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Dec. 18/20 – Mexico, Baja

Saturday, December 31st, 2005

Day 137-139 – We visited Susanna’s house for some coffee and nice conversation. Her house, which is just about finished, is an amazing network of gardens, rooms, and open spaces. She created a clean modern feeling home and kept to local materials and construction techniques. It is a very open yard and home, but the way she organized and designed it the space breaks down to cozy areas. Thank you for having us over Susanna!


random photo at Los Cerritos


Los Cerritos sunset – it’s getting colder at night! Yes, that is a hat on my head for warmth…

The rest of the week and weekend were just basic days consisting of Spanish classes, cleaning up the lot we were staying on (click here scorpion.jpg for a look at the scorpion Jason found – it was about an inch long), cooking, and trying to clean up the car since my brother is coming to visit us soon. We had a great surprise when we ran into TJ on Friday in town, and later that night we met up at a reggae concert that was being held at one of the RV parks by the beach. I was amazed at how many young people came, the place was packed!


Reggae night hosted at San Pedrito’s Trailer Park outside of Todos Santos

We hung out at the beach with TJ, at our normal spot on Los Cerritos, until he left the next day. We bought TJ’s surf board from him right before he left. Thanks man for the board, it has been fun learning how to surf! Jason still hasn’t caught anything with the prized hook 😉 I think you had some skill with the pole; any suggestions for him? 🙂

Dec. 14/15 – Mexico, Baja

Saturday, December 31st, 2005

Day 135/136 – Today after our Spanish lessons we headed for La Paz to get some work done on our VW and the computer. We went to Exacto, a computer store, in hopes of getting our laptop working continuously. They were very patient with us not being able to speak much Spanish and they spoke some English. We found out the hard drive was losing contact with the computer because when he re-clipped the hard drive it worked fine. Later, we realized the clip isn’t clamping as tight as it used to and the hard drive becomes slightly disconnect from the computer when it gets bumped around. I know laptops are supposed to be dealt with carefully, but when it’s in the car and you are going down dirt roads everyday, what do you expect? At least we know how to fix it now and it won’t hinder our website anymore 😉


Sunrise in La Paz

We headed to the beach just northeast of the ferry terminal outside of La Paz to sleep for the night. You just can’t beat free camping on such beautiful location. Next morning we went into town early, before sunrise, for the VW to get the timing adjusted and our propane valve for the stove and refrigerator looked at. Geraldo’s VW did a great job timing it and we are coming back in a week or two to get our shocks and a few other things repaired or updated. The propane valve will have to be looked at by another person. These guys are the best mechanics I’ve ever been to (even in the states) and I wish we could take them along with us on the rest of our trip! I wonder if we could work something out? It is hard to find someone you can trust to work on your car, especially when you don’t speak the native language.

Dec. 12/13 – Mexico, Baja

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005
Day 133/134 - Our second week of Spanish lessons and our first time staying in the town. We said good bye for the time being to Vincent and TJ – it was really great meeting you guys! ... [Continue reading this entry]

Dec. 7/11 – Mexico, Baja

Monday, December 19th, 2005
Day 128-132 - We stayed at the beach all week and drove into town for our Spanish class. The beach is free and it saves us some cash. Besides learning Spanish, our days were filled with watching ... [Continue reading this entry]

Dec. 3/6 – Mexico, Baja

Monday, December 19th, 2005
Day 124-127 - This weekend was a put your feet up and chill weekend. We tried surfing for a day and the ocean gave us a few lessons of how powerful it can be. The excitement of ... [Continue reading this entry]

Dec. 2 – Mexico, Baja

Monday, December 19th, 2005
Day 123 - After a nice morning stroll on the beach, we headed into Todos Santos to do some errands. This was our first of many visits to the town during our stay here. The roads in ... [Continue reading this entry]

Dec. 1 – Mexico, Baja

Thursday, December 15th, 2005
Day 122 - Todos Santos was our destination today. We hit La Paz and stocked up on a few food items and drove around the big tourist city. We’ll be checking it out more in detail at ... [Continue reading this entry]

Pics 1 – desert scenes

Thursday, December 15th, 2005
Hwy 1 south heading out of Guerrero Negro.. completely flat and a "waste-land'' heading through the mountains to the east side of baja... [Continue reading this entry]

Nov 30 – Mexico, Baja

Monday, December 12th, 2005
Day 121 - Still driving south :) , that is kind of redundant isn’t it; since we’ve been driving south since Alaska and will be for a few months until we hit Antarctica. More wasteland desert was our ... [Continue reading this entry]

Nov 29 – Mexico, Baja

Monday, December 12th, 2005
Day 120 - Up at the crack of dawn – we’ve been getting up around 6.30 am every morning and going to bed around 9.00-10.00pm (well, Jason is going to bed around 8.00-9.00pm he's the sleepiest person I know). ... [Continue reading this entry]