As we sailed south in the eastern coast of the Baja peninsula, we admired the rugged profiles of the Sierra de la Giganta. In fact, the peninsula shows impressive volcanic formations caused by its slow displacement in a northwesterly direction at a rate of about one inch per year. The mountains also showed a very prehistoric view enhanced by the lights and shadows of the midday sun.
Down south we anchored at Ensenada Grande on Espiritu Santo Island. There we had a series of activities, including a long hike to the top of the island, delighting ourselves eating sour pitahayas and looking at the rocky remains of the old Guaycura Indian camp.
Later on, we finished the activities with snorkeling and Zodiac cruising at Los Islotes, a small rocky islet inhabited by around 400 California Sea Lions. They playfully surrounded us in the water, showing their funny faces and their capabilities as divers. The mothers, pregnant at this time of the year, were denying the pups' rights to suckle milk as they are close to the breeding season. Framing this perfect moment were hundreds of pelicans, frigate birds, gulls and boobies soaring and flying around us.
