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This was our first anchorage tucked
close into the mountains in beautiful clear water. This shows the
arroyo which we walked across (the lowest area to the right of the
mountain range) |
| This view from the beach of the same
anchorage and demonstrating nicely how careful you had to be with your
dinghy landings in the surf! |
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The afternoon sun on these mountains
cast a warm red glow and gave the impression of silk folds. We got
so much pleasure simply watching the sun casting different lights. |
| This pristine beach went on for
miles and miles, it was all pure white and covered in sand dollars up to
8" across in diameter! It then erupted into 20ft sand dunes
and stretched for a further 5 miles to the estuary of Magdalena Bay and
further 10 miles to the other side of the Bay. Now that is what I
call a beach! |
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Walking through the arroyo was
really fascinating with so many different rocks and wild flowers and
cactus to discover. This was one of our favorite walks along the
West Coast of the Baja. |
| This is the view you are rewarded
with at the end of the walk, the same one you saw from the sea as you
sailed by, enroute to the Bay. You could see all the way along to
the lighthouse and a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean. |
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This is the view we were rewarded
after our long 5 mile hike across the sand dunes to the other side of
the Bay. From the top of the sand dunes you can see the mangroves
growing into the dunes and the estuary of Magdalena Bay. |
| We saw so many different varieties
of wild flowers growing in the sand and it was incredible how healthy
they all looked! This one grew into quite large bushes around 10ft
in diameter. |
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This pretty crawler grew in the sand
dunes everywhere and provided interesting splashes of colour to the
sand. |
| This delicate pom pom flower had a
wonderful smell, really pungent and sweet. The contrast between
the bare spiky branches and the pretty delicate flower was amazing. |
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This ground cover flower grew in the
dunes and was so delicate on its long stem. |
| We saw many of these cactus flowers
but these one's seemed particularly bright and had an interesting
trumpet shape. |
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