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Yearly Archives: 2016

frank arnold art & gallery


our friend patrick corr had recommnded visiting this art place in san josé del cabo: the american artist frank arnold has realized his gallery together with his studio and living space under one roof. Besides many huge paintings and sculptures two large coffee table books are displaying his artworks in his “showroom”.

Little episode: frank has experienced as an 8 years old boy that he was adopted and therefore often the number 8 can often be discovered in his art works. Should you visit san josé del cabo frank arnold art & gallery is a “must see”.

 

san josé del cabo

25 million year old flower, trapped in amber

The parntercity of Cabo San Lucas has a completely different flair, no cruise ships arrive here , there is no party mile for unleashed american youth, here the establishment goes shopping. Every thursday evening there is an art walk through the art district and frank arnold art & gallery is the lonesome lighthouse in the touristy shallow water area, who has no need to sell colorful skulls (yet best as ashtrays) (See next post: frank arnold art) 

cabo san lucas


Lands end of the baja california and Cabo San Lucas is like a small, american tourist city. All along the beaches are building shells of new hotels, in a few years everything will have changed.

Is this a post worth? Yes, because we have visited christina and patrick corr, quasi friends of friends. The two have introduced us to their friends, just great. Among them markis saffert, a german baker (do not miss: “The Cabo Bakery”) and a canadian ex-wrestler.

Thanks christina and patrick for this great time.

puerto aqua verde


we had several recommendations for this beach, it should be a pearl on the baja california. to get there, we had to drive a narrow, stony and bumpy dirt road for about 20 miles . actually the track is not designed for our car size, partly we had to cut away the thorny bushes and the occasional oncoming traffic was always a challenge. But the hassle is worth it and we met the two nice american couples again who had also recommended this pearl.

playa escondida / molegé

plays escondida in the moonlight

“Playa escondida” translates hidden beach. A bumpy road leads to this bay, and we were delighted to find it empty. no one but us was here. Some palmleaves covered “palapas” dispenses shadow, clamshells edges the beach and then alone under the starry sky. Great.

baja california / 2


on the way to baja california south … 

coco´s corner


The route from puertositos to the highway no 1 still passes Coco’s corner. The dusty, bumpy and narrow dirt-road- will be replaced (and they are working since years on it) by a new paved road which no longer tangents Coco’s corner.

Coco lives since 26 years in the center of no-where. Even two dusty roads are crossing here but that doensn´t mean there is much traffic. He is now 79 years old and he had driven motorcycle races, he has lost a leg by an accident at work and by an infection he lsot his second one. He asked the docter to amputate it in the same length, this would make it easier he exclaimed. Coco sells refreshments and maintains for many, many years aguestbooks. Meanwhile, there were nine notebooks, unfortunately one had been stolen, he regretted. Among all the entries there was also one from “horst and rita”. we had met this couple in Canada on the icefield parkway several months ago. Well, maybe it’s still a center of “some-where”