The beaches south of La Paz

The beaches below La Paz and above the cabos are on the open sea part of the Sea of Cortez and unlike the sheltered Bay of Concepcion, these are windlbown and favourite places for sea kiters who are both young and old.  They flock to these beaches and spend the winter pursuing this amazing looking sport.  You have to be fit and strong to do this.

Tiger at the beach at Los Barilles.

                                                        Kite surfers and Ventana beach.

Just look at what these guys bring with them.  Sails for all sorts of conditions.  These snowbirds come to this beach for the duration of the winter and kite surf every day.  And they are not all young guys either.  There are many fit looking men in their sixties.


We are constantly being advised where to go and what to see and we are following all suggestions.  The foothill villages inland at the Sierra de la Laguna provide access to the interior mountain range.  We took a 26 mile dirt road, full of overhanging branches to visit what was described as hot springs accessed by the tranquil small town of Santiago and Agua Caliente.  Here I am bathing in not very hot water at all - in that it was a disappointment.

Cafe Trifuno was recommended to us as well.  It is the brainchild of a Hells Angels biker from the US who wanted to learn to make bread and he went to Provence in France to learn.  His cafe makes a wonderful wood fired pizza and his bread and cakes are fabulous.  This was not a disappointment.