Today cloudy weather did not dampen our spirits. We were headed for Isla Partida (the parted island) and the aquamarine bay of Ensenada Grande. This was our last chance on our ten day journey to kayak, go on Zodiac cruises and walk the dramatic arroyo. We all indeed parted ways as guests chose their favorite event and then returned to mix and match and then choose another. The long hikers took off up the ravine en route to the high hills and their dramatic views. They found the endemic Antelope ground squirrel and the notorious tarantula wasp, who hunts down its prey, immobilizes with poison, lays an egg and entombs the spider for its larvae to devour.
The short walk encountered a gorgeous two inch honey coloured scorpion. This nocturnal spider hunter (let’s call this a bad spider day!) was carefully photographed by many. For unknown reasons if one came out at night and used a ‘black light’ these hunters of the desert would glow lime green!
The Zodiac cruises gave us a great opportunity to study and admire the numerous geological features that turned the hills and shoreline into a wonderful layer cake of chocolate, vanilla and raspberry coloured rocks.
We had a great lunch, and then a few minutes were allocated to pack, then it was back on deck to watch the aerial acrobatics of the Modula rays-smaller cousins to the manta as they flipped and flew over the waves. Bottle-nosed Dolphins rode our bow wake for the last time on our super voyage then we docked in La Paz. In the evening we walked to the Los Arcos Hotel for a Ballet Folklorica presentation. The quality of the dancing reminded me of a colony of courting birds, flitting, bowing, and flying about the stage. Ah, the many flavours of Mexico.
The short walk encountered a gorgeous two inch honey coloured scorpion. This nocturnal spider hunter (let’s call this a bad spider day!) was carefully photographed by many. For unknown reasons if one came out at night and used a ‘black light’ these hunters of the desert would glow lime green!
The Zodiac cruises gave us a great opportunity to study and admire the numerous geological features that turned the hills and shoreline into a wonderful layer cake of chocolate, vanilla and raspberry coloured rocks.
We had a great lunch, and then a few minutes were allocated to pack, then it was back on deck to watch the aerial acrobatics of the Modula rays-smaller cousins to the manta as they flipped and flew over the waves. Bottle-nosed Dolphins rode our bow wake for the last time on our super voyage then we docked in La Paz. In the evening we walked to the Los Arcos Hotel for a Ballet Folklorica presentation. The quality of the dancing reminded me of a colony of courting birds, flitting, bowing, and flying about the stage. Ah, the many flavours of Mexico.
