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June 16, 2010 --- La
Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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 So what started off as going off to Baja
for three weeks to clear my head, feel the warm rays of the summer sun on
the Tropic of Cancer and do a little networking for Baja job opportunities
has turned into a 10-week sojourn including settling down for the month of
June in my own little cabaña near the Villa del Palmar resort in Cabo San
Lucas.
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| Tecolote Beach, north of La Paz
and just about one mile north of Bahia Balandra with Guillermo
& Alex and the UABCS / SOLCHA conference.
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 Got up at 5:45 am to a
beautiful sunrise and cool sea temperature. At 10am, Guillermo and I left
for the conference. Wow, did the winds howl last
night, blasting sand into our tent and sleeping bags.
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The strong winds
are is a daily
occurrence, with winds from the Pacific blowing in from the southwest and
heating up over the desert and La Paz and funneling through a pass right
onto the beach and over to Isla Santa Espiritu. I wish I'd had the money
to have Benjamin tour-guide us over there for a day. |
| Sunrise. |
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| Sunrise
walk. |
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| Sunrise
collecting basura (trash). |
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| Ferry
from mainland Topolobampo arriving. |
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 Guillermo and I attended an environmental
conference --- the V Simposio Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Historia
Ambiental, sponsored by La Sociedad Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Historia Ambiental (SOLCHA) at the
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur (UABCS) in La Paz,
BCS. |
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See my little red
journal for all the translations. |
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was in Spanish and a bit of Portuguese. With Guillermo by my side and the
Powerpoint slides, I managed to understand more than I thought I would.
What a great idea to do continuing education while down here. |
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words, jot them down in my red journal, show them to Guillermo and have an
instant translation. Muchas gracias Guillermo!
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I even got a free saddle bag and some contacts for attending. |
Zero dollars for listening only. No meals or drinks. |
| Then it was back
to camp. We left a bit early (conference broke for a 2pm lunch), having
3pm tacos at a taco stand and arriving at Tecolote at about 4pm for a
2-hour beach walk before having tuna wrap dinners. Simple but filling. |
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| The sea was warm!
ANd we had guests by the sunset campfire --- a loner that fed stray dogs
and puppies that would only go back to the states for a few months to make
enough money to return here. |
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| And Benjamin (3rd
from left) that runs the tours, scuba, kayak and jetski concession. Alex,
you were great to meet & hang out with! |
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| I think we saw a
satellite crossing the sky that evening, a slow moving, very bright dot,
way too high to be an aircraft. Neat! Today was a good day to be alive. |
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