Last updated Sunday June 10, 2007
In the Spring of 2002 we flew our plane down to Mulegé (pronounced mool-eh-hay) on the east coast of Baja California. Baja is largely dry desert but Mulegé is an oasis of date palm trees along a flowing river.
This is what the Baja coast looks like from the air. Only people in small planes get to see this. There were a number of small islands with very sharp peaks rising several hundred feet in the air. They were striking because they were all white.
Approaching Mulegé with the mouth of the river and the airstrip to the left. Downtown is up the river in the fig palm trees.
Hotel Serenidad has its own landing strip right outside the front gate. You get a lot closer to the planes landing and taking off than you are used to at Stateside airports. Our plane is the high-wing sitting in front of the federales compound. We missed taking pictures of all the rest of the planes. There must have two dozen at the peak.
The Hotel Serenidad Gate welcomes pilots and passengers right at the edge of the airstrip.
Hotel Serenidad is not the fanciest place we have stayed, but it's real nice and the finest Mulegé has to offer
We are enjoying the pig roast and the Mexican musicians after dinner. Does Nancy look like she just turned 50?
Mulegé is built around a river, one of the few in this area of the Baja peninsula. There are lots of retirement and vacation homes belonging to gringos. Most of the locals seem to be busy with the tourist trade or fishing.
Here are some street scenes from downtown Mulegé
There is a 300 year old mission in Mulegé, the third one build in Baja, and the oldest one still on its own foundation.
