We struck out early Sunday morning to have an early shower (very cold) and waited patiently for a couple of hours for our car to arrive. It never did. So, we walked to a nearby resort (everything at the marina was closed and there were no taxis available) where the concierge/manager called us a cab. Rigo, the cab driver, took us into Loreto and we spent the day in the little town, enjoying the farmer’s market, and the historic centre where the old Jesuit mission still stands. Loreto was the first Catholic mission in the Baja and became the administrative centre for the Jesuits who began spreading Christianity to the local inhabitants in the 1600’s. Loreto’s mission is the first, and the oldest and part of the original walls still stand, although much of it was destroyed and later rebuilt.
We shopped (some of us for odd things - see Lyle's picture) and ate Mexican food, and walked the Malecon. Our cab driver kept reappearing throughout the day, and eventually drove us back to Puerto Escondido after supper. Loreto is about 20 miles from Puerto Escondido, and he made a better fare taxiing us than he would have taking small fares around Loreto all day. Loreto was the original capital of the Baja and there is an airport with flights to Los Angeles. Ron and Monica made arrangements for a bus back to Cabo San Lucas later in the week and we found a few provisions to carry us through the next few days aboard Aleydabeth.
We shopped (some of us for odd things - see Lyle's picture) and ate Mexican food, and walked the Malecon. Our cab driver kept reappearing throughout the day, and eventually drove us back to Puerto Escondido after supper. Loreto is about 20 miles from Puerto Escondido, and he made a better fare taxiing us than he would have taking small fares around Loreto all day. Loreto was the original capital of the Baja and there is an airport with flights to Los Angeles. Ron and Monica made arrangements for a bus back to Cabo San Lucas later in the week and we found a few provisions to carry us through the next few days aboard Aleydabeth.