BAJATRIP,#4 LA BOCANA-BAHIA ASUNCION

THIS would be the last entry on this long mile trip, report. La Bocana and Bahia Asincion trps where made to explore future Baja Destination.Alot times you end up in Place that You didn't like,for example La Erendida in BCN, we drove there to find nothing that apeals to me, so when i can I scout locations for future vacations, thats why I only expend one day on each location. Right after my trip to La Trinidad, upon arrival we pick up camp head back to Mex-1 had a quick lunch in the little shack name EL BURRO... and start driving to La Bocana around 4:30pm on March-24th. From the turn off at Abreojos in Mex-1 to the town of Abreojos it took us 50 minutes of night driving, pretty straight road with a few turns, only 6 miles are not paved yet.From AbreOjos we ask around and quickly found the road that leads to the Salitre(salt flats) i was told to follow the lights of the town all the way to La Bocana 10 miles away...No problem we got to La Bocana and ask some girls for Blanca's house and sure enough we where pointed the right way. You guys should off see Blancas face when she saw the whole troop.We settle in one of the houses she is fixing for rent,a whole house for our selfs...next day we are envite for breakfast and latter on the day for lunch, Blancas husband cook our breakfast and she made lunch, real friendly people Blanca and Les.My family really like them, we are definitely going back to la Bocana. We meet Ignacio one of the youghts in the Bike team, he won firts place on Sundays race..We say our good bye's and promisse to come back, and then off to meet Shari in Asuncion. the road to BA is pretty bad it remind me of the Gonzaga-Puertecitos rd...After San Hipolito the rd gets better.. we arrive at Asuncion meet Shari and juan she show us around and then of the THE BEACH HOUSE, to rest the next day, we where suppose to wake up early to drive to Ojo de Liebre for the whale trip..
For the trip we paid $40 for adults and $30 for kids. Our captain names was Hipolito,he told us that the whale count was low that the best time is from January 15 to February.. but still we where able to find some whales the ride was rough due to shoopy waters(wind to blame for this), encounter a good number of whales but hard to take pix because of the unsettle boat.. still i was able to take a few...we finish the tour and then head back to GN to full thats when the problems started for us. It was Friday March 26, the plan was to fill the tanks at the Pemex and reach El Rosario for a easy drive home on Saturday, but while my brother inlaw was filling up his tires, he told the guy to fill the truck with Diesel. We pay for the fuel and before the border of BCS-BCN his truck started smoking alot, and i tought is a Ford thing, but it wasn't we pull some fuel from the tank to find out that it was gas and not diesel, back to the Pemex where we explain the problem to the Manager to our surprise we where the second car in the same day that had the same problem, and yes the guy at the pump made the mistake and fill the truck with unleaded, they call their mechanic drain ther gas replace it with diesel and it was all good again we didn't have to pay for anything, but we loss a day, we end up staying in GN instaded of El Rosario..the next Day we drove from GN all the way to Tijuana did and hour in the border and I was home in National City around 8:30 pm..
QUICK FACTS ABOUT THIS TRIP.
1559 miles round trip from San Diego to Baja
350 dollars worth of gas
$700 for food and expences and entertainment plus tips..
total of trip cost, was 1,200 USA dollars
TOTAL OF PLACES VISITED
BAHIA CONCEPCION,MULEGE,LA TRINIDAD, LORETO,SAN JAVIER MISSION, LA BOCANA, BAHIA ASUNCION, BAHIA OJO DE LIEBRE FOR THE WHALE TRIP...
NOMADS THAT I MEET ON THIS TRIP.
BAJA BLANCA AND HUSBAND LES IN LA BOCANA
SHARI AND JUAN IN BAHIA ASINCION
KURT AND FRIEND KHATY IN PLAYA EL COYOTE
BAJACACTUS (ANTONIO) IN EL ROSARIO..
Well thats all folks, untill next baja trip... enjoy the pix.

WE ARRIVE @ LA BOCANA AROUND 8:30 PM


LA BOCANA CHURCH


OUR HOUSE TO UOR SELFS COMPLIMENTS OF BAJABLANCA


LA BOCANA BED & BREAKFAST BLANCA'S PLACE


HAVING LUNCH WITH BLANCA AND LES


MY BROTHER IN LAW GETS STUCK IN LA BOCANA BAY AND GETS HELP FROM THE LOCALS


WE ARRIVED AT ASUNCION



FINALLY WE MEET SHARI


KIDS HAVING FUN IN BA


ONE OF SHARI'S NEW ROOMS


THE BEACH HOUSE IN BA, ALOT NOMADS NAMES IN THE GUESS BOOK.


SUNRISE IN ASUNCION


FINALLY SOME WHALES TURN OFF TO OJO DE LIEBRE


OUR CAPTAIN AND CREW READY FOR THE TRIP







WE ATE HERE AT GN SHARI'S RECONMENDATION, THIS PLACE IS REALLY GOOD, ASK FOR THE MANOS DE LEON SPECIAL..


ANOTHER SHARI RECONMENDATION HOTEL EL COWBOY IN GN, WE GOT A ROOM WITH 4 BEEDS FOR $700 PESOS EL CARACOL WAS FULL.




[Edited on 4-4-2010 by BAJACAT]

[Edited on 4-4-2010 by BAJACAT]

BAJACAT, Thanks. Enjoyed the pictures and the report.

Ooooh! CAT! We are sooooo jealous you got to pet the whales! Our tour was soooo rough and none of them came close enough Looks like you guys had fun! Sorry we missed you...I'm sure we will cross paths one of these days!

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing the story and pics!