BajaBlanca - 3-12-2014 at 08:37 AM
Here we are in this charming town
On Monday Les and Jerry went off shopping at Home Depot and other places, while I met up with Veronica who brought me t-shirts from WildCoast for the
7th graders who have been cleaning up La Bocana on Saturdays with me:
When Les got back, he and I went to lunch at LA CATOLICA restaurant. It is just beautiful .... I loved the atmosphere and the prices is not too high
These were my very cheesy shrimp tacos
Les thought his tortilla soup was a bit too cheesy.
After that we went back to the hotel Bahia Dorada and the college kids came and swam all afternoon...they put on a show but there were no girls to
watch:
more later!
David K - 3-12-2014 at 08:44 AM
Thanks... La Paz is great! The history museum was very good there... along with everything else!
TMW - 3-12-2014 at 10:04 AM
La Paz is my favorite Baja City. Love just setting and watching all the people on the malecon.
BajaBlanca - 3-12-2014 at 04:37 PM
Last night was the highlight of our La Paz stay! We were invited by Weebray Bobby and Wendy for dinner and commraderie ..... they are so wonderful
and it was fun catching up on news with them.
We had thin crust homemade wood-fired pizza that was outrageous:
Our car is still at the mechanic as of 5pm this afternoon,but if it gets back to us today,we are all going on a walking tour of the local's tour of La
Paz. Looking forward to that.
Working backwards now, during the day we went to Marmolera for lunch. Although it has a distinct American relaxing atmosphere, and we are in Mexico,
I still loved it:
We were there for breakfast and I had oatmeal - it was terrible. Les had an omelette and he loved it.
The rest of the day was spent visiting Lechuga for an eye exam. I am to reach 30 so I can operate a cataract. Not yet. I went for a mammogram right
across the way at Fidepaz. It includes a sonogram - a first for me. Walkins welcome and the charge was $730 pesos. The girl who did the mammogram
was young and inexperienced but she got the job done, the doc for the sonogram was fantastic.
Enter here
Take first right and this is the guy who will get you started:
This morning we went for breakfast at an awesome place. It looked like it was set up for gringoes but it is 100% Mexican. Spotlessly clean, very fast
service and excelllent food. It is located a couple places up from the Hotel San Diego
The prices were very reasonable as well. So, there went our day which included a 2 hour siesta and now we are at the hotel just biding our time til
the mechanic calls that the truck is listo!
BajaBlanca - 3-12-2014 at 04:43 PM
let me edit to say that the pizza was NOT wood fired but rather made in a gas fired BBQ.
and the name of the breakfast place, kind of hard to read on the sign, is LA COCINA DE MARIA.
We would love to meet up with other locals to get a pic of what your life is like here. If you have a moment to share a cup of coffee/lemonade
somewhere, please contact me via U2U. We only have one day left! But, we have decided that we will return in April and spend more time ....
Ateo - 3-12-2014 at 04:51 PM
Wow. Must be hard being you. =)
That pizza looked great.
All the food looked great.
It's been 6 years since I've been in La Paz.
Bajahowodd - 3-12-2014 at 04:58 PM
The absolutely classiest town in Baja. But are you saying the food there was cheesy?
BajaBlanca - 3-12-2014 at 04:59 PM
yup.
Udo - 3-12-2014 at 05:57 PM
Thanks for the memorable photos.
We have been to La Paz many times, and always we love to visit the Malecón. About 400 meter south of the Applebees, is a restaurant called BIZMARQITO.
They serve great fresh and local seafood. It is a favorite of the locals.
bajadogs - 3-12-2014 at 06:31 PM
Oh man I miss that town.
Time to start planning...
cliffh - 3-13-2014 at 08:07 AM
Thanks for the pics. makes us home sick, great being in Havasu with the kids but we sure miss being home. C&C
BajaLuna - 3-13-2014 at 10:08 AM
thanks for the pics, Blanca! La Paz is on our list of places to visit one day soon!
How long would you say it took you to get there from your place?
BajaBlanca - 3-13-2014 at 04:24 PM
hello bajaLuna - we really like La Paz ... the charm is absolutely everywhere you go. For us it is a treat, restaurants everywhere, cinema, all the
stores you can dream of.....quite a change from La Bocana.
We usually take 9 hours but we stop for lunch somewhere. I think if you drove straight you could do it in 7.5 to 8 hours.
We stayed at the hotel all day and snoozed since our truck is in the shop .... the college kids came over for lunch and a chat and drove me to the ATM
as well as to a second hand store to buy a small shelf for one of them who is using boxes for shelving. So many segundas and I found exactly what I
was looking for near out hotel - BINGO.
More photos from the other day coming soon.
bajajudy - 3-13-2014 at 05:01 PM
Funny!
We have eaten breakfast in both of those places. The second one is one of our favs for breakie.
BajaBlanca - 3-13-2014 at 05:28 PM
Yes, it really is a winner.
Loretana - 3-13-2014 at 05:40 PM
Don't 'cha LOVE it?? La Pa'..................
They have it all. 
mulegemichael - 3-13-2014 at 05:50 PM
a friend of ours has a restaurant on the malecon called, appropriately, "the shack"....fabulous food, nice relaxed atmosphere and really nice
folks...try em!
BajaBlanca - 3-13-2014 at 06:21 PM
Leaving in the morning for La Bocana via Mulege for a bit of a spell in the afternoon.
I saw the shack and I think We went there a couple years ago? We shall return sooner than later!
Whale-ista - 3-14-2014 at 04:04 PM
thank you for the report. I've always enjoyed La Paz, need to get back there soon when I have more time to relax/enjoy.
You live almost in the middle of the peninsula. Would you say it's faster/more convenient to drive south from La Bocana to La Paz for healthcare etc.,
vs north to Ensenada?
It seems, given the mountains/traffic to the north, it would be an easier/more comfortable drive south vs. north when you need "city" stuff.
willardguy - 3-14-2014 at 04:17 PM
they really need to schedule flights from rosarito to la paz on saturday, thats all I ask,just saturday night on the malecon, i'll go home in the
morning!
acadist - 3-14-2014 at 05:40 PM
JEALOUS
Love La Paz
BajaLuna - 3-14-2014 at 07:05 PM
Thanks for that info, Blanca, Sounds like a nice day's drive and certainly doable in a day!
Good questions, whale-ista...I'm curious too!
