Halperin & Christ

we have been held here under fraudulent claims of lambification! the truth is that our dear friend coleen has twisted our arms (ouch, that’s enough) into eating yet another one of her fabulous meals, sleeping in her comfy guest bedroom and hanging out with her one more night…..we were putty in her hands.

we dropped off ruben and beth at the airport yesterday after two wonderful days in cabo pulmo. cabo pulmo is a tiny solar powered town on the east cape accessible after about 10 miles of washboard, dirt road, max Hank speed 6.5 mph.  the main highway suddenly ends, no signs, no town, no nothing.  the road will be paved within the next five years (everything will be finished within 5 yrs.) .there is a national marine park on the coast which boasts the only living coral reef in baja california. ruben and beth took a scuba trip and were able to see the underwater park but the wind was so rough we weren’t able to snorkel. we did enjoy our comfortable bungalow with a palapa roof and stone walls and caught up on reading and work. (yes we are doing some work!)

cabo pulmo is tiny. there are two small shops, a tortilleria, 4 restaurants, two dive shops, one gift store and quite a few houses to rent.  there were many europeans there,  and the dive shop is run by a spanish woman and a dutch man who could not have been more gracious and friendly.

the east cape is much less touristed than cabo and has lovely empty beaches strung together by tiny villages often consisting of only a few houses or palapas. because cabo pulmo is so remote and has no electricity or paved road it gets only the more adventurous and less touristy crowd. at night the sky is awash in stars.  we ate dinner on friday evening in an open air palapa, not more than 20′ from  the sea. the whole town is very casual. there were two tables worth of people at the restaurant well past the posted opening hour. the only woman in the kitchen could not tell us when they were actually going to open because the cook had not yet arrived. juan, a local who runs one of the snorkling ecotours and is also the brother of the restaurant owner, had come to eat dinner but ended up waiting on tables as the waiter never showed up. welcome to baja.  nevertheless we had a lovely dinner with the sounds of waves lapping the shore, as the sun set behind the glowing hills. pretty nice!

must run now, our chef/hostess, coleen has prepared a fabulous meal that needs our attention. this is the best b and b we have stayed at, though somewhat exclusive.

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