Things have definitely settled down

After our rather exciting first day in San Felipe, things have settled into place. Our spot on the sandy Oceanside just a few hundred yards from town is perfect. 

We have used our bikes and scooter to explore and spent a lot of time just laying back and enjoying our surroundings. 

This weekend is their annual shrimp festival with a party down the main street of town swimming events bicycle races and a lot of other fun activities. We have quite enjoyed some the events downtown but they party like no one i know!  It was 3 o'clock in the morning and they're still going strong!

The residents of San Felipe, a town of a few thousand people, are for the most part rather poor. The only industry that I have noticed in the area is shrimping and fishing. A few tourists do come down to the area. However I think for the most part Americans seem to be leery of traveling to Mexico.

In talking to people who are traveling, and also the local population, it seems that Canadian tourists definitely outnumbered Americans.

As with last year we have found no evidence of criminal activity in San Felipe.  The locals are very friendly and obviously anxious for you to spend a few dollars. We walk around night on the beach and on the streets with absolutely no safety concerns. 

The really striking figure about this whole area is the fact that 15 or more years ago many many hundreds of expensive condominiums were built. Today they lie vacant with virtually no residents. At this moment I'm staring at 12 story condominium and it must have 100 and some odd rooms in it but there are only three residents in this beautiful oceanfront building.