We arrived safe and sound in the
Cabo airport on Friday. No problems with customs or any of that. Found the rental car place via a shuttle. No
problemo. And then we get our rental car.
Hmmm. It is much much smaller than expected. (Don't you love
Torvicia's expression?) A Renault Elf. A French car? (Victoria later
affectionately named it "Elf
Robere") Somehow we got us all and all our luggage as well as a large cooler (for all the fish we planned on getting) sardined into this wee car and set off to find a grocery store.
Sorono's just south of the airport about 6 miles was our destination- though we had no directions. We didn't have much time to get to the
Casa going the other direction so we were trying to hurry. I took awhile to figure it all out. They wouldn't let me bring in my backpack (my purse) so that was another trip out to the car. There were no other Americans in the store, so we guessed at what we were getting and how much the total tab would be. The atmosphere was not terribly friendly....a new and educational experience for all of us. Some of what we bought were: Salsa makings, a large papaya, mango and pineapple, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder,milk, butter and eggs (these were delicious, so much more flavor than what we have in the states) and some
choriso and porky porky....whatever that was and of course lots of water and other drinks. The
choriso was the closest we could get to pork sausage. This all took much longer than we would have liked but on we went to find the
Casa. We went north of the airport on the main road, turned off towards La
Riberia, and then turned south towards
Cabo Pulmo, 12 miles on a paved road and then 3 on a dirt road. We were looking for two ranches but by this time it was dark so we had to guess, and the dirt road had a few intersections that we made lucky guesses as to which way to go. We had been warned that there were la vaca on the roads, at any time, so we took it pretty slow. They were not kidding...cows (Brahma) were everywhere along the side of the road. These did not seem compelled to go into the road like the Angus/Herford cattle seem to do.The caretaker was luckily still there and waiting at the entrance when we came back down the road. Of course we passed it the first time but really we did very well. The gates described in the
instructions were back away from the road. The caretaker, Roberto, was very welcoming and helped us settle in. The waves were very
noticeable so once we ate a snack we all took flashlights out to the beach and got our feet wet. One of my favorite things on the trip was this night...there are funny little white sea crabs that when the light hit them the would scurry down into the water. They were so funny and incredibly fast. What Fun!
We arrived safe and sound in the Cabo airport on Friday. No problems with customs or any of that. Found the rental car place via a shuttle. No problemo. And then we get our rental car. Hmmm. It is much much smaller than expected. (Don't you love Torvicia's expression?) A Renault Elf. A French car? (Victoria later affectionately named it "Elf Robere") Somehow we got us all and all our luggage as well as a large cooler (for all the fish we planned on getting) sardined into this wee car and set off to find a grocery store. Sorono's just south of the airport about 6 miles was our destination- though we had no directions. We didn't have much time to get to the Casa going the other direction so we were trying to hurry. I took awhile to figure it all out. They wouldn't let me bring in my backpack (my purse) so that was another trip out to the car. There were no other Americans in the store, so we guessed at what we were getting and how much the total tab would be. The atmosphere was not terribly friendly....a new and educational experience for all of us. Some of what we bought were: Salsa makings, a large papaya, mango and pineapple, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder,milk, butter and eggs (these were delicious, so much more flavor than what we have in the states) and some choriso and porky porky....whatever that was and of course lots of water and other drinks. The choriso was the closest we could get to pork sausage. This all took much longer than we would have liked but on we went to find the Casa. We went north of the airport on the main road, turned off towards La Riberia, and then turned south towards Cabo Pulmo, 12 miles on a paved road and then 3 on a dirt road. We were looking for two ranches but by this time it was dark so we had to guess, and the dirt road had a few intersections that we made lucky guesses as to which way to go. We had been warned that there were la vaca on the roads, at any time, so we took it pretty slow. They were not kidding...cows (Brahma) were everywhere along the side of the road. These did not seem compelled to go into the road like the Angus/Herford cattle seem to do.The caretaker was luckily still there and waiting at the entrance when we came back down the road. Of course we passed it the first time but really we did very well. The gates described in the instructions were back away from the road. The caretaker, Roberto, was very welcoming and helped us settle in. The waves were very noticeable so once we ate a snack we all took flashlights out to the beach and got our feet wet. One of my favorite things on the trip was this night...there are funny little white sea crabs that when the light hit them the would scurry down into the water. They were so funny and incredibly fast. What Fun!
3 comments:
Thanks for the beginning of the Cabo trip....interesting...I look forward to more.
I'm glad we all made it and I think everyone had a memorable time!
Dad Burgess
How fun to hear the excitement of the first day! I also look forward to more installments!! Why is it that rental cars are always too little?
Because the little rental guys like the challenge of getting us all packed in? Or is it because they are secretly laughing at us? Or is it that all cars look the same size when you are looking at pictures on the internet?
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