overdue update

gettin outta cali and we saw some hills made of sand.



when we stopped at the hills made of sand we noticed a small billow of steam from under the hood. a hole in one of the coolant lines!
duct tape - check
zip ties - check
water from the local construction workers water truck - check
back on the road - nice!



we purchased a snowboard in san diego for 40 bux at a garage sale. the sand conditions looked good so we dropped in and shredded a few sand turns.



after a whole day in arizona registering our car we drove into mexico at night. this is us finally in mehico the next evening. our mighty stallion in the background. first glimpse of ocean.



we wanted to eat in the tiny town near the beach and found a brightly decorated restaurant/house. we asked the lady if they served dinner and she quickly yelled something in spanach that we didnt understand and went back to watching her television program. an old lady hobbled out of the shadows of the small dwelling. she looked at us, then everyone looked at a tiny kitten playing on the floor. she said "gato pequeno." jim said "si." then the old lady walked away. we stood there for a sec . then we walked away too.

this is our official map which was lost shortly after the pic.



we drove for about 30 hrs straight.
needed sleep so we tried to find the beach to camp.
got lost in several small towns which seemed deserted.
found 1 guy still awake. abraham.
showed us to the beach where we camped.
in the morning the small townd were bustling with locals.
they smiled and waved.
we waved too.

at the gas station there were girls dressed up who had music playing. (not quite sure what there job was there but they were nice and giggled a lot) we introduced them to T-Pain and they liked it.

after quite a bit more driving we heard about a local surf spot from a very mexican guy who spoke broken english and liked to say faaked a lot. he gave us directions to the spot where the waves had allegedly faaked him up. after driving for a while we ended up in a dirt field. atter finding more locals we were steered in the right direction and found a beach with sand. in the sand we promptly got our 4runner stuck for about an hour before retreating back to the dirt road. our supposedly 4x4 vehicle only spun 2 tires. no 4x4= bummer.



in the lagoon near the car ian and jim went exploring. bats flew overhead and crabs "caibas" scampered around in the shallows. after a splash they turned to see a wet and unhappy bat swimming towards shore. ian saved it and dried it off by the fire before it let out a few sqeeks and took off happily from his shoulder.



after the fire died we camped under the palapas.



this is the first thing we saw when going down to the beach to surfin the morning. a local had just pulled it up on shore and it was still alive.



we surfed anyways. brenden caught 1 wave, ramy belly surfed a couple, ian dislocaed his shoulder twice and jim went hunting for fish but they got away. so we all played on our floaties.



jim "diego" captured a magnificent coconut.



crazyiest road of our lives. the old 200 coastal highway. no longer in use. 2 lanes overgrown into less than 1 and turns tighter than brendans flexed abs. where the old 200 hist the beach resides an abandoned hotel and some of the coolest coast any of us have ever seen.

diego, uno, y jesus trickey explored the abandoned hotel.



while juan chan cast into the surf and caught some dinner.



our camp fire!



a daily dose of karate kick!



"chory" ghetto rigs the four wheel drive. 4x4 se funcionar!



kids at the disco like karate kicks too!