We got here on a Thursday and are starting to fall in love with Ensenada. First of all, the people are great here. Lots of people are very welcoming with open arms. At the marina people are offering lifts, conversations and smiles. We took a public transportation bus and people were very friendly helping us find our way to Walmart, Home Depot and Costco, all in the same area.We were at Costco and a man wanted us to buy a hot dog for him with his money. We got him a hot dog and drink with his 21 pesos (less than $2 US). The reason why he asked that was because you needed a Costco card to buy food and he didn’t have one. Later on we asked him where we could find a taxi and in return he offered us a ride to where we could find one. He also talked to the taxi driver on our behalf.
The marina has everything we could want. There are indoor and outdoor pools and jacuzzi’s with the use of hotel towels, a snack bar at the pool, a ping pong table, pool tables, a gym, a spa, a sauna, a steam room, tennis courts, a nice restaurant and an amazing view. We are starting to use our bikes here as the bathrooms are very far to walk when you gotta go. Staff are very friendly and helpful as well. They put all of us Canadians together on the same dock. Apparently mexico has lots of Canadian cruisers, an American we met said he came to Mexico to learn about Canadians. It has a nice bay area where you can sail to several islands. There are a few boaters we met that came here intending to stay for a day and ended up staying for more than a year. Here is a video of the great view from our boat.
The downtown area has some great tourist stores and restaurants. We ate at a place called Pollo Felize (a good BBQ chicken place). Bought some great souvenirs (cheap leather purses and tshirts) and alcohol. We purchased absinthe from the Chek Republic, supposedly real strong stuff (140 proof) good for running a car as well as drinking it. If you don’t know about absinthe, it was banned in North America for a long time. In the movie “Moulin Rouge” they were drinking it. The price of this 1 litre bottle is $106 US. It comes with herbs inside the bottle that when dried can be smoked keeping you high for days. We also found a great 5% alcoholic cooler for 80 cents a bottle that you buy at the corner store, here the store is called OXXO. The fruit here is very cheap, a large cantaloupe was 60 cents each and looks and tastes good here.
As for projects on the boat, they are still happening. We just put up a net around the rim of the boat which should be great for keeping the cats on board (we hope it works). Putting in a water filter soon and other tasks to come, it never stops.
Things to Consider:
1) Why boat stores don’t use the phrase “ we sell boat shit not bull shit”
2) Why is tuna considered a fruit in Mexico and Jamaica is a flower
3) Why does a payphone charge you 6 pesos for making a call to a cell phone and 3 pesos if its to a land line (this also only gives you a minute to talk)
4) Why does Mexico have such a reputation for being corrupt when it’s the authorities (government) that are, not the citizens
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