The big thing 1,000 miles south gets you… is warmth. We hadn’t been short of sun in Tijuana but it felt a bit like that British sun, you know – the one with not much heat in it. Now we were darn sarf, we really felt like we were on our hols.
The Airbnb wasn’t quite as palatial as the one in Tijuana, but we were smack bang in the middle of the Pueblo Majico of Todos Santos. The town had a vibrant arty feel to it, with striking Mexican skull art adorning the walls and bright colored flags flapping exuberantly in the street, all adding to the fiesta feel.
Todos Santos is on the coast, backed by the picturesque Sierra de la Laguna mountain range. In contrast to the hard-packed sand at Playa de Tijuana, and the seafront esplanade in Loreto, there were no such easy running options in Todos. The terrain favored hiking instead, so hiking we did.
I couldn’t avoid the running forever though. I just had to run the gauntlet past the crazy Mexican dogs. Arriba, arriba. Luckily the worst ones were tethered behind gates or fences but I managed to attract quite a pack at one point. Four or five of them gathered around me, yipping and yapping, leaping and bounding. Quite excitable that they found some poor unsuspecting gringo to take them for a free walk.
Check out his black and white feline friend in the background.
There was no shortage of top notch Mexican food in Todos… in particular, they really rather excelled themselves on the taco front.
Meanwhile, the margaritas came thick and fast. As did the ceviche and the molcajete.
Um, not sure how much of a Mexican tradition pizza and salad is, but it was delicious.
We soaked up the holiday feeling and chilled out with the holiday flow, enjoying sunset from the Skylounge bar. There’s something that feels just so damn decadent about a rooftop bar! I switched out the Tequila for a Hendricks G&T, garnished with cucumber and rosemary, and served in a wine glass. A refreshing change after all that lime. Truth be told, we might have spent a few evenings up there.
The walk we did before work was so enjoyable, we did it again. At the weekend. Only this time we were able to explore a little further without the need to cut short to get to work. So we brought along our old friend the drone, which hasn’t seen much daylight recently. Simple pleasures. 🙂
