So since I've been here for more than two weeks with the crew, and Robin and Jeff have posted multiple blogs, I guess I'll do mine.

Drive down: From Pendleton, Oregon on January 2nd to La Paz, BCS in 3 days. Longest drive I've ever been a part of. Basically Mexico is ghetto the entire way until you get to La Paz, and believe me that's a lot of ghetto.

I don't think I'll post any pics, I'd probably just be double posting a bunch of them anyways.

Arrive to La Paz around 6pm Jan 5th, insert epic week of drunkenness, clubs, underage girls, La Policia, Cabo, awesome food, beaches, and more Spanish speaking than I would prefer. All that made for a pretty solid first week.

Our second week was spent basically chillin out, recooperating, going to the beach, and trying to grind when mexiconet decided it wanted to work. I suppose this week has been similar.

Thoughts on La Paz so far:

1. The language barrier is a bit worse than I thought. I guess I'm a fish for not anticipating that better, we are getting by fine though(getting a haircut and not being able to tell them what you want SUCKS though, lol).

Also; as expected, more of the Mexican population here speak English than they lead on.

2. As previously mentioned, the food here rules. I think it did take a bit for my guts to adjust to it, but it's cheap and crushes any Mexican food I've ever had. There are always alot of American restaurants and fast food for when we get tired of it.

3. La Paz is probably a little less nice than I anticipated. When you drive along with the exception of our neighborhood and the downtown are in general, it kind of seems to fade in and out of nice and not so nice. I can't say I've been anywhere where I've felt nervous for my own safety or anything like that though. Just speaking soley of appearances(I know, it's Mexico ldo).

So I suppose that's enough rambling for the time being. I think Jaymes took these two pics of the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, but I don't think they got posted! Pretty cool imo.





OH, and here's a couple vids I took with my new Flip:

This is the beach we've been frequenting, pretty cool shot towards the left of some Pelicans group diving: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhcvXIgiwgA

Pretty sweet Mariachi(sp?) band playing La Bamba when we were in Cabo, they did some other pretty cool noteable songs as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52LqYXQJ9Yw