Winter In La Paz

It’s been raining and cold, a warning went out that it could drop below 10 degrees Celsius last week, although it seems funny, and it meant I had to dig out long trousers and a fleece for the first time in a year, the weather warnings are real here as many people live in somewhat well ventilated shacks, i.e. a few sheets of corrugated iron over some breeze blocks, and at night they can be at risk.

Very little is happening here, Lockdown stays at a high level. I finished the real computer work I was doing. I also managed to migrate my mail from Utah to my own mail server running on the Amazon cloud. Finally I can say goodbye to Bluehost.
Last weekend we took the dinghy out to the Magote for a walk along the island. It was a gorgeous day, the wind had dropped and the temperatures risen a lot, so we wanted to make the most of it.

The Water Skiing finals got off to a slow start

Maria and her mate turn up everyday for their free meals, they seem to like Sister Midnight.

Kathy has two weeks before her flight home. So far it’s going to plan, the fear of her having to stay in a hotel seems to have receded, but this could change. We may head out next week, once the winds subside and have a final week in the islands before her flight.
Once she has gone I will touch up the brightwork on the boat and head east.
I had the hull washed, in fact the diver only did the prop & bow thruster as the hull was so clean, which is great after two months sitting here, so far so good for the new antifoul. He replaced the Zinc anode on the stern which is great.


I finally managed to locate a good supply of beer, this should last a few weeks.

No shortage of pigeons here on the Art Gallery


Not sure if this is a heron, but he/she happily wanders around the marina checking the boats out.

I thought I would drop some pictures of the fruit section in Chedraui, just because it’s so colourful and I haven’t got anything better to show you.

They love peppers here
Finally if you don’t know what this is about, then I guess you’re not on twitter.

Paul Collister

4 thoughts on “Winter In La Paz”

  1. Loved the pics Paul and those beautiful tiles in the post before. Mr and Mrs Maria seem to have set up home on the boat, next will be nest building haha. Kathy and Mr Sanders seem to be getting along well, great pic!! xxx

    1. Thanks Bobbie, and yes, the cockpit is turning into a bloody aviary now. So many males are turning up and fighting that I’m constantly having to run up and break up fights.
      I’m tempted to buy a house here, just so I can use up lots of those tiles, they are so lovely, and each one hand made.

  2. Good to hear from you Paul. I hope Kathy’s trip home works out OK. I’m sure its a bit stressful.

    10C wow, that is cool for out there. I cant believe that this time last year I was getting ready to come visit at the start of March. What a year.

    Safe travels to Kathy.

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