I'm flying from Dutch Harbor, so my flight schedule is considerably more screwy than yours...
I fly from here to Anchorage on the 10th, have a few hours in Anchorage, then leave at 1am in the morning for Portland. Quick plane change in Portland, then direct to San Jose del Cabo. All said, it'll take me nearly 24 hours to get there... about 15 hours of flight time. It'll be interesting - never flown down the ENTIRE west coast before, rofl.
My buddy is meeting me there (he's flying from New York), then we'll head up to La Paz. We haven't decided if we're going to take the bus, or get a driver. I'm leaning on taking a shuttle up there - the bus seems like it'll be more hassle than I want to deal with after a long flight down.
Cortez Club is fairly expensive... $135 for a 3-tank dive vs $102 at Cantamar. I'm kind of hoping Cortez Club will cut me a deal for 5 days of trips, I'll let you know how that goes.
The idea of being able to kick back at the resort and have all the diving details taken care of for me is sounding real good at the moment. I'm probably willing to pay a little extra for that.
And heck. Cortez Club has a bar on the dock. I'm hoping I can come back from diving, grab a margarita, rinse the gear, then settle in for a nice after diving snack of some yummy fish tacos.
I've never been to La Paz, and haven't been to Mexico since I was about 7. Hoping to relax at the resort, hit the town for some good food and drink, and check out the Malecon. I heard they have a neat aquarium too.
Plans are somewhat subject to what my travelling partner wants to do, but he's pretty mellow. He wants to try diving, so we'll do that for at least a couple days. Both of us want to try our hand at Baja fishing too, so I'm sure we'll fit at least a day of that in somewhere.
Trip has been planned for about 6 months, just started getting excited yesterday.
It's going to be a blast!
-B.
