Nov 19, 2009 - Guadalaraja Mexico

Today we went to Guadalajara with John & Earl.Today we went to Guadalajara with John & Earl....

Nov 18, 2009 - Getting orientated

I spent a little time with a map, just trying to get orientated and it didn’t take long before I realized I was staying pretty much in the middle of things. Our first night in Puerto Vallarta seemed an endless walk between different sounds of Mexican music. ... I know now that I was in a dream like state, thinking this really was some kind of Mexican Disneyland designed to enhance my vacation experience.I spent a little time with a map, just trying to get orientated and it didn’t take long before I realized I was staying pretty much in the middle of things. Our first night in Puerto Vallarta seemed an endless walk between different sounds of Mexican music. ... I know now that I was in a dream like state, thinking this really was some kind of Mexican Disneyland designed to enhance my vacation experience....

Nov 17, 2009 - Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. Mexico

Writing our trip journal as we made our way through South America was not only therapeutic and fun, but it cleared our fuzzy memories and enhanced them when we revisited our own site so many times we could not count. People often ask me what on earth I do for five months in a small place like Puerto Vallarta and I am usually at a loss to answer honestly. ... The truth is; I don’t know but it takes all day…….Writing our trip journal as we made our way through South America was not only therapeutic and fun, but it cleared our fuzzy memories and enhanced them when we revisited our own site so many times we could not count. People often ask me what on earth I do for five months in a small place like Puerto Vallarta and I am usually at a loss to answer honestly. ... The truth is; I don’t know but it takes all day……....

Nov 17, 2009 - MEX: Ensenada

Puis nous traversons définitivement pour passer à travers l’autoroute 3 (allant de Tecate à Ensenada), qui est en fait une route à 2 voies simples, dans des montagnes tortueuses et souvent des descentes assez raides. ... Un truc simple mais assez utile, faut le dire… Nous arrivons à Ensenada après 2 à 3 heures de route parfois lente, dont le dernier tiers à travers des travaux qui nous ont fait passer sur une voie non pavée. ... Nous traversons Ensenada, une grosse ville bruyante, pour aller installer notre campement au Estero Beach RV Park, un bel endroit en dehors de la ville (4 km). ...

Nov 17, 2009 - Return to Vallarta - 2002

I am not sure what I was expecting to do when I made my way to Puerto Vallarta in 2002 after a 20 year absence. ... Obviously Puerto Vallarta had been discovered. ... Little did I know that this place in this neighbourhood would shape my ever evolving impressions of Mexico and the tourist mecca of Puerto Vallarta in the years to come. ...

Nov 16, 2009 - Day Two Ajijic

It is quite a bit different from Ajijic is you see way more Mexican's than Gringo's. ... They said that with all the Gringo's moving to Ajijic it has really raised the housing market even though at this time it has levelled out guess is because of the economy in the states because the American's are having a hard time selling their homes. ... We went to a really nice restaurant in downtown Ajijic it was in the Pasada Hotel and you could sit inside or they had a really large outside patio that was very nice. ...

Nov 15, 2009 - Ajijic, Mexico

Well we have arrived in Ajijic (ah hee heek) after six hours of time in the airports. ... Earl & John said by January Ajijic will be full of gringo's here for the winter some are just starting to come now. ... Dinner was about $20 including tip for the two of us and we walked away full.Well we have arrived in Ajijic (ah hee heek) after six hours of time in the airports. ... Earl & John said by January Ajijic will be full of gringo's here for the winter some are just starting to come now. ... Dinner was about $20 including tip for the two of us and we walked away full....

Nov 15, 2009 - Trip down to La Paz (last journal entry)

This will be our last journal entry on this website. Upon seeing this we struggled getting the dinghy et al on board and hot footed it the remaining 27nm to La Paz where we secured a marina slip for 2 weeks. ... The first thing Gary did was remove all fluid from the outboard (lots of seawater found), cleaned, polished, rebuilt carburetor, put in new spark plugs, refilled the oil, gear case oil, etc then we kept our fingers crossed, looked to the heavens, and pulled the cord.This will be our last journal entry on this website. Upon seeing this we struggled getting the dinghy et al on board and hot footed it the remaining 27nm to La Paz where we secured a marina slip for 2 weeks. ... The first thing Gary did was remove all fluid from the outboard (lots of seawater found), cleaned, polished, rebuilt carburetor, put in new spark plugs, refilled the oil, gear case oil, etc then we kept our fingers crossed, looked to the heavens, and pulled the cord....

Nov 2, 2009 - San Cristobal de las Casas

Nous sommes a San Cristobal de las Casas, l’une des plus importantes et des plus belles villes du Chiapas.Nous sommes a San Cristobal de las Casas, l’une des plus importantes et des plus belles villes du Chiapas....

Nov 2, 2009 - Guanajuato

This weekend I met the others in the city of Guanajuato! Guanajuato is a really beautiful old colonial town, and feels very European, the best way to describe is it’s like being in a city like Granada! We stayed in this really sweet ‘casa’ in the centre of town. ... Our rooms were like a cave with low ceilings and little archways, very cute! Guanajuato was buzzing all weekend. ... In the evening we went out to a French restaurant, it was so nice to have a steak and some wine! Unfortunately they are not big on wine in Mexico at all! We went out clubbing afterwards which was an experience! The first place we went to we got in for free because we were white! Standing out does have some advantages! We could only by vodka by the bottle in there, it was so weird having a bottle of Smirnoff and four glasses plonked in front of us with a carton of juice! The next day we got up late and to recover from our hangovers we went for a mammoth lunch in the main plaza, including our fave, cheesy chips! Guanajuato is famous for its silver and leather, so afterwards we went jewellery shopping (much to Phil’s displeasure)! The silver is really good value here and they weigh the jewellery before you buy it so we knew we were getting decent stuff! I used my first Mexican wages to buy a nice silver bangle! Our landlady had spare tickets for the closing of the Cervantino festival in the evening, so we were lucky that we got to go for free! People crammed into the area around the stage to see a group called Tijuana Sound Machine which was a weird Mexican band that every so often would have tubas come in to play with them! Lulu fell in love with the guitarist and spent the whole time screaming at him! The festival ended with an orchestra and fireworks which were amazing! It was a really good atmosphere, with thousands of people in the streets afterwards. ...