LA MISION HOTEL Loreto

... had left town about the same time as the Aztecs. As I started (slowly) climbing I could hear the woman behind me hyperventilating. I hoped she had brought her own defibrillator. When we got to the top of the steps, there was a short scramble over some stones to the top of the pyramid. Hyperventilator commented that they should have built a ramp. Yeah, slacker Aztecs, what were you thinking?! It was then that I noticed she was wearing massive bell bottoms which looked like they ...

... orrore.<br>Per il resto del giorno ci limitiamo a camminare lungo i viali del centro, al momento di salire in camera ci accorgiamo della fatica di essere a 2200 mt, l'ostello è subdolo tu credi di dover salire al terzo piano, ma loro hanno due piani non conteggiati (dove c'è la cucina e l'altro con la sala tv) così in realtà devi arrivare al quinto. Dobbiamo organizzarci bene, perchè una volta scesi, se ti accorgi di aver dimenticato qualcosa, sono tutti cavoli tuoi risalire!!

... in the CRV in a Tijuana parking lot using our laptop to compose a letter required by the Mexican government in which I officially gave myself permission to take my car into Mexico, signed and dated by me, of course. While we were at it we also made one that gives Laynni exclusive trading rights between Mexico and Sierra Leone. So, if any of you have multi-coloured blankets or "Hard Rock Puerto Vallarta" t-shirts you'd like to trade ...

... Good conversation and good music (Tuck and Patti playing to my great pleasure and I even hear their version of Time After Time that I'd failed to hunt down nearly a decade ago) result in a chilled afternoon. We bid Ken farewell and head back to the museum walking straight in, the queue having disappeared, perhaps due to the rain. The museum is supposedly free, so we walk straight through but aren't allowed in due to having bags, even though they've been scanned. I take ...

After a string of bad luck on our last week in Guanajuato which included loosing my wallet on a hike on the Sunday, loosing Alexs wallet the following Wednesday, not discovering this second loss until the Friday, we made plans for emergency cards to be sent priority to the Australian Embassy in ...

... dish, Bruce's special recipe. Gareth not ever able to go too long without doing some sort of computer work hooked up Bruce's wireless modem so that his guest house now offers wifi. We are feeling very at home here and loving Loreto. The people are very friendly and it's all very low key. Unlike Rosarito where we were constantly harassed to buy jewelery &amp; souvenirs, take a taxi or eat and drink at all the different places open ...

... about how Mexicans celebrate Christmas! You all know the story of the nights leading up Jesus being born. Mary and Joseph were trying to find a place to stay, well the 9 days leading up to Christmas there are big celebrations called pesadas. A pasada is a celebration when Mary and Joesph are finding a place to stay. The locals carry figures of Mary and Joseph down the street and knock on the nominated house in the village. They ask if they can enter with Mary and Joseph. There ...

... the morning walking round the huge mall, and if i remember correctly, none of us bought a thing! Next stop was Silvia's university where Adam and I pretended to be Mexican students and used the library internet whilst we waited for Silvia. She came back after an hour with another friend named Ashley who offered to take us back to her house. She lived in this HUGE luxury apartment building with facilities beyond the normal. She had a huge gym, swimming pool, tennis courts ...

... seeing the sights. We then camped one night almost across from the gates to Disneyland, before spending 3 nights camping in the San Diego area. Once in Mexico, we spent the first night near Ensenada (allowing us to shop some more at Wal-Mart), and the second night farther south near San Quintan. We then spent 4 blissful nights camping on the beach in Bahia de Los Angeles, on the east coast of the Baja, about half way down. At Bahia de Los Angeles (pop. 500 or so ...

... We spent the day in La Paz, probably the nicest real city in the southern Baja, and stayed at a B&amp;B run by a New Zealander. We met a Canadian couple that has just returned from teaching Engish to Chinese students. They explained there is good money in the TOESL program, as they pay your a salary and expenses and give plenty of time to travel. Marshall was immediately interested, but we will think about that later. Yesterday (Tuesday) we drove ...