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Posted on Wednesday Jun 8, 2005
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Well, some kind sole here in Bahia Concepcion is allowing public wireless access to their satellite uplink for 1 hour a day. So through this link (there’s no phones here) I’m able to update some of our website. Check out the 6 new photos in the Photo Gallery of Baja Mexico!
Posted on Wednesday Jun 8, 2005
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Well, we spent a couple of weeks moving up the sea from Loreto. We met up with Loon III and Icarian in the roadstead anchorage at Loreto and explored the town together. For cruisers, this means wandering every street looking for the freshest produce, cheapest internet connection, cheapest beer, and fuel (and for those of us without refrigeration, ice). We did manage to visit the old
There seemed to be no good summer refuge in this area, as we tried to hide behind some rocky reefs and rocks from the SE winds in San Juanico, while we explored the beaches and snorkeled. But despite the beauty, after 3 days of suffering the steep wind waves, we left the other boats and did a long haul (12 hours) to Bahia Concepcion—a much more protected area.
On the way up, we had north winds the entire way, while the other boats down in San Juanico still had strong SE. So as luck would have it, our own personal headwinds forced us to motor-sail almost the entire way. We did see a large school of dolphins who leapt 6+ feet out of the water in unison, many large manta rays doing perfect back flips, and Boobies (the avian type) trying to land on our boat for a free ride.
Anyway, we’re going to hang out in this area for a while, before heading further north. If you’re able to read this, then through the miracle of technology and the generosity of someone here, we are connecting to you via a wireless link that is routed through a satellite connection once a day at