Christmas 2003"Where will you celebrate Christmas?" we often were asked by friends. "Somewhere in the desert!" has been our answer because we didn't want to plan anything and let it just happen. Probably we will find a christmas cactus? We passed the desert much faster than we thought. So we (Andi, Markus and I) arrived shortly before the holidays in the small village of Santa Rosalia. To have a shower, doing the laundry and to make some repairs we took a room in a little colorful painted hotel with the strange name "Blanco y Negro" (= White and Black). |
 
It has been wonderful in the desert, but allthough we had very cold nights we didn't
got really into a Christmas mood. But that changed in Santa Rosalia immediately.
Mexican Christmas musik shouted out of big speakers, Santa Claus stood waving at a corner
and everywhere the houses were decorated like Christmas. For Europeans it seemed
very kitschy but here in Mexico it looked happy and laid-back. (mi)
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 After we made a cosy chaos from our panniers, bicycles and clothes in our hotel room we started with big cooking. Andi and Markus were quiet hungry after the long desert stage. When this basic need was relieved and everything clean and repared again Andi wanted to go to the beach - so we cycled to the beach. (mi) |
 
Andi only looked for the first bigger gravel road to the beach and found a wonderful place.
It was worth the 55 miles we did that day: At the end of the road we found a romantic beach paradise
like in a book! Small huts formed a Caribbean looking village called "Playa De Los Naranjos".
In a palm leafe covered hut we pitched our tent. The atmosphere was
so peaceful and relaxed that even Andi took a siesta. (mi)
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 This was our view out of the tent in the morning for the next days, before the sun rised over the hills and shined into the tent. The palm leafes rustled quiet and the pelicans glided loudless over the sea close to the shellcovered beach. (mi) |
  At the morning of Christmas Eve we got up before sunrise. Two nice Americans, Jolynn and Richard, loaned us their kayaks. We packed the cooking stuff in our waterproofed bags and paddled to the peninsula across the Baja Constitution. But it was much farer than we thought and so we finally arrived hungry and with tired arms. Therfore the breakfast (eggs with toast) tasted very well. (ma + mi) In the night Joslynn and Richard invited us for a dinner with scampis, fresh vegetables and vine. Unfortunately we were so busy that we forgot to take any picture. |
 Andi left at the morning of Christmas to finally reach Guatemala in his 2 month holiday. While he packed his bike Markus and me followed Joslynns invitation to a cosy breakfast in their palapa. We had Amaramt-granola which is very healthy and delicious! (mi + ma) |
 At the beach laied most beautiful shells which inspired me to a very special Christmas decoration. On our way to here we collected several decoration utensils from the wayside and since the beginning of our trip we carried a small Santa Claus. So we only had to buy some candles and the Christmas palmtree (the center pole of our palapa) was completed. (mi) |
  At first we cooked a delicios dinner ant afterwards we lighted the candles. And to warm up we had a small campfire. Jolynn and Richard gave us some Christmas cakes that we eat looking to the enlighted Christmas palmtree and into the fire. (mi) |
 
Later Jolynn and Richard came to admire our Christmas decoration and to sit at the campfire
and talk for a while. Good luck for us that it is here at the Eastcoast of Baja much warmer at night
than in the desert. We staied out until the last candle went out and just some coles were left over.
We had a look into the clear night before we finally went into our cosy sleeping bags.
It was a wonderful Christmas! Absolute unplanned but therfore full of surprises! (mi)
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