Preparing for trip
Pichilingue
Loreto
The Diving Photos
La Paz
Lax and sights from plane to UK
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Preparing for trip |
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| Kathryn trying on new wetsuit | ...and Mark | Holiday haircut | ||
Pichilingue |
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| View from our balcony at Pichilingue | ..and again | Our apartment at Hotel Club Cantamar | Pelicans | In hammocks on beach |
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| and again | Kathryn in the pool | Sunset from the balcony | Pelicans on the way to the restaurant | Pelicans |
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| Kathryn at the beach restaurant | Kathryn and Mark | Mark | On the boat for scuba diving, we saw killer whales and pilot whales from the boat | Sunset at Pichilingue |
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| The sea lions we dived with | ||||
Loreto |
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| Pattie, David, Pete, Kathryn, Mark | Pattie, David, Roberto, Ajaol, Kathryn, Mark | Kathryn on speed boat going to scuba dive off islands near Loreto | Dolphins from the boat | We saw groups of 40 to 50 dolphins at once |
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| ....closer up and by the boat | KiKi, excellent one man show who took us to the dive sites and then to beautiful isolated lunch sites, with son | Manta ray from boat | One of the lunch sites after scuba diving | .. and again |
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| ... and another | Our room at the Baha Outpost | Mark out for more diving | Kiki took us into one of the caves | Picture of the cave |
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| From inside | Kathryn on the beach during lunch | .. and Mark | Baha Outpost (scaffolding not noticeable from within!) | At Chilli Willies |
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| A glimpse of the mass of pelicans | Kiki, son (Francisco), and Leon who runs the Outpost | Mark in the hammock | Kathryn with Humphrey Bogart | Kathryn, Jackie, Len, Nancy, Stan at Chilli Willies beach restaurant |
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| Sunset, sand and sea from the restaurant, just as I like it | Ice cream, after dinner refreshments - many real flavours | |||
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The Diving Photos |
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| Ray under shingle | Kathryn | Puffer fish | Goat fish | Moray |
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| Crown of Thorns | Nudibranch | Stingray | Fish | Coral |
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| Slug | Ray under sand | Guitar fish | Coral and fish | Small puffer |
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| Trumpet fish | Red starfish | Moray | Angel | Scorpion fish |
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| Lobster | Shells | Yellow coral | Eel | Barracuda |
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| Group photo | Eel out | Nudibranch | ||
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La Paz |
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| On the way to La Paz by bus, a break in the 4 and half hour journey | Kathryn and a La Paz sunset | The kind of view you get with a cheap hotel - La Paz | .. and the kind of room, but the air conditioner worked and it was close to the beach | Kathryn in La Paz |
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| ..and again | Mark in La Paz | Mark and a La Paz sunset | Kathryn with La Paz background | .. and Mark |
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Lax and sights from plane to UK |
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| LAX | LA at 35,0000 feet | America from the plane | Rockies | Lakes |
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| Above the clouds | Sunrise at 35,000 feet | Back to World Map | ||