candace_mcadams

My dear dear friends... How can ever begin to share with you the magic of the past few days... how does one convey with words the feeling of home, or passion, or love...my heart is overflowing right now, my soul erupting from my skin... too full to stay quiet...even if words wont work properly... After a hot steamy night of salsa dancing with locals in the carribean streets of veracruz until the wee hours of the morning...we got in the car drove a bit, got a few hours of sleep, hit the road the next morning, stopping at every waterfall we could find for a swim, for some natural energy and then made our way through many beautiful cities all the way to Palenque.... ...a sight that you can only feel honored to see...it is the ... read more

After a nice long 19 hour ferry ride in which we relaxed and had a deep, informative political conversation with a young man from matazlan...we arrived in the city to engage in a delighful lunch in a mercado and refreshing afetrnoon swim in Matzalan waters...We decided to drive straight through to Guadalahara where Sam has a friend Pablo, who is studying medicine and had invited us to come and stay with him for a few nights and to celebrate Thanksgiving...It was a perfect way to spend thanksgiving really... we went to this big dinner held for all the students at a country club and it was a huge fiesta...we ate like mad, had very deep engaging conversations, sipped wine all night, and danced salsa to give our thanks...I enjoyed Guadalahara so much thanks to Pablos ... read more

Prior to this trip my experience of Baja has been limited to lobster dinner in Puerto Nuevo a small little fisherman´s village about 45 minutes south of San Diego and of course an occasional late night in tijuana dancing the night away so it is with the greatest pleasure that I report I had alot to get to know about Baja. After getting insurance at a drive through, driving across the border, and waiting for Samuel one of my fellow traveling companions to join us, Eloise and Audrey and I walked around TJ with the reality just beginning to sink in about what was about to happen...just minutes away from home, the air smelled differentely the fruit tasted more fresh, the tacos even better and the salsa more spicy...We quickly struck a conversation with a local ... read more

We have spent two days in the "city of peace" and I feel that from the moment we arrived at a local crystal blue beach, that life is expanding and it will not be stopping any time soon...This town is sooooooo chill and the people so lovely...they are having a holiday here and many people were partying down at the beach when we arrived...people from all over had thier guitars out singin songs and letting life in...I starting talking with this local who within ten minutes of meeting him gave me two beautiful little earrings with dolphins on them, he was a guide for boat trips out to see the dolphins and he said he wanted me to remember him...it was so sweet...after talking awhile, we all hung out with some locals and had a few ... read more

"For always roaming with a hungry heart, Much have I seen and known." Today we embark on a journey that I feel will be one of the most rewarding of all of my journeys...a road trip from San Diego to Rio de Janiero Brazil...I have just purchased our reliable means of transportation which I have deemed "THE PEACE MOBILE" gathered a group of four people each strangers to one another, bought two maps one of mexico and central America, the other South America...and have left our plans up to fate and wherever our hearts take us...And now it is time to go...to squeeze and sip the juicest parts of life...welcome to my journey!... read more