We rented a car from the property manager because we were planning to go check out the town of La Ventana which is about 25 mins south of La Paz. Armed with 2 maps you wouldn’t think it would be that difficult.  We hopped in the car, a Volkswagen, which was also a stick shift. I drive stick but hadn’t done it in several…make that about 5 years. Added to that was my apprehensiveness about driving in Mexico after witnessing the locals treating 4 way stop signs as a suggestion that could be taken or ignored.  So we took the main road outta town and were looking for another major road which intersected that road. After driving about 15 minutes, we realized that something was wrong because we passed the cities university which clearly meant we had gone too far. So we turned around and  looking desperately for a road sign which would point the way. No luck! So then using the process of elimination and a little logic we took the only “major” road we saw that fit the criteria. Now after about 20-25 minutes on this road, we can to another intersection that was/wasn’t indicated on the map.  After another 5 minutes that road ended in the desert! So turn around go back to the last intersection and follow that road.  10 minutes later we ended at an all too familiar site. The ocean! We were about 15 mins NORTH of La Paz.  Reminder: The town we were trying to find was about 25 mins SOUTH of La Paz!  

We had planned to possibly spend the 2nd half of our day at the beach so instead of trying to find the town again we headed North along the coast to Playa El Tecolote. We had a great time sitting on the beach having lunch and drinks.