"One of my most moving experiences happened while on vacation in Hawaii. I went to this remote beach that was more for locals and not only were the little 8 year old children like dolphins in the water, clearly in their element, but there was this new mother and grandmother out in the water, pushing a long-board between them. I couldn't tell what on earth they were doing, until I realized they were pushing a new born baby back and forth between them. It was one of those gorgeous moments of realization, and it was there that I decided I would rather have my own child cut their feet on coral and not concrete."
On the right are some more pictures that I took today. Top left you can see a bay that's normally full to about a five to seven foot depth (guessing) that's almost entirely drained at low tide. I think the guy down there is collecting mussels or crabs or something along those lines. In the photo below that is the La Paz marina.
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It's a little hard to tell from the photo, but the trimaran in the foreground is actually resting on its keel and partially out of the water (oops, bad parking job!). Below that is one of the many curva peligrosa hazards on the somewhat mountainous drive — take a look at the guardrail and you'll see that someone must have had a rather terrifying moment!
Top right is a balloonfish, and below that is I assume a burrowing anemone, although I suppose I could be wrong and it might be some kind of fanworm. I'm rusty! This is my first time living on the Pacific Ocean in twenty five years. Bottom right are various fishing boats anchored in one of the many sheltered bays (not that I think the water here ever gets particularly rough).
Oh, and anyone reading this that wants to use any of these Mexico Baja photos I'm posting, be my guest. I'd appreciate a linkback to zentastic or my iam page if you do, but it's not required or anything. They're public domain as far as I'm concerned — it's bad enough that we humans claim “ownership” of the land, let alone trying to claim ownership of photos of it!
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