Blogs from Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, North America

We’ve crossed over the US Mexico border at Tijuana. Going this way was surprisingly easy – no exit formalities from the US just a one way turnstile to walk through and no queues for Mexican immigration. We end up with a 6 month Mexican visa, but only expect to spend 2-3 weeks here on our way through to Central America. From the Mexican highway we have a good view of the border fence and it is fairly substantial. It’s not a wall, but it looks like it would keep most people out, so I’m not exactly sure why Donald wants to build a “wall” here. We’ve chosen Ensenada as our first stop in Mexico. This isn’t because it’s a great place but it is a convenient distance south in Baja and we had no great desire ... read more

After our wedding cruise we were itching to cruise again! We invited our friends Jeff and Vivian to come on our anniversary trip! One year married already? This time we were doing a three day trip to Ensenada! This trip was about relaxing and experiencing a new place! This is a party cruise for sure especially since the day we set sail was St. Patrick's day!! We enjoyed this trip. We paid $35.00 for a tour down to the shops and sight seeing. We drank margaritas!! My first time! And we walked around for a bit. Before getting back on the tour bus we got huge, spicy tacos and shared them all between the 4 of us. On the way down the winding roads our bus hit a car parked on the side of the road ... read more

Los Angeles, California: End of an Amazing 8 Months of World Travel 5 days ago we docked in Los Angeles harbor. As was appropriate, the skies were crying with rain and clouds as our 8 months of traveling has come to an end (almost);-) but...it also feels good to be "home". This double trip to Asia and South America, has taken us to the Aleutian Islands… Kushiro, Kanazawa, Fukuoka and Nagasaki, Japan… Incheon, Seoul, the DMZ and Jeju City, South Korea… Mainland China including Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Beijing, Xian, Chongqing, Yangtze River, Wuhan, Xingang… Hong Kong, Kowloon, Lantau and Macau Islands of Hong Kong… Ho Chi Mihn City, Vietnam… Penang and Langkawi, Malaysia… Phuket and Bangkok, Thailand and Singapore. Our 6 week interim travels took us to Utah, Nevada and California before taking off to Antigua, ... read more

"On Tuesday it wasn't really a good day because I threw up because I got food poisoning from this restaurant called Mustafa. Only 3 of us got it, but I am fine now. Then Wednesday we just stayed at the hotel at the pool. We played soccer and had a little picnic by the pool. Now it is Thursday, it was not a good day either because I lost my ipod. I cried so much that my eyeballs almost fell out. But we went to one of the best restaurants in Mexico called Laja. It was very good. When we got back to the hotel we packed. Friday we left Mexico but that was not the end of the trip because we were going to San Diego to see my grandpa Jay." - Sofia After a ... read more

"Over Spring Break I went to Baja Mexico with my dad, it was awesome! The first day we got there we got our friends from the airport and went to the hotel called Boutique (I think). Then we went to this taco place. It was really good. The next day we went the supermarket to buy things we needed. I bought a doughnut. On Saturday, we went to a couple wineries and my dad bought wine, and lots of it. Sunday we went to only 2 wineries and then stayed at the hotel. We went in the pool and went to the foosball room." - Sofia Time for another trip out of the country, and this time to our neighbor, Mexico. It was my first time there and my 52nd country. I was also to visit ... read more