La Paz BCS

Want to call home? Go to the nearest palm tree.

So, what do we do for communications?  The greatest change since our sailing in the 1980’s is communications.  Every boat has e-mail either through their single sideband radios, satellite phones or through the purchase of internet sticks in each of the countries visited.  For us it’s the internet stick.  It relies on wireless cell phone coverage and along the coast it’s fairly reliable even in a sparsely populated are such as the Baja.  Communications is also something that I seriously miscalculated in the budget.  I don’t think that’s going to change although South east and south west asia and Africa are apparently much cheaper than places like Mexico.  We now never use land lines for telephones as we use Skype for land line calls and computer to computer calls – a marvelous bit of technology. On top of this everyone seems to use cell phones.  In Mexico they’re not cheap – original cost is reasonable, about $50, but per minute cost is 4 pesos and Mexico to US or Canada is about $1/minute – not cheap and hence skype.

The Malecon – La Paz

Ahh, the Malecon.  Every seaside town in Mexico has the Malecon.  Great place to stroll in either the day time or evening.  Head down before dinner, watch the sunset, have a drink, watch the life of the town go by and plan out the rest of the evening.  Love it….

Homes of La Paz

Homes of La Paz

Homes of La Paz

Homes of La Paz

Houses of La Paz