Blogs from San Ysidro, San Diego, California, United States, North America

Hallelujah ! The storms are giving us time . We hope (and should be) heading south tomorrow, Wed., Jan. 30th. Will send photos and story when we arrive to our first stop, possibly Cabo, but may stop earlier along the coast, see how it goes. Love to all, Jean & Robin... read more

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The journey to San Diego was relatively quick, we stopped a few times along the way once for Ben who was still feeling unwell and once for fuel (gas), that was an experience in itself. The hostel at San Diego was very luxurious compared to the LA hostel we had stayed in previous and was set up in such a way as to encourage socialising. We checked in and, in preparation for the overnight camping we had planned, went shopping for camping gas and tents, (after Ben ham-handedly destroyed mine in Australia). The following day we crossed the US boarder into Mexico and Tijuana, the difference was instantly noticeable, shanty town style buildings, crumbling sidewalks and pushy market sellers. After fighting off a barrage of taxi drivers we boarded a bus, where I think the driver ... read more

Boo!! We wandered back over the mexico-U.S border in a still-quite-drunk-from-last-night-daze-state and are now back staying with our wonderful friends in san diego. It's my birthday today, yayyy! Last night we went out in ensenada to celebrate. Was a night of much margeritas and tequila, which did a good job of ruining me (see other entry). Mexico is a cool place, we made the most of the hot weather and the drink. Spent half the time in ensenada, on the pacific side of the baja peninsula, and the other half in san felipe, on the gulf coast. Grace would like to let her friends know that they will be disowned if they do not send her messages of love and worship through this website. She writes it as well. Bad friends, bad, bad friends. Also, ... read more