Alorese fish traps

Gilles Brignardello · Issue 96, May/Jun 2017 · pp. 57–59

sealions and still love every minute, but La Paz does offer numerous other dive sites, including some interesting macro subjects. Luke’s right hand lady, Afelandra, is a local nudibranch specialist and has found and named new species in the area in spite of her young age. She was very keen to take us out to one of the macro sites they have discovered, whale island, and we dived on a sloping wall hosting several species of nudibranch and other fine La Paz macro subjects. Also of note, whale sharks are consistently seen in the last months of the year in La Paz although these tend to be in murkier, more plankton rich waters than those you might see on the other side of the continent at the Isla de las Mujeres. Besides the diving in the area, La Paz is one of the coolest and most vibrant towns I’ve visited for restaurants, bars and general liveliness. Three and four generations of local fami…