As I mentioned in a previous Whale Watching blog, San Ignacio sits in an oasis out in the middle of nowhere in a truly menacing desert....check out the pics in Whale Watching Part 4 & 5 .....anyways, the town is small, small, small with not much going on but it's still pretty cool.....cmon' lets take a tour....
Looking out the door of our room across the courtyard of our hotel..
Veranda leading from our room to the bar...we walked this way alot!!
Turn left at the fountain for a cervaza frio....cold beer
An example of native art down the way from our room...
The town square was about a 30 minute walk from the hotel...
Nice and cool here- we sat on the benches for awhile people watching.....
The town square is dominated by the Mission San Ignacio Kadakaaman..... founded in 1728 by the Jesuit missionaries on the site of the an aboriginal oasis named Kadakaaman.....
Beautiful wouldn't you say? ..built by the local Indians and Jesuit missionaries in the early 1700's.....
The church is always open....can you imagine what would happen to all these historical artifacts if this church was in the States and always left unlocked? They would be gone the first night!!!
Did you ever wonder what lay behind the walls of the enclosed homes you see in these Mexican towns? .....this is typical of what you see from the street ....not much. San Ignacio has a permanent population of around 650 people. As it turns out, the lady who
owns this place has an open invitation to any visitors in the town
to come and visit with her and she will show you around the
place. Its pretty neat.....lets go....
First view as you walk in.......
Pretty sweet.....huh???
This irrigation ditch was built on this site by the aboriginal Indians who knows how many hundreds of years ago? It still works!!!!!
Our last view of the place as we were leaving.... we assured the wonderful lady who owns the place that we would come back for a visit when we return to whale watch in 2016......
We walked up the street a block or two and saw a little restaurant which from the street didn't look like much but it was 1pm in Houston so I was ready for a cervaza frio....
Hello! another beautiful garden spot.....its just beginning here folks so don't leave....
Una Tecate rojo por favor.......
This is a restaurant in a town with 650 people....look whats coming next.....
Life size art work.......
The artist used sheet metal for the sculptures.....
Incredible.....right??
The waves are calling me....naw man just kiddin' its hodad Rich
This is where we ended up for dinner....great Italian food....sorry no pics.....I'll get some for ya next year when we come back...
Next morning we arrived at the airport early....
Nothing much has changed since our arrival.....
EXCEPT.......
They started construction on a new International Terminal
Checked through customs and waiting in the terminal for our plane..
Tana is ready to roll.................
da plane da plane...........
Lets fill this puppy up and roll baby roll!!!!
"Our Father who art in Heaven................"
Home sweet home...........
"Our Father who art in Heaven..............."
Well, guys what a trip! Hope you enjoyed going with us. We're home OK and already planning the 2016 trip. Next year we plan on camping at the lagoon for a few days and going out to be the whales two or three times a day....how long we camp out there depends on how much cervaza the panguereos can bring in!!
Until we meet again, as my boyhood hero Roy Rogers used to say at the end of every episode....
Happy Trails to You
Peace to you
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