Land’s end…

My trip to cabo was all about this – the land’s end. Land just suddenly ends and you can see right to the last rock…the very last stone where the never-ending pacific begins and spins around the earth.

Baja California is a beautiful place but a bit strange. Anytime you think of ocean you think humid and/or green. Most of Baja, albeit the mighty pacific and the sea, is very dry and dessert-like. Rough coast, calm bays, warm water, rich sea-life on one end and right across are cacti, acrid landscape with acute lack of vegetation. Other than the few palms there’s hardly any tree for miles. If no one told you of the big sea on the other side of sand-hill, you’d think you are in dessert. And you are, just that it neighbors the mighty Pacific.

Land’s end is a beautiful rock formation with rich reefs, magical rock formations, pirate caves, amazing and tidal beaches. It is really a site and it is hard to get use to it. The sea is much calmer than the ocean. Rich reefs attract sea-lions, pelicans, dolphins and even whales – you can even see schools of fish (including sting ray) from glass bottom of boats. When calm, the visibility in sea is near perfect for 20-25 feet.

My favorite part of the trip was sitting beside the beach, watching stars and fire-works across sea and hearing massive crashes of wave on shore. The rumble sounds louder in dark and waves look monstrous as darkness changes the reference frame. The coast was rough due to a distant storm and the waves did come right up to the ‘hotel beach’. And it was cold!

My not so favorite part was the cold (freezing) water of the sea. Cabo is not supposed to be cold! The storm doused all hope of snorkel as visibility got to zero in cold water. But, the catamaran ride to the bays, around the coast-line was amazing. Open bar, good music and wind…it was an awesome feeling to sit on the boat crashing through sea of cortez. Life couldn’t get better than that. Wind-water-sun-music-tequila!

Sea of cortez is so rich in sea-life that it has been called Aquarium of the world! You can swim with whales, sea-lions and schools of beautiful fish. The magical tip where sea meets the ocean is even more magical when you are under water. And although I couldn’t see that, the beauty of the land (and land’s end) is pretty awesome.