Saturday February 23, 2008
Mulege, Mexico
Charlie, Marji, John and I flew to Baja California to see the grey whales
last weekend. Our pilot was
Charlie Jackson,
Sun Labs' Webmaster. Our
Cessna 182 Skylane II was one of four private planes on the trip from the Shoreline Flying
Club. Below are pictures of
Mulege, Mexico, where we stayed. Mulege is pronounced MOO-leh-hey.
Mulege is a popular fly-in location for General Aviation even though
it offers the simplest runway, no tower and no fuel. The Saturday night
pig roast at Hotel Serenidad (immediately next to the runway) is
excellent, and day trips include whale watching, ancient cave painting
tours, and scuba diving.
There were patriotic posters up around town from 2003 celebrating the
156th aniversary of the heroic defense of Mulege. Other posters celebrated "Mulege Divers Since 1705" and tourist opportunities. Mulege is on the Mulege river
at the Sea of Cortez. The best flowers in town were the violet, red, and
apricot bouganvillea. The vine trunks were often a foot or more wide.
Our group stayed at various hotels in town: Las Casitas, Hacienda, and
Terrazas. Terrazas (where Charlie, Marji, John and I were) offered clean
rooms, a friendly lobby
dog (Bellina), a
Lotus 7 parked out front, and a good breakfast that always
took over an hour to cook and serve even if we were the only ones eating
and we ordered the night before. Hacienda
is right next to the town amphitheater (loud music until 2 am) and offered
dirty sheets. Las Casitas is next to the church (morning bells!) and offered
a good restaurant and very helpful staff who speak English. We often ate at
Las Casitas but they did not have enough rooms for all four planes.
Mulege Defense
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Mulege Tourism
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Mulege Divers
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Bougainvillea vine
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Hotel Serenidad
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Hotel Serenidad Pigroast
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Hotel Serenidad Pigroast
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Hotel Terrazas
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Hotel Terrazas Bougainvillea
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Bellina Terrazas
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Terrazas Piano
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Lotus 7 at Hotel Terrazas
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Mulege Lighthouse
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Mulege Boats
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Mulege River
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Mulege Street
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Mulege Street
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Perros Calietes (Hot Dog) Stand
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Mulege Taqueria
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Mulege Swan Fountain
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Mulege Church Bells
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Church Door Sign-Jesus on cell phone
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Mulege Shop
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Bougainvillea
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Flowers
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Cactus
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Cactus
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Local cat
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Images Copyright 2008 by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher
Posted at
11:34PM Feb 23, 2008
by katysblog in News & Reviews |
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