Our first stop was La Bufadora (aka, the blowhole) at the end of the little peninsula that sticks out into the Pacific south of the city itself (see map). A major blowhole is a hole near the ocean where waves are channeled into a narrow tunnel then water blows upward more than 5 feet, like a geyser through a hole in the surface.
There are three clusters of major blowholes in the world. We saw two of them on this trip, one in Hawaii on the island of Kauai and this one in Mexico. The one in Mexico is, by far, the more spectacular. There is also one in Australia. We took Michelangelo on this shore excursion. On the top left, under the map, Mikey is looking at the blowhole. It was shooting up at least 60' and a few times per minute.
The next image shows Ann, Mikey and me in front of a viewing area (its a bit farther from the blowhole than the first image). As in another post, this image is cross posted on the stuffed animal blog.
A long retail corridor, like a middle eastern souk (or shouk), has grown up between where the buses leave off passengers and where the blowhole is. There are people offering free samples of pina coladas and there are dozens and dozens of shops to buy food, blankets, silver ornaments, etc. Ann bought some silver and a blanket.
The next thing we did was go into downtown Ensenada and visit the convention center which was formerly a casino and before that a hotel. 
The place has considerable charm. One of the interesting details in the center is the carved and painted wooden ceilings (last image). There are quite a few of these each of which has a different configuration and design details.They also had free beer (Corona) and margaritas. Of course, after the beer there was another retail area to wander though on the way back to the bus.
Speaking of weather, it turned out that, as cool as it was in Ensenada that day, it was significantly cooler in the LA area and in fact, some parts of LA, even Rodondo Beach, had a coating of snow.
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