Blogs from Baja California, Mexico, North America - page 3

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

Hola! My apologies on taking an eternity to write, my trips in the past few months have been more personal than pleasure based. I went home in late October/early November for a lovely autumn visit with family and friends, and then up to Northern California in December for a white Christmas. But these trips were not quite enough to cure my travel bug, so by mid-January I was getting stir crazy and fixated on my next international adventure: Mexico. Now to residents of Southern California, Mexico is the normal weekend getaway. Everyone has crossed over the border at some point in their life, even if just for some Coronas on a lunch break. It's just not a big deal! I suppose I could compare it to Canada for anyone up north, except there's a lot less ... read more

This trip we were able to visit the beach with clear waters and white sand that we had heard so much about. We decided to rent jet skies and try something new. It was a blast! On our way back to our hotel we stopped to visit the local shops to collect some souvenirs. We bought shirts, jewelry. We also ate lunch at one of the local restaurants. It was a family owned business, everything was homemade from the tortillas to the horchatas, a beverage that consisted of rice, cinnamon, and milk mainly. The foods there were very different, but good! The offered all kinds of meats. Pork, beef, chicken, tongue, brain, and all sorts of parts of the animal that you wouldn't normally eat. It was fun getting to try the local foods even if ... read more

Geo: 24.1385, -110.317We got a quick breakfast this morning and made a beeline for the gangway to checkout La Paz. Mom's knee is bothering her so she opted out of the shore trip today. It was a short day made even shorter by another hour because of a last minute change in the ship itinerary. We docked at 8am but have to be back on board by 12:30pm and it takes 40 minutes by shuttle bus to get to the town. That doesn't leave much time to do anything but I want to see La Paz. Mom heads back from breakfast while we disembark. When we get off, there's a Mariachi band playing right on the dock with a bunch of booths set up with Mexican crafts, souvenirs, t-shirts, etc. They even have a bar set ... read more

Geo: 22.88, -109.9We've reached our first destination at the tip of Baja California, Cabo San Lucas. The port has no large pier so we will need to use tenders (small boats) to ferry us from the cruise ship to the town. We booked a tour through Princess and we have to be ready by 8:45am so we were up at 7 and down to breakfast by 7:30. Mom and I are getting tired of the "big food" so I had cereal and fruit and Mom had oatmeal and mint pears. Everyone else was still going strong with the big plates. There was a problem with the tenders so we didn't get off the ship until almost 10am. The tender ride was quick and we were on the catamaran heading out to sea in no time. It ... read more