Yesterday, I walked around La Paz to get the lay of the land. I found coffee shops, a Marine store, SEARS (where I bought a new phone for 200$, with a monthly plan of 30$ to be renewed if I WANT to, or it just expires, how civilized!) and lots of cute shops. I checked out the dive shops and booked snorkling for when Nanaimo peeps come next week. The whale sharks are just starting to arrive to La Paz. There are six in the bay currently however many are expected to arrive by mid December. The marina I tie up my zodiac to is a secure dock with showers, restaurant and an “expat meeting place” and a small library, run by the expat organization. I also ran into a few bajahaha sailors that I had met in Bahia Santa Maria. Great day with connecting with many sailors from B.C., Canada and California.
Today felt like a real La Paz Day. I went into town early to have coffee with the local Ex-Pats. They were setting up a swap meet so I scored some items for the boat. Back on my boat, I decided to change the zinks on the prop shaft. I tied screw drivers and Allen keys to a rope and tied it to my weight belts and started the job. Pretty soon, schools of fish joined me. Wow, what a play ground I have for my back yard!!! I also scraped barnacles off the rudder, and inspected the rest of the hull. A bajahaha sailor popped by and reminded me that the final bajahah party was tonight… So off I went…
Sailaway Sarantium 
Inspiring! You will be long gone when I come down that way in March (teacher holidays;))
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