out of the car :)
Tip #2: Free wireless Internet is available at Hangout Café located right on the corner of Calle de Septiembre and Ingacio Zaragosa. The paid alternatives in Cabo San Lucas are rather sad: $1 for 10 minutes of Internet…
It's getting late, and tonight we are determined to camp. All the nicest
beaches are located outside the city, along the so-called "tourist corridor"
between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo, all of them belong to the government,
so we are free build our tent wherever we wish! We chose a very nice place
right behind La Palmilla resort, about 17 miles east from Cabo San Lucas.
As the beach happened to be very close to the resort, complimentary live music
(until 4AM!!) and fireworks came included with the beach :)
Tip #3: The sand is not so soft if you have to sleep on it the whole night.
Cick on the pictures to enlarge
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The most expensive house in the world
As nupirksiu tau nama - dideli, grazu... |
The newest addition to "Baywatch"
Naujausia "Gelbetoju" serija |
We are just having our ordinary romantic morning here, and who are you??
Rytine Cabo idilija |
Nuvesk pelyte virs paveiksliuko, spustelk jos kaire ausele, ir paveiksliukas padides
4-oji diena: Pagaliau turim interneta…. Masinoj!
2006m. vasario 11
Ka gi, La Paz pasiekiam be nuotykiu, issimiegam... Miegam paskutinem dienom,
reikia prisipazinti, tiek, kad galima pagalvoti, jog gera pusmeti mus kas
nors pralaike atmerktomis akimis. Panasu, kad isejimo is Apollo bei pasiruosimo
kelionei periodu smarkiai apkarpytos miego valandos reikalauja kompensacijos.
Tebunie - skubet nebera kur. Iki Cabo San Lucas liko vos 166 km.
Apie 16km I siaure nuo La Paz yra Pichilingue keltu terminalas, is kur poryt
su visu Nissanu isplauksim I zemynine Meksika, todel uzsukam susizinoti keltu
grafiko ir kainu. Informacija kada nors keliausiantiems po Meksika: keltas
is La Paz/ Pichilingue I Topolobampo (prasom nesijuokti is miestu pavadinimu!)
isplaukia kas diena, 3 val po pietu, ir plaukia apie 5val. Kaina: 970 pesu
lengvajai masinai arba SUV ir 650 pesu zmogui (atitinkamai, apie $97 ir $65).
Jeigu pageidaujate atskiros kabinos su privaciu tualetu, tokia prabanga kainuos
papildomus $50 ($75 sezono metu). Laikimo masinos importavimo I Meksika forma
tureti privaloma.
La Paz - Baja California Sur valstijos sostine. Palyginti didelis miestas, gana pramoninis, dulkinas, judrus ir nuobodus, bet turi labai grazia ilanka (Bahia de La Paz) ir puiku, ilga, graziai sutvarkyta bulvara sulig ilankos ilgiu, pilna prasmatniu baru, restoranu ir viesbuciu. Kainos "turistines". Taip mano svajonese ateityje atrodo Jonavos gatve Kaune… Pastebime pirmasiasias orientacijos I Amerikos turistus (ir ju dolerius) uzuomazgas: Burger King, Applebee's, Office Depot… angliski uzrasai dominuoja, kaip ir amerikietiskos kainos.
I Cabo San Lucas pasirenkam Mex 19 (metam igrisusi pagrindini Mex 1 - juo grisim)… ir likusi 166km atstuma iveikiam zaibisku 40km/h vid. greiciu :) Kelias nepergeriausias: kelio darbai, didziules letutes masinos, judancios 20 km/h, pesciuju perejos kaimeliuose, neprognozuojamosios pakeliu karves (sitos gali sugalvoti pereiti greitkeli kada labiausiai to nesitiki). Lenkti sunku, nes keliukas siauras ir vingiuotas. Bet vaizdai nuostabus: vaziuojam per dykuma, o tolumoje - Ramusis vandenynas. Labai simpatiski ir miesteliai, kuriuos pakeliui pravaziavom, ypac - meniskasis Todos Santos.
Pagaliau - Cabo San Lucas. Labai grazu, bet… toks jausmas, kad, nuvaziave
1000+ myliu vel grizom I JAV, tik per tas 4 dienas, kol musu nebuvo, viskas
zymiai pabrango. Ka padarysi - apstu turistu is JAV ir Kanados (girdejom,
kad pilna ir europieciu), netruksta ir mokanciu palengvinti ju pinigines.
Daugumos prekiu ir paslaugu kainos - smarkiai per dideles. Bet grazu.
Vienas is mazuju dienos zavesiuku - visai netiketai papuolam I gatve, pilna
interneto kaviniu. Viena is ju, Hangout Café, zada bevieli interneta
uz dyka (aisku, su salyga, kad pas juos pietauji, vakarieniauji, ar kitaip
islaidauji). Pasistatom Nissana kitoje gatves puseje, ir… turim interneta
masinoje : ). Calle de Semtiembre ir Ignacio Zaragoza gatviu sankryza, jei
kam nors kada prireiktu…
Sivakar mokysimes is savu klaidu ir bet kokia kaina nakvosim pliaze. Meksikoje
visi papludimiai - valstybes nuosavybe, todel galim rinktis kuri tik norim.
La Palmilla, apie 20 km I rytus nuo San Jose del Cabo, pasirodo tam labiausiai
tinkamas. Kaip veliau paaiskejo, uz dyka gavom ne tik vieta palapinei, bet
ir "gyva" muzika is netoliese esanciu poilsio namu (iki 4 ryto!),
ir net gi fejerverkus. Buvom suzaveti vietiniu svetingumu :)
