We left San Everisto on Monday morning bound for the island just north of La Paz. However, after listening to Garry's weather report on the Sonrisa HAM Net, we realized we should just head straight to La Paz unless we wanted to stay on the island for 3 or 4 days until a big, ugly weather system blew threw. So onto La Paz we sailed.
Our favorite marina, Marina de La Paz would not have space until Tuesday morning so we anchored in the Magote for Monday night. The Magote is a popular anchorage for cruisers and La Paz residents. But the friends and creature comforts in the Marina were worth the $26 US per night to stay in the Marina.
So on Tuesday morning, we motored into the Marina to the same place we had 2 years ago! And as was also true 2 years ago, we arrived for the last day of Mardi Gras which featured a huge celebration on the Malecon (waterfront boardwalk) and the Mardi Gras parade.
Could you ask for a warmer welcome?!!!
Here's some pictures from the evening:
And after the parade there was fun and food and streets were filled with people until the early morning:
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| Spinning Dart throwing game for 5 pesos (~45 cents) a try - unfortunately Tom missed but looked great trying! |
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| This was new to us - a boiling kettle of oil in the potato booth. When someone requested one of these spiral cut potatoes on a stick, they dip the stick of potato in the hot oil, add some salt and there's your snack. |
What a night! Marina de La Paz is just a couple blocks from the Malecon and celebration so as we drifted to sleep, we could hear the party continue. What a welcome to La Paz. We love it here.
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