La Paz, March 22, 2012

Up at 7:30 this morning …another beautiful day, warmer with little wind. I showered and caught the free shuttle to ciudad centero (downtown La Paz). My mission was to buy some tomales from a street vender that sets up her stand outside of the supermercado (supermarket). All the cruisers here say her tamales are the best! The boat people on this pier are having a dock party tonight so I thought the tamales would make a good contribution.

While I waited for the vender to set up I strolled around town. I spotted another street vender serving shark and manta ray tacos to a number of hungry construction workers across the street, so I got on line and ordered two for myself: they cost 12 pesos each ($1 US each) and were very tasty.  Further along I wandered through a store that sold just about everything from art supplies to toys, books, housewares, etc. They had a selection of music CD’s and I found a Billy Joel CD for $10 US: the “Essential Billy Joel”. It had all the old favorites that I like so I bought it. I wandered back to the supermercado and found the tamales vender there, so I quickly bough 10 tamales before she sold out (115 pesos ($9.50 for enough food for 7 or 8 people). I felt a bit like Anthony Bourdain wandering around and sampling all of the street vender’s fastfood, I just hope I don’t regret my actions later.

When I got back to the boat two Mexican boys were finishing the wax job they started yesterday, they were hard at work polishing the hull. I opened up the boat and put on a CD, Creedence Clearwater Revival. The boys working outside gave me the thumbs up for my choice in music....I told them it was my son's music and they stared to laughed.

I promised myself and family that I would take my camera to town this morning but I forgot, again. I promise I will bring it with me the next time I go wandering around town.  

More to come soon …