Mexico

We wanted to come to La Ventana because we heard that it was a very popular town for windsurfing. After a few hours of driving from La Paz at night, we arrived into a small hotel. The evening was amazing, we had a big party, played foosball, had a few drinks and started breaking the ice! Then the night came. A very scary storm woke us up followed by heavy rain that flooded even the inside of the room. That was a reminder that a cyclone was coming. We visited La Ventana in the morning but it was clearly not a good time to start windsurfing. The wind became stronger and stronger to a point where we decided to change our plans. Instead of going further south, we decided to head as far as we could to the north to get the sun back. We had lunch in the town and then drove all day toward the north.

La Ventana

The road from La Ventana up to Loreto was very long but worth the drive. It has everything that you could expect from a road trip. A straight forward road with no other cars, gorgeous cacti and a redish sunset. We managed to escape the storm and the blue sky was back. The town of Loreto is very cute and worth visiting but the beach is not the nicest I've ever seen. The next day we drove further north to the town of Mulegé, an oasis in the middle of the desert. On the way, we stopped in a few beaches. It was really fun doing some snorkeling. The town of Mulegé is definitely worth visiting but besides a view point, there is not much to do there! The last day, we went for a church called Mision San Francisco Javier de Viggé-Biaundo. It is located very far up in the mountains and fortunately we had a car, they used to go there walking up in the burning sun!

Loreto

Mulegé

Misión San Francisco Javier de Viggé-Biaundó

In one day, we drove all the way from the north to Cabo San Lucas, stopping in the town of Todos Santos. Todos Santos is a popular town for relaxing whereas Cabo San Lucas is popular for partying, sometimes seen as a second Cancun. However, we were not interested in partying there. We had a coffee in Todos Santos and I must admit it is the perfect spot to see the sunset and chill! The interesting part of Cabo San Lucas for us was the touristic Lovers Beach at the very south of the town. We had a special tour of the area by boat as our Mexican friend had some friends of his in the town. The water was magnificent and we could even spot sea lions from up close, a dream! A last sunset at Cerritos Beach close to Todos Santos and our road trip ended!

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