We left San Diego on Sunday morning at 0 dark thirty and crossed into Mexico around 8 in the morning. Our plan was to sail onto Ensenada but around eight hours into the day I decided to slip into Puerto Salina. Someone that we had been talking to in San Diego had recommended it. It is a new marina and is still in the process of being built up. None of the charts show the marina's location but there was some information in one of my cruising guides that was helpful in finding it.
The people there were very friendly and helpful. A small boat came out to greet us and escort us into the marina and slip that they had assigned us. They then drove us a short distance to the office where we signed in. The next day, without charge, they drove us 20 miles into Ensenada and helped us through the process of going through immigration and customs. It took us 2 hours to complete the process and had we done it ourselves it would have taken 6-8 hours. We took Jose out to a nice place for lunch and of course gave him a tip for all of his help. We were very grateful.
Of course the first thing we had to eat was fish taco's and also a visit to the Cantina. There was a sign hanging from the rafter that I thought i would share. Some of you might find in comforting.
We had planned to leave that on Tuesday morning for Ensenada but it was raining so we stayed until the next morning and pulled anchor around 8 in the morning after signing our departure papers. We arrived in Ensenada around 2:00 in the afternoon. Checked in with the marina (Cruiseport Village Marine) and then walked around town looking for Cuban cigars and a restraunt. We found both and both were great.
Today I walked to a coffee shop for coffee and attempted to read the best I could, a local Mexican paper. Tomorrow morning we are leaving for the next anchorage which is just that. No marina and no facilities. So we will be going dark for a few days until we find civilization again.
Here are some photos that I took since the last Blog posting. There is one photo that may be hard to make out but it is a large pod of dolphins. There must have been 30 or more that swam by us.
Well that is all for now. Until next time, Be safe out there.
I will be posting our position each evening and sending a short email from my sailmail email account. Again, please DO NOT reply to those messages. Some of you chose to ignore that request last time. If to many of you replay it will prevent me from sending anything out since the system is VERY slow speed. Send me emails to my Google account and i will get them when I find the next marina.
Thanks
Denny and Bob
