Calafia Hotel Y Centro De Convenciones Mexicali

... Mexico, such as "Calexico," which is right next to "Mexicali."(there's my sarcasm coming out!) Let's just combine Mexico and California in as many ways as we can. How about "Mecal" or "Calico" or "Mexifornia?" We spent a few hours lost in Mexicali. We found ourselves in some poor neighborhoods. Watching kids play baseball without mitts or a real bat, but it's nice to see they still have fun and a happy attitude. The houses were tiny and run ...

After my class I left at 9:00 a.m. for Price, my hometown, which is where my brother Logan lives with my mom.  It's about two hours away, so I stopped in Price to get him, pack some camping gear, eat lunch, and we went on our way.  We drove about 10 hours to Imperial Sand Dunes and camped there that night.  Just a lot of driving.  Nothing too exciting about that!  

... cow intestine burrito and chocolate cover grass hoppers. I had such a wonderful adventure there that after it was over I knew I was hooked. I knew then what I still know now that in my short life on earth I want nothing more than than to see it all, experience all the wonders of this beautiful earth and the people on it. Lucky for me I met a wonderful man who loves to travel as much as me and we ...

... engine to the frame have sheared off. In the interest of avoiding the kind of consequences associated with the later problem, we are going to drop the car off at an auto service and pile everything into the rental van. By the way, this van is just slightly smaller than an aircraft carrier, but with 5 bikes, 10 people, 3 enormous coolers, and enough equipment and luggage to fill a Grayhound bus ...

... and knew we would soon lose all sense of anything temperate. Blake is always raring to go on this annual trip. For me, it's harder to leave ... our home, our routine, our animal companions, our work, the familiar and the fond. Nonetheless, we peel ourselves away from what we know and love and head off for an adventure. Now I must be honest, when I say "we" I really mean "Blake" ... for it is Blake that is the adventurer, the ...

... MotoGP bike, I had an out-of-body experience...it's a physical manifestation that I cannot suppress...it's a living part of me, and I intend to continue to feed and nurture the beast! My partner in this heist is my ol' lady..her name is Malin. She is a super awesome, kind, smart, beautiful bundle of Swedish whoop-ass who loves --- well, why don't I have her tell you...here's Malin: Hi, well I'm 31 years old and moved to Los ...

... behind me, but it was much slower going than I had thought it would be. For those of you who haven't taken the backroads through the desert before, believe me when I tell you there is a whole lot of nothing in some parts of this world. I was way past the point where the hoot owls were hookin up with the chickens. In my last 50 miles before I got into town, I was passed by 2 cars. Roads were pretty ...

Had an interesting adventure with faulty MapQuest directions. We got close to the border, pulled a U-Turn so we wouldn't cross the border. We then got pulled over by the border patrol for an "illegal entry". After looking at our directions and finding out we were on our way to a school, we were let off without a ticket. Just a warning suggestion we stay away from the border-crossing. Praise God we made it in time to do the special chapel service.

... but none the less I had a ticket to queue for and hopefully a train to catch. I was told there was a local bus that goes to the station at this un-godly hour but it never showed so I had to bite the bullet and catch a cab ($7). Found out later there is one but it starts at 6am (too late). Got to the station at 5 and finally had the ticket in my hands. Bit of a downer though, 30 mins later realised I had bought a ticket for the 'Premium' train ($78 and leaves first) and not ...

... and feeling like an overweight turtle. Tomorrow starts with the quick ride up the coast to Los Angeles on the Surfliner train. The flight has a stopover in Toyko(1hour) and then on to Sinapore. I leave at 3pm on Tues and get to Singapore on Thursday in the very early morning. About 18 hours of total travel time. I will update once I have caught up on my sleep.