The following morning we
raised the anchor and made our way the short distance of just 5 miles to the
small anchorage of El Mezteno, probably a two boat anchorage but so very
picturesque with its crystal waters and deserted sandy beach and high protective
cliffs on the north and south sides and a canyon to the east. Again we were on
our own and we decided that this was going to be a two or three day stop-over
as there looked like there was much to occupy us.
We plunged into the cooling
waters, snorkeled the shorelines and explored further afield with the kayaks.
On our first evening two sea kayaks came around the north headland and made
camp on the beach and then proceeded to strip naked. Fine. Going for a swim,
why not, but they did not put their clothes back on and explored the beach in
their birthday suits. Luckily we were far enough away that it was not too
bothersome (They were no spring chickens – why is it that nudists are always
older?). The following morning we decided that we would go for a walk up canyon
and see the vista to our next anchorage. We took George, our faithful dinghy,
to the other end of the beach from where the nudists were camped and started
the rather rough hike up the canyon. The path was not clear and it was a bit of
a tough scramble so the girls turned back to explore the beach and I carried on
up the bolder-ridden track. After about two hours of scrambling on my own path
and some rather nerve wracking climbing sections I made it two the top of the
canyon and the splendid view of Caleta Partida. One the way to the top I came
across a seam of agate rock and spent 20 minutes trying to collect some worthy
specimens to take back and show the girls. We have been trying to find agate on
our trips for a number of years and I was so pleased to find some and looked
forward to showing Katya. On my return down the mountain Katya was very excited
to show me her collection of agate as well! 
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| Barry the dessicated puffa fish |
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