Ensenada

We see the huge mexican flag(100 ft by 50 ft) flying at the top of an amazingly tall post way before we reach the entrance of Ensenada harbor which inspires Domi's comment:" That would make a great spinnaker". We meet "Deja too" on its way out and exchange greetings. As we crawl into the crowded harbor, Manuel on his "ponga" signals us to follow him to the well named marina " The Bandidos". He leads us into a tight corner washed by a tremendous surge, too late to turn back, but Super-Skipper-Domi manages the boat skillfully to its new home, helped by Gail and Garth. Nice to be welcomed by friends. It is very warm and sunny and we take off for a mexican meal in a little town bustling with excitement as everybody is preparing for the departure of the famous international Baja 1000 off road race. Ensenada being our first port of entry in Mexico, we go through the paper work with "no problema". We like Ensenda, find a place to leave the boat for a month and get a flight to spend Christmas in France. 50000 people assist at the departure of the race and we are amongst the crowd at 6 am to watch 200 dirt bikes, quads, dune buggies, trucks flying above the man made dirt ramp that marks the beginning of the race and go back to the boat to discover in town another 200 vehicles ready to go! After that, we stay quietly aboard! The evenings here are quite the same than in Sechelt. People around the table sharing Ghislaine's couscous and wine but the stories are incredible sailing stories like the one of Toni and Barry on "Nutshell" who were lost at sea for 5 months after their boat pitch poled.