A laid back day. The excitement was a “parade” of shrimp boats and smaller boats with many townspeople aboard. The lead boat carried a replica of the Virgin Mary and the procession went to a shrine on the other part of Kino. We couldn’t see much since they did not come very close to shore. We understand that all of the towns will be having such processions between now and Christmas day. Nice to have the religious aspects of the season emphasized!
Played with the internet a bit but wifi is spotty and we now know why. Went to the office and saw that the Linksys router (probably like you have in your house with 2 antennas sticking up) is sitting on the roof with a rock holding it down . Hey, but there is wifi here very deep in the Sonora desert, a long way from civilization. By the way, check into SkyPE for phone service on the road! We just got hooked on it and are amazed…essentially free…all you need is internet access. We’ve talked daily with family. Danièle chatted with her parents in France for about 20 minutes and the cost was 34 cents!
We drove and walked around the dirt street village a bit and noted that the people are very poor yet they are all doing something and very friendly to us even when they are just passers by and not merchants. We also made an observation: even though we are right on the sea, there is no humidity. The Sonora desert keeps things dry, even on the sea.
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