Ruben's Campground San Felipe

... restaurant had artwork all of its walls and bird cages (without birds) hanging down from the ceiling. It was sort of surreal. As we ate breakfast we had a man sing and play his guitar for us, a bow and arrows salesman try to convince us to buy his wares, and a magician who perform tricks on our table. All at 10 am in the morning! <br><br>The main square of Patzcuaro was chockablock filled with stalls showcasing local artisanry including ...

... are in these cities. When I think of other cities I know, there aren't nearly as many trees amidst all the people, buildings and concrete. <br><br><br><br> For dinner that night we met up with a friend of Buzz's from the dropzone, Gabe, and also our friend we know from CSC, Celia. Celia wanted to show us some real Mexican food and ordered the whole left side of the menu ( you could order food for 4 people) and it was all excellent. It's ...

... so much because we didn't have a lot of time there to even relax, we drank a couple of beers and had to get ready to leave 2 hours later because we needed to get on the boat. Would I go back to Los Cabo's probably not on my Vagabonding Missions, but definitly for a wild vacation with equally wild friends. Who was there: Victoria Foeller, Joshua Foeller, Jason M, Dave Jackson, and Tiana.

Spent wonderful 2 weeks in Mexico with Nige before starting the trip for real in Peru.<br><br>Spent first couple of days in mexico city then headed north for a train ride through canyon country. Scenary was unbelievable with a few night stopovers for a bit of sightseeing and walking.<br><br>Having done a week of touring and sightseeing, second week spent relaxing on the coast in Baja California to the west of mexico. The hotel was quite impressive. We even had our own butler ...

... children and only one was a boy, and that was the final one! On arrival in to Jerez we were greeted by the army and police officers everywhere, many of which were wearing balaclavas. The car and Arthur were searched thoroughly and he was questioned on why he was here. Venturing further in to town I soon realised that what was happening was pretty serious as heavily armed police and army officers, all ...

... ice cold Pacificos (with lime of course), a margarita was in the mix too...and in bed about 10pm....we've got a big day ahead of us...crossing the searing desert...and where we're going...there are no roads! Well at least not ones with pavement attached to them...and to top things off, we're combining the two toughest days of our travel into one hellacious day...I don't know what Mexicans eat when they need their Wheaties, but we need to find out....

... People are slowly starting to leave. Tom and Angie are gone, they left last week. They sure a lot of fun people. Will post some pics of them so everyone knows who they are. James came over from the island and spent 3 days. We had a great time , went swimming in a cenote [ a fresh water little lake in the limestone]. It is really refreshing from swimming in the gulf ...

... large lake, and a grand rockscape. After a bunch of pictures it was time to go home to Zacatecas. The trip was followed by a avisit to dona Julias for some gorditas. I had lengua, chicarron, and mole. They were wonderful and no thse are not similar to the ones they sell at taco bell. Tomas and Alvaro said that Don Julias is the best place to get Gorditas in town.

... It was an amazing week!! Because we had such a blast and absolutely LOVE the location we are looking into purchasing property. Not to sound like an advertiser/promoter or anything, but we found a place called Playa San Rafael (www.playasanrafael.com) and LOVED it!! We never realized how much San Felipe has to offer and we will hopefully change our life plans by moving to this jewel in the desert!

... of Costco but in general, Mexicali exactly fits its border town stereotype. One interesting surprise was the number of Chinese restaurants and markets. According to our guidebook, many early Chinese immigrants to the U.S. fled to Mexico to escape the persecution they found in California and Arizona. By 1920, 93% of Mexicali's population was Chinese. Today, the population is still approximately 6% Chinese. We finally found our way to Mexico Highway 5 and the two hundred ...