Best Western El Cid Ensenada

... city and it actually took us about 30 min. to drive through it. <br>There was a cruise ship docked there which would probably explains all the traffic, street venders (who actually walk up to the vehicles and slow traffic to a crawl), and all the tourists off the cruise ship wandering the streets.<br>I would love to explore this city one day, but definitely when there is no cruise ship in town!

... in Guerrero Negro at Hotel Los Caracoles. We had a nice stay there. Had wonderful tacos de pescado at Baja Mision in town. Nice little thatched roof outdoor patio place. The owner also runs a hostel/hotel. Very nice folks! March 13 Guerrero Negro to Bahia de los Angeles (BOLA). We saw our first Coyote on that 41 mile stretch of one way road into BOLA. We read in a guide book that Coyotes have been known to catch crabs by dangling ...

... about wine....she said that it isn't all about judging whether or not the wine is good...it's about the moment, the food, and the friends that makes the wine all the better. Today, my last day in Ensenada, Claudia and I spent the day together....we ate some delicious food (which i'm going to miss a lot!!), walked along the beach....unfortunately the water is still a bit too chilly to swim in, found some souveniers, and took a little boat trip about the port. I ...

... the music was straight from the Austrian Tirol??? Drank good Margaritas at the old casino that claims to have invented them.Getting back into the USA was a doddle, literally the easiest US entry we have ever had - the mexican in front of us didnt even have a passport, just a letter of some kind & was waived through, we didnt even have to have our fingerprints taken as you do at the airports & no customs either?

Ensenada was actually a pretty nice little town. There was definately some poverty, but one street vendor whipped out an awesome cell phone that probably cost double what mine did and I felt better. We walked the town for a while and managed to not buy anything (I totally wanted a real fake Gucci purse!). Back to the ship we went. Dinner and dancing again...

... and Germany, we transferred to a small fibreglass panga and passed several huge barges laden with salt before reaching the open lagoon. Almost immediately we spotted two dark shapes just visible in the water not far away. Rather than approaching the whales, our guide switched off the motor and waited for them to come to us. And come they did - thus beginning their hour of playtime, interacting with the humans. Big mamma and her overgrown baby were obviously having a whale of a ...

... suprising. He was coming back from visiting some family apparently. I entered the bus and sat next to some woman hooked by her novel, the only seat available actauly. I sat next to the unsecured bathroom door, and listened to the soothing sound of a random slap of it's door during breif break slams. It was quite the annoyance, but fortunatly it all ended when I slipped on my headphones to listen to the even more soothing sounds of Coldplay and other various cds I brought ...

... exibits which stated, "Once the last animal in a species dies, it would take another Earth and another Heaven before that animal will have a chance to live again." A cool quote..... especially after you have spent the day looking at 50+ species of endangered animals. Enough for now... I will be updating this travel blog periodically but not necessarily sending out an e-mail, so if you are interested, please keep checking the link!! Yours, in search of Scalley! John

... hop on a bus and someone pokes their head in quick look round and thats it. Wandered round Tijuana with lookie lookie men all around trying to sell us lots of authentic mexican goods, but managed not to part with any cash. Got a bus over to Rosirito to the beach for a lovely mexican lunch where we started to realise we have been very slack on the spanish learning as our waitress did not speak a word of english, opps time to cram in those CD's, managed half a one on ...

... and I didn't like it. Can't say I've never tried it though. I hung around in the lounge speaking to some people who were on a conference, but they did bore me silly. I didn't notice that Suzannah and some other people had gone out though she had invited me earlier so I retired to bed, for fear of falling asleep by boredom. By the way, while waiting to get on the trolley I met a man from Bedford who was asking me for ...