Blogs from Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America - page 4

It has been a few weeks since I did a letter about our activities here. We celebrated Kip’s 66 birthday over in Lopez Mateous with our friends Billie and Ted, and their dog Porter, and Rod and Patti and their dog Matey. We camped out near the panga harbour and had a bonfire and cooked baked potatoes in the fire and reheated chicken cordon blue that I had pre done on the boat. Billie made a salad and Pattie made a birthday cake. It was quite windy that day so there was some concern that the fire’s heat would blow away and the food would n’t cook. The food did cook and the birthday candles lasted long enough for Kip to blow them out. We had a visit from Jon and Kottie, they are down here ... read more

Had toast and coffee for breakfast - nice to have something this early in the day without Jalapenos. We were all running low on cash so headed off to El Banco. The bank was shut - it's Sunday. The ATM however was working fine, gave me cash but got so confused when I asked for a balance that it took my card. Damn. I have to queue tomorrow morning to try and get it back ... I have no idea how to explain it in Spanish - 9am though is when I'll be there, and I'll be back every hour until I have my card again... I don't have any other option. The 1000 pesos ($100) will have to last me until then - I think it will, though I won't get far without the card. ... read more

You can see from Ali's latest entries that we having been having some fun down in Baja California. I have spent the last couple of days on the beach and now have a little sunburn. Nothing I can't handle! My original plan had been to spend the summer in California, but I have no regrets about heading south of the border. I had an amazing time on our ROAD TRIP, although Yosemite National Park nearly left me a broken man. I had to carry a full pack up a mountain for a 6 mile climb in the sunshine, with the air thinning at altitude. Being a keen trekker Ali seemed to get a perverse enjoyment from this torture, I was ready to push him over a cliff! The effort was worthwhile, as we saw some amazing ... read more