Life in La Paz - on the Land and Sea

Wednesday, 27 February 2013
We have been in La Paz for 2 weeks and the time has flown by.  
The weather forecast says it will be Monday or Tuesday next week before the strong Northerly wind subsides and opens the window for our trip back north to San Carlos.

Marina de La Paz - home to cruisers from around the world

Both of us have kept quite busy.
I was invited to race on "Genesis" (Hunter 34) in the Valentine's Day Regatta -- and we won 1st place in our division! 

Tom has been very actively studying Spanish -- going to a free Spanish class at the marina and regularly spending an hour or two studying with Rosetta Stone.  I've noticed his vocabulary, pronunciation and confidence is quickly improving.  He's starting to correct me now.  You go, Tom!

"Hola, me gusto un 'perro caliente' (hot dog), por favor."

When we arrived, our friends Bette and Ron on "Wisp" were berthed on our dock and happily I was able to join her and other (mostly) women La Paz residents and cruisers in a Zumba exercise class.  The class members participated Flash Mob Zumba performance on the Malecon (boardwalk) to raise international awareness about violence to women and children with the 1 Billion Women program.  Here's a couple pics  of my Zumba class and the diverse troupe of performers:

There's so much to do here.  The Club Cruceros is a cruiser club that have coffee each morning here at our marina and orchestrate dinners for special events like Valentine's Day.  They (we) are also very active in the community helping local people in need - from collecting money toward a kidney transplant for an Agua Verde 15 year old to sponsoring students in advance education (high school).  

While here, we're enjoying our favorite tacos at Super Burro (17 pesos = $1.20ish), dinners out with friends (like last night @ Bandidos where our Ribs were grilled in the engine compartment of a 1970's Chevy), grocery shopping (one of my favorite past-times) and walking around town with new and old friends. 

Tom holding up the famous "La Paz Rock"

La Paz is a wonderful Old Mexico city with over 900,000 residents. And on land and sea it offers an opportunity to be a part of a very special place.