Santa Rosalía

In the morning we talked a bit with the owner of the place where we parked for the night. The original owner, Coco, who originally founded the place called "Coco's Corner" had died in August. He had offered travellers to stay there for decades.
After a short drive we stopped at a lovely little restaurant that was completely full already at 07:30 in the morning. It seemed like a popular spot for the truckers inmidst the desert, the inside was completely made of wood. Even the tortilleras were wooden 🥰 We ordered some classic Mexican breakfast (Huevos rancheros) and it was absolutely delicious!

Afterwards we made our way down crisscrossing the Baja peninsula. And realized that we need to adjust our travel estimations here, a 350km drive took us almost 5 hours... They were redoing the Highway 1, which goes along north to south of Baja California Norte and Sur. So we had many deviations with sandy and unpaved roads, luckily no tire victims this time 🍀. But we arrived in Santa Rosalia in the afternoon (back into another timezone when we crossed from Baja California Norte to Baja California Sur) with enough time to explore the town center and beach. The town is small, pretty and quite green. We walked a bit around and bought some pastries that the region and bakery is famous for. It was pretty good but a little dry so we saved it for tomorrow mornings coffee. Then we checked out a hotel nearby because they're supposed to be quite cheap currently in the off season. And the price was okay, besides we haven't had internet the last two days and needed to do some planning for our trip.

The hotel "Las casitas" (the little houses) is really cute with cosy fully equipped rooms and ocean views. Unfortunately it was very windy so we didn't go down to the beach but instead had a great dinner at a local taco shop. Afterwards we grabbed some beers, relaxed on the porch and planned our next steps.Read more