Tio Paablo's Bar & Grill, Palmas de Cortez
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Punta Pescadero
We have stayed at the hotel Punta
Pescadero located on the East Cape of Baja California several time when
flying in Baja. This is a nice quaint out of the way resort with a paved runway.
Paved runways are rare in Baja so this place is an excellent resort to spend a
few days. They have a nice restaurant with Cocktails and hors d'ourves on the
terrace and candlelight dinners under the stars. Our first time in this resort
was very unexpected.
At the bar, a dozen Americans were drinking beer, margaritas and soft drinks,
chatting in the dulcet tones of relaxed people. It was one of those rare
instances when reality matches fantasy. We I plunged into the scene, pulling up
two seats at the bar, drinking our complimentary margaritas and watching the sun
cast sparkles on the water. We could see mountains almost 50 miles down a coast
that contained few signs of development. It could have been the moment or even
the setting, but wow, the margarita "the best I've ever had." It certainly was
potent. After downing just one, there was not much we could do except stroll on
the nearly deserted beach, scour the coral-strewn sand for seashells and test
the temperature of the warm water.
A few miles to the south there is the town of Los Barriles, a low-key Mexican
village long favored by sport fishermen. From there we rent ATV's and ride on
the beach from one hotel to another. These hotels are basically fish camps with
the necessities for the men to spend a week away from home fishing. Each has a
small bedroom with a shower a gorgeous view of the Sea of Cortez, a restaurant
for breakfast lunch and dinner and a cantina and sometimes some light local
entertainment. We ride from one of the "fish camps" to another and spend the day
doing so. Upon arrival we pull and leave the keys in rhe ATV's and spring up to
the bar for chips and salsa and a cerveza or margarita. Then is's a half hour
ride or so down the beach to the next one and maybe this time we'll have lunch
and definitely spend a little time in there pool. After 4 or 5 stops we do
the exact thing back and have dinner at one of the places we stopped at earlier
and try to make it back before it gets to late.