Picture this: We are on our balcony in sunglasses, shorts and a t-shirt. The ship glides quietly over the calm seas. The air is soft and warm. Despite email messages and Facebook posts from friends and family, it's hard to believe that there are places in the world that are cold and snowy.
We were in Loreto yesterday, the oldest town in Baja. It is a beautiful place, quite different from other Mexican towns we have visited in the past. It is exceptionally clean and in good repair. The local fire fighters are selling t-shirts and bottled water to raise money for the fire station. The main shopping thoroughfare is pedestrian only. There are no people getting in your face, trying to sell you junky souvenirs: they greet you and wait for you to enter their shops.
I was interested in a small cotton rug, and the young salesman let me take two of them from the store, down a couple of blocks to where Tom waited, to get his opinion. When I got back and indicated my choice, the salesman said, "Please, take both! I get a better commission that way!" Hard to argue with that logic.
Think we may give Loreto a second look.
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