Exploring Mulege and it’s BEAUTIFUL beaches! (Baja California Sur, Mexico)

Hola! Bienvenidos welcome to beautiful Mulege! Buenos dias! Good morning country collectors. If you tuned in last week you know we spent three incredible days aboard the delirio here in Bahia Concepcion Baja California Sur. As sad as we are for the experience to end, the adventure continues today as we explore more of the beaches and head 20 kilometers North to the town of Mulege. But before we jump in please hit that subscribe button and ring the bell so you don't miss out on any of our future adventures. All right let's go put our stuff in the dinghy and head to land. All right it's about two hours later. We were dropping the boat off and she was like you must come inside for a belly full of beans before you go. And they were so good. And then we had of course another wonderful conversation. She is seriously the sweetest lady we've ever met. We miss you already. We do miss you so much. And thank you again for sharing your wonderful home with us and your boat. Yes all right well now let's get in the car we're gonna head south to Playa Requeson so come along. Wow as you can see this place is really something special. Out here it looks like there's a tidal sand spit so at low tide you can walk all the way across it. Right now the water is a little bit high so we can't do that. There's some other rvers here. Looks like some have stayed for awhile. They even have some palapas out here for you as well. The camping is rustic. Looks like they have some outhouses here. But yeah just a really nice little bit of wind you can see that breeze. Seems like another nice beach to come down to and spend some time. And I noticed when we pull into these beaches there's always an attendant there so we told them that we were just gonna look around and he said okay that was fine for five to ten minutes. So I'm not sure. I know you have to pay but I don't know if you pay by the day and then it's different from like a nightly stay. So when you come you're gonna have to ask and see what that is but I can't imagine it's more than like 200 pesos like ten dollars a night. I think one of the things I like most about the Baja Peninsula is it's really a place to come to get away from it all. So let's go see if we can find another beach to do just that. The next beach over is Playa Buenaventura and let me say it's a little fancy! They got a restaurant here and we heard that they have Taco Tuesdays baby! And it gets a little wild. They also have hot showers and flush toilets which is like a luxury. And they offer house rentals, campsites, RV spots. And they have this awesome bus right here that's been hand painted. There's a whale shark on one side and a fish right down on the ocean. I love it. Yeah so this is another cool spot to pop in maybe stay or just get some lunch. All right who's ready for stop number three? Oh me me me! Let's do it! Welcome to Playa Coyote we came around here in the dinghy yesterday and these waters were just like emerald, same color today absolutely gorgeous! Stunning. Down at the end there's a private community. If you continue down the beach to where we are right now there's some palapas and camping. And if you go all the way down to the end of the bay you'll run into some RV and more palapas. It just seems like a great place to come and kind of get away from it all and just relax. I've also heard this is a popular spot for dolphins and whalesharks in this bay. And if you get an aerial view of this mountain right here above Playa Burro where we stayed it actually looks like a donkey. Some people say it looks like a whale tail but I'm not buying it. It's definitely a donkey! So it makes sense why it's named Playa Burro. Very cool. Amazing and actually I just saw something over here that looks very interesting let's check it out together. Oh! Wow Heidi did find something really cool kind of like in the middle of the beach between the campgrounds there's this little cave and rock structure that someone took the time to cover in thousands of these little shells here. They made all kinds of little designs and figures on it. I'm really digging it. I think that one of the cool things when you're down here on the Baja is getting back to nature if you want to. So you can come down here and sit listen to the waves, look at this blue water and just collect some shells and create something. I think that maybe we forget about that when we're in you know everyday life we forget to create and it just makes you feel so good and this makes me feel good. Just down the road from Playa Burro there is a turn off with an amazing view of the bay as well as this altar here that is dedicated to the Virgin de Guadalupe. She is the protector of the bay and the people that drive along it like the truck drivers, us, the boaters the fishermen. So you will see people frequently stopping here to get a view and to offer their thanks to her. Muches gracias. And can I just say one of the best parts of this entire adventure is the driving. Being able to see this from that view from the car that perspective. And it's so nice to be able to like pull over whenever you want to. Yeah. And just stop and really take it in. Yeah so we definitely recommend renting a car if you can. The bus does come through here but having that freedom of having your own wheels just makes it that much better. It does. We have made it here to our last beach we're showing you. This is Playa Santispac. I believe it's the last one on the way up to Mulege that you will see in the bay here. On the way in we passed Playa Los Cocos which is this white sand beach and had a mangrove estuary as well as Posada Concepcion. Yeah it looked kind of like its own town. It's a private community and it looked really nice. Yeah so we are here at Armando's. We're gonna head in and get some lunch so come with us! Sounds good to me. Our food has arrived. I got the scalloped tacos as well as the shrimp tacos. I don't know what Heidi's gonna eat but no I'm just kidding! Heidi got the shrimp tacos and they look phenomenal. I mean huge shrimp! And I went with the scallop tacos and they are really delicious looking. Those look better than mine for from the last video. So that they can sear them better than I can. But they'll never be as cute as when you're cooking them! Those tacos were fantastic if you ever find yourself in the area definitely come to Armando's. The scallop was good but the shrimp blew my mind. Took the cake! And we were just talking about this beach here. There are so many big rigs. There's even like a semi truck. I think that this is probably the most popular one that we've seen along the way that offers places for RVs and camping because it's the first one from the north. That's true. And it's really long. Yeah and there's a couple of restaurants on it so that's a nice draw here too. And even though it was so windy today in here because of such a large bay the water is completely flat. Like you can see the white caps out deeper but man this is like paradise! Yeah well we are gonna jump back in the car and then head up to Mulege so come along. And just a precautionary note. Big semi trucks to drive this road frequently and they go quite fast as well as the bus. So just beware about that. Don't you know take your eyes off the road. It is very beautiful. It's hard not to want to always keep looking at all the sites but you really got to pay attention. There are also a lot of pull-offs so you do have the opportunity to stop and take it in. Yeah definitely. We just want you to be safe. We care about you. We have arrived to the place we are staying here in Mulege so let's go check it out together. Welcome to the Indie Park baby this place looks super sweet! You know we couldn't come to the Baja Peninsula and not Camp. I mean the slogan here at Indie Park is, 'Live the experience of camping in style' and that's exactly what we're doing. On site there are seven different very unique accommodations everything from an A-frame and then over here what looks like a cabin and these campers. We're staying here in number four. It's equipped with a double bed a single bed air conditioning and it comes with towels and soap. Behind me here is an on-site restaurant which I know we will be going to later looks delicious. And then on the other side in the middle this is where you're gonna find the shared bathrooms and showers as well as the kitchen / living room area. So if you want you can bring your food and cook here. I think we're just gonna end up chilling for the rest of the evening maybe play some cards and we'll see you bright and early in the morning to explore Mulege together. See you then. Good morning I'll be honest it's been really tough getting out of this bed it is so comfortable. Slept so well. Last night I went next door to the little restaurant and got some food that was absolutely delicious especially the fish tacos! We just packed up the car so we are gonna head out and head to town so come along. Can we take the bed with us? I don't know if it'll fit in the trunk! As you're coming into town you are going to see the colorful Mulege letters which as you know is a great place to snap a photo. Something you might be confused about is this H at the front. The official name is Heroica Mulege because back in 1847 there was the Battle of Mulege where the Americans tried to come in and occupy but were defeated by the local people who lived here. So that's why. A little history lesson for you this morning. Just next to the sign is a dirt road that goes down under the bridge that goes into town and up to Mission Santa Rosalia. Let's go check it out! Wait for me! The drive up here was beautiful on the dirt road along the river. And then coming up around the bend and seeing the mission in that morning light. This Jesuit mission was established in 1705 but this Temple wasn't constructed until 1754. It's just very simple but beautiful on the inside and out. It sits atop this rocky hill that overlooks the town and the oasis below so let's go up to the viewpoint to get a better look. Oh my gosh and can I just point out all of these birds here. It's crazy! It looks so cool. As we were walking to the Viewpoint past the building this lady was like come in, come in. So we went inside and she pointed upstairs. We went up these very narrow steps with a dirt floor underneath it and we popped out right here at this gorgeous bell tower. I love coming into historical buildings like this and picturing the people that walked here before us for hundreds of years. Right now we're gonna head over here to the viewpoint and really check out that Oasis. Come with us! Wow oh my gosh so gorgeous! Now this is the view that I've been waiting for. It's the picture you see when you're doing your research of Mulege. This town sits at the mouth of a river which creates this rare desert oasis. The date palms just go on for days. It looks like they go all the way to the mountains. The sky is so blue with these white clouds going up. There are birds swirling above us. It's just such a special sight. And while we're up here enjoying this incredible view we would love to give a shout out to our new patrons Andy and Clare. Thank you so so much. We hope you know how much we appreciate you. I feel like I feel it even more right now as we're traveling around such a beautiful area because knowing that you're at home watching with us just makes it that much more special for us. It certainly does. So thanks for all of your support. And if you would like to join our Patreon community we will put a link in the description below. Well there are a couple more things we would like to check out in town so let's go do that. We just came into town and we are now heading to the museum here, Museo Mulege. It is right in front of us it kind of looks like a little castle. I feel like I'm doing a little off-roading. Yeah! We are these roads are all dirt they are quite bumpy but the town looked super cute. Welcome to Mulege's Museum but I'll tell you this isn't your typical Museum. That is for sure. It's actually situated inside the first Open Door prison in all of Baja California. Open Door prison what does that even mean? It means that from 6 a.m to 6 P.M every day the less dangerous prisoners were allowed to actually leave the prison and go out work, spend time with their families, do whatever. But they had to be back by six o'clock. And how did they get called back? We actually saw the conch shell they used. But one of the guards or the warden would go out front and do that and the prisoners knew they had to get their butts back in here or they were going to be in big trouble. I've never heard of anything like that. No me neither. But this prison was occupied by both men and women which is pretty unique. And the most dangerous ones, muy peligroso they actually stayed in here. There's this center area here that is blocked off to the rest of the prison. And they weren't able to leave and go work. It seems like they're doing some work right now kind of renovating it. Some of the rooms are filled with you know historical objects. We learned about the mission, a bit more of the mission and also the indigenous tribe that called this place home. Yeah I mean the cells are tiny. Yhey even had a place where it showed like the prisoners would sleep on the floor until they could have a mat made for them so that they wouldn't have to be just on the concrete or the brick I guess whatever was down there. And then we also saw some bones like some whale vertebrae, dolphins spine right? And a dolphin head. Some baleen from a whale. Yes. It's like an eclectic mix of things in here. They had some arrowheads and some stone art from like the caves and stuff with those petroglyphs. Yeah yeah. It's a unique stop and it's free which is great as well. I think you can give some donations which we're gonna do on the way out. And the lady was super helpful when we came in. She told us everything we need to know and kind of like walked us through the whole prison. Yeah so it's a great stop when you come here. Well we are going to get back in the car and head to the lighthouse come along! And the drive out to the lighthouse is on the north side of the river now so we're able to see the town from another perspective which is cool! All the homes along it. and the palm trees. It's so pretty like I can see the ocean right up here. I'm loving this! There's pelicans diving in the water, you can hear the birds just chirp chirp chirping. What a beautiful paradise it is here. We really hope you can make it here and see it for yourself. We are getting close to that Lighthouse but I'm seeing some big gates closed. I don't know if we can actually climb up to it anymore. So yes unfortunately it looks like you can't go up to it. I don't even know if you ever could. There's steps. Who knows? So maybe but it's still nice coming here you can see we're under a palapa and that breeze from the sea. Glorious! And don't forget you have two more weeks to enter our contest for a free night stay on that sailboat in Bahia Concepcion. The last day to enter is on Christmas day. 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