We landed in San Jose Del Cabo airport and had our hired driver pick us up in a van for the 40 minute trek along the dusty highway complete with a stubborn bull in the middle of the road. I thought I was in a “B” movie. As I was about to discover this one week respite would be truly the most mindless of rest and relaxation getaways I have ever known.
To begin there is only one television in the main bar, no telephones with spotty cellular
phone service and no locks on the hotel room doors at our hotel Playa Del Sol. The hotel kitchen serves three fresh home cooked meals every day. Forget everything you think you know about Mexican food, this was heaven. Located miles from any really big cities it is a very clean village. I drink the tap water every day with no uncomfortable or embarrassing issues. The natural desert beauty is all you need to just relax on the beach or take a walking tour. There is plenty of fish so rent a boat for the day and share your catch with the hotel kitchen. All-terrain vehicles are fun for all ages on the sand and the big wheel bikes on the water are available for some water fun out on the sea. Take a drive to the lands end point of Baja Sur and see the stunning work the earth has wrought carving an arch into a sand stone mountain known as El Arco.
If you are looking for a little more civilization, you are a 45 minute drive to Cabo San Lucas which is a bit touristy, and 90 minutes to the state capital La Paz. La Paz is a beautiful city with architecture in the classic Spanish colonial style. Plenty of restaurants, galleries and shopping to keep you busy. We enjoyed a great lunch along the marina while serenaded by a mariachi group of talented young boys and girls. The hotel can arrange your transportation. At the end of every day we would take to the sand at sunset and begin to build our evening bonfire watching the moon rise over the sea of Cortez and watch her shimmering light dance on the gentle waves. My YouTube video follows with some great pictures we took to remember and share fond memories of the little village by the sea.
Mexico has unfortunately suffered a great deal in tourism safety. The US state department has strongly advised against it. But if you need to venture out into a Mexican vacation, Los Barriles needs further investigation and honest consideration. I can only imagine this is how all of Mexico appeared to tourists in the 1940s when airplane flight we came affordable for most and dirty crowded big city streets did not yet exist.
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