Estamos en Mexico!

We made it to Ensenada this morning. The passage last night was good, we were able to sail until around 1:00 am when the wind totally died, so we turned on the motor. I crawled into bed with the boys around 7:30, so by 1:00 when Tor turned the engine on, I was sort of rested so I took over. First time I've been responsible for the boat in the dark. The stars were amazing, I saw at least 6 meteorites, and there was phosphorescence in our wake. Gorgeous. My goal was to be up for the sunrise, but I missed it by about 30 minutes. By 5:45 I couldn't keep my eyes open, so I woke Tor and crawled between two deliciously warm little boys and got another hour of sleep. Tor definitely got the lousy end of the sleep equation last night, but we will get this figured out.

Once we got into Ensenada, we checked us and our boat into the country. It was relatively painless, because all of the offices needed were in the same building, including the bank where you need to pay the various fees. However it wasn't without some frustration at our lack of ability to communicate and understand Spanish.

For more fun chores, we went to try and get a new SIM card for my phone. I was expecting a hassle, but was pleasantly surprised with how helpful everyone was, and how they genuinely wanted to communicate with me. So I'm all set for Internet, yay for blogging!

More chores including a fruitless walk all over town searching for diesel to fill our Jerry jug showed us a really great town. If weather causes us to stay put for a few days, I'm sure we won't be complaining.

The best ceviche I've had in my life from a street stand just up the street from our marina sealed the deal. They even shared the chocolate clams on the half shell with a lime chile salsa while we were waiting for our ceviche tostadas. Never had a raw clam before, but I could eat copious quantities. And the mixed seafood ceviche? With mussels, octopus, blood clams and the usual suspects of fish and shrimp? THE BEST!

Sunset at sea

In case there was any doubt as to where we were, there is the Mexican flag just steps from our boat. For scale, that sailboat mast in the boatyard? At least 60ft off the ground. No wonder there is a sign on the flag pole warning you to maintain a distance of at keast 15m in the event of rain or a lightening storm. 

Ceviche for supper. Odin and Lars had the pescado (fish) y camorones (shrimp)

The mixta supreme plate. AMAZING! Not pictured are the 3 chocolate clams I got to 'sample' because they are in my tummy.

This is the place to be. On Alvarez and Ave Lopez Mateos. The woman behind it started it in the 60s and the family is still going strong. I heard about it on my favorite nerdy food podcast "Good Eats," and for $20 USD, it can't be beat.