Ports of Western Mexico 4B
No sandy beaches here, although I saw a few farther north closer to the US border and the maps point to some farther south. My first thought was that this was a cross, like the Christ near Rosarito I saw, but it turned out to be an aid to navigation. The entrance to Ensenada is […]
Ports of Western Mexico 4
Three and a half years ago I started this series. I realize now I should just have called the three posts for the ports in question: Guaymas in Sonora, Manzanillo in Colima, and Lázaro Cárdenas in Michoacán. Having started the way I did, the Ensenada post will then just follow the pattern. With half a […]
Ports of Western Mexico 3
Quick . .. name the oldest (or first) verifiable European settlement in current US territory? Answer follows. Giovanni da Verrazzano visited the bay that became the sixth boro in 1524 but he didn’t settle. This is the port of Guaymas, visited and claimed for Spain in 1539 by Francisco de Ulloa. I can’t tell you […]
Ports of Western Mexico 2
Here was the first installment of this, and who knows where this will go. Congratulations to Mage and Linda and anon who recognized the location almost as soon as I put up yesterday’s post. Les, I don’t have a calendar yet, but I’ve already re-read the Steinbeck and Ricketts log. I don’t know how the […]
Ports of Western Mexico
Quick question: What is Mexico’s leading port? How about, several western Mexico ports? Given all the TV coverage of Mexico, you’d think we would all know these things. I don’t have a TV and read, but I did not know the name of this port. Here’s a photo of Mexico’s largest port as seen from […]
Names 50
Sometimes dragons seem to gather in the sixth boro. Last weekend seemed to have an esoteric South American theme, which I took the liberty of intensifying by adding to this post some vessels from before last weekend. Bulk Colombia is still in port over at Atlantic salt discharging white stuff . . . salt of […]
Random ULCVS 10
Most of you know that dawn is my favorite time. Yesterday dawn–between 0545 and 0645–was quite busy; two of the five vessels that transited the KVK were among the largest–so far–that call in the sixth boro. Pink sky with gradations, faded purple Brooklyn, huge but silent shapes, and spots of artificial lights. Birds silhouetted and […]
Random Ships 53
Big sky and small ship? Actually it’s among the largest ships currently serving NYC, at 1063′ loa, or almost 2.81 times loa of Peking and 3.3 times the beam. Actually, Hyundai Jupiter is the first of HMM’s “Earth-series” that I’ve gotten any sort of photo of. My recent attempt of Hyundai Pluto was lost in the […]
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