We are still standing in Ensenada guests of the family of Carlos, for a change in plans and to organize ourselves accordingly. Yesterday we completed shopping for supplies and camp logistic, focused on some maps of the area and planned to make some movement.
Tonight I will leave for Cataviña with Martino, a small pueblo of one hundred inhabitants, where tomorrow morning we will be joined by Carlos and Luca. For three - four days we will patrol the area on new reports of local rancheros, in particular we will seek to reach a large cave where apparently there are many paintings; the cavity is known by locals as Cueva Pintada (painted cave) but does not appear that there has been no exploration nor recordings of INAH (Nacional Institute of Antropology and History) in its archives. This phase will be carried out on foot for the steepness of the area that does not allow the journey on horseback.

The following days we move to a more central area of the Valle de Los Cirios, specifically the Sierra de la Asemblea, a group of high ground shaped like a horseshoe completely unexplored. Here, according to Carlos there are many opportunities to find a lot of sites with cave paintings. In this area, given the vastness of the territory, we will move almost exclusively on horseback.
I think that with these assumptions, the renunciation to ride with rancheros will not be regreted.
The project cave paintings was set up by "Sociedad de la Antigua California" (founded by Carlos Lazcano) and now continues jointly with the Association La Venta. Hasta pronto
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