Carnival and more . . .

Carnival lasted a week in La Paz & we were able to get both night & evening. The first few pics are of some of the floats on parade night. I was up on a plastic chair we "borrowed" from on of the restaraunts on the malecon taking pictures.

We had the fire throwing jugglers .. .. ..

and the mime who had quite a crowd around him as he had fun with the kids .. .. ..

Pic to the right was quite "interesting" but we never were sure what exactly was going on. The small figurines were balanced on the shelves & you paid $ for shots with a bb gun. Apparently when you hit the correct # of figurines one of the small glass cases would come alive & sing/dance. The ugly guy in the middle might also come alive & yell a bunch of stuff in spanish. ??

Here is how spanish kids learn to fly .. .. .. Knock the monkey over & win a . . . . doll!

They had a ton of these stands, all candied fruit ..

After leaving La Paz we took a week "hopping" from one anchorage to the next working our way north gradually. Last Tuesday found us arriving in Puerto Escondido were we met up with friends from "Hanali". It was good to see Mitch and Laura again, and that's when things got hectic - not their fault though. Claudia and I had just begun talking about what a neat place this Sea of Cortez is, and how great it would be to have folks come here to visit and enjoy it with us. But, sadly, Sojourner is not up for taking on guests. She's just too small, and lacks certain amenities which we didn't know we'd need..........showers, electricity, a hot rod dinghy, etc. So, Hanali introduced us to their friend on a 41 foot boat with all the goodies. And it was all for sale. That was yesterday as the song goes.

We're now on our way back to LaPaz, where we feel it is the best place to find a buyer for Sojourner. Anyone want to come visit next winter? C E