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Back in the USA and one of the immediate thoughts that came to mind as I made my way to the local Internet cafe to get some work done is that walking in suburbia isn’t nearly as relaxing as strolling down the Mexican beach. Too many cars, too many people and no sand squishing between [...]

A well dressed man walks into the Internet cafe and scans the people sitting at all the tables. He instantly heads for our table and greets the man sitting in front of me. They talk for a few seconds and then Pep tells the man “This is Jeffrey. he is my friend.” We shake hands [...]

I was wandering the other day and came across the Los Barriles graveyard. I always find graveyards in different countries interesting because they are often so different. Much like the colorful houses that are part of Baja California, the graves also stand out for their color as well as their complexity with ornate sculptures:

People around town have started to prepare for Hurricane Rick. The good news is that it has weakened from a category 5 hurricane to a category 3 hurricane overnight and should continue to weaken as it heads towards us. If you have ever been in a hurricane before, category 3 is nothing to sneeze at [...]

I have been told that October is the month when the sea turtle eggs begin to hatch in Baja California and the baby sea turtles make their way from their nest to the ocean. I’ve been taking late night walks on the beach in hopes of seeing some of the baby turtles, but haven’t had [...]

It was a beautiful day in a non typical way. With Tropical Storm Patricia trying to decide where she wanted to go, we had rain and sunshine and rain and sunshine all day which meant that we had rainbows left and right today:

Beautiful even when it rains…

We’ve had a tropical storm threatening to hit this area for the past few days. One day it is supposed to hit us directly and the next it isn’t supposed to come anywhere close (thus the true unpredictability of ocean storms)

At this time it looks like it’s going to miss us, but that hasn’t meant [...]

In the middle of Los Barriles where I’m staying there are two huge palm trees. I never really paid them much attention except that I did note they were really tall compared to the other palm trees in the area. Then on my walk home yesterday I noticed that they are used as cell phone [...]

One of the joys of visiting a new place is walking around and exploring. There is always something interesting or surprising that you come across that you just don’t see back home.
I love the colorful Mexican beach homes that seem to fit right in which is amazing since if you ever tried to paint your [...]