The town of Santa Rosalia was established by the French to mine copper. The roads are very narrow and show the french architecture and has lots of colors on the buildings. The mine was closed when copper prices fell, but a consortium is in the process of reopening the mine. This is bringing in lots of business to the town. Also in town is the church, Iglesia Santa Barbara de Santa Rosalía. This church was designed by
A.G. Eiffel, the same one that did the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It was prefabricated in
France and shipped by boat around Cape Horn. It is all metal construction.
We actually camped south of town at Playa San Lucas. This RV park was more like a small community, people had been coming here for years and set up their rigs on the beach. If you were coming to camp there was a slim chance of getting a place on the beach. Most of the regulars had small fishing boats and that was their pastime. We purchased 1 kilo of shrimp from a vendor coming around. That was a lot of shrimp to shell and devein. It made for several dinners. There was a small restaurant / bar that was trying to get established at the end of the campground. One of the regulars decided that they would do karaoke every Friday night. We were there with a few of the regulars for the opening night of karaoke. The bay was shallow and everyone told us to shuffle our feet if going into the water as there were sting ray in the sand. I saw several of these when kayaking. A local lady on the main road did laundry for 40 pesos, (approximately $3.00) a load. This was for washing, drying, folding and using their detergent. What a treat, and cheaper than doing it myself. Dropped off in the morning and pick up in the afternoon. A couple across from us lost their refrigeration and Tom was able to fix this for them. If he hadn't been able to figure out how to fix it they would have had to go to La Paz 250 miles away.
The town of Santa Rosalia was established by the French to mine copper. The roads are very narrow and show the french architecture and has lots of colors on the buildings. The mine was closed when copper prices fell, but a consortium is in the process of reopening the mine. This is bringing in lots of business to the town. Also in town is the church, Iglesia Santa Barbara de Santa Rosalía. This church was designed by A.G. Eiffel, the same one that did the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It was prefabricated in 
France and shipped by boat around Cape Horn. It is all metal construction. 
We actually camped south of town at Playa San Lucas. This RV park was more like a small community, people had been coming here for years and set up their rigs on the beach. If you were coming to camp there was a slim chance of getting a place on the beach. Most of the regulars had small fishing boats and that was their pastime. We purchased 1 kilo of shrimp from a vendor coming around. That was a lot of shrimp to shell and devein. It made for several dinners. There was a small restaurant / bar that was trying to get established at the end of the campground. One of the regulars decided that they would do karaoke every Friday night. We were there with a few of the regulars for the opening night of karaoke. The bay was shallow and everyone told us to shuffle our feet if going into the water as there were sting ray in the sand. I saw several of these when kayaking. A local lady on the main road did laundry for 40 pesos, (approximately $3.00) a load. This was for washing, drying, folding and using their detergent. What a treat, and cheaper than doing it myself. Dropped off in the morning and pick up in the afternoon. A couple across from us lost their refrigeration and Tom was able to fix this for them. If he hadn't been able to figure out how to fix it they would have had to go to La Paz 250 miles away.
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