Mexico
So I said I would post everyday while I was here and I didn't. I had no connection during my 2 days in Mexico and my cell phone didn't work so I had to buy a phone card and make my phone calls from pay phones on the street. Way it goes. Other than that Mexico was great. It was beautiful over there. We stayed at Rocky Point a.k.a. Puerto Peñasco. (You'll see new photos from Mexico in the Flickr gallery to the right). First of all, we drove from Phoenix to Mexico and the scenery was beautiful. Nothing but wiiiide open spaces and mountains in the distance w/ cactus scattered all around. The road looked like it had no end and the sky looked enormous. You don't get big sky in New York, too many buildings in the way.
Getting through was no problem. Puerto Peñasco is considered a "Free Zone" so they're pretty lax about checking ID's and birth certificates when going through the border at Lukeville, Arizona. When going through the border you immediately notice the "tropical homes". They're pretty similar to the homes found in Puerto Rico. Then you see all the stray dogs and people selling their wares. So you get through the town of Sonoyta and hop on Mexico route 8 for about and hour or so which too is lined w/ cactus and mountains and has road signs littered w/ bullet holes. And it's just vast empty spaces w/ a few ranches and I also noticed many large billboards as we got closer to Rocky Point. They were billboards for developments that were yet to come. I have a feeling there're big plans for Rock Point.
We get to Rocky Point and to the house we rented for the couple of days and it's right on the beach. You walk to the back of the house and open the sliding door and step out on the tiles patio and then right onto the sand of the beach. You really didn't have to leave the house for anything 'cause there were people walking around selling stuff on the beach from hats to tamales.
We left the house and decided to check out the town of Puerto Peñasco. There were a bunch of little shops and again, people all over the place walking around selling their wares. We then went to the area where it's not so touristy and sat down at this taco stand where the tacos were a buck each. The tacos were friggin amazing. I think I ate about 6 of 'em in one sitting.
Overall, Mexico was a great experience and I'd definitely like to go back there. Next time I'd want to explore more of the country.
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006 @ 12:07:00 PM
So I said I would post everyday while I was here and I didn't. I had no connection during my 2 days in Mexico and my cell phone didn't work so I had to buy a phone card and make my phone calls from pay phones on the street. Way it goes. Other than that Mexico was great. It was beautiful over there. We stayed at Rocky Point a.k.a. Puerto Peñasco. (You'll see new photos from Mexico in the Flickr gallery to the right). First of all, we drove from Phoenix to Mexico and the scenery was beautiful. Nothing but wiiiide open spaces and mountains in the distance w/ cactus scattered all around. The road looked like it had no end and the sky looked enormous. You don't get big sky in New York, too many buildings in the way.
Getting through was no problem. Puerto Peñasco is considered a "Free Zone" so they're pretty lax about checking ID's and birth certificates when going through the border at Lukeville, Arizona. When going through the border you immediately notice the "tropical homes". They're pretty similar to the homes found in Puerto Rico. Then you see all the stray dogs and people selling their wares. So you get through the town of Sonoyta and hop on Mexico route 8 for about and hour or so which too is lined w/ cactus and mountains and has road signs littered w/ bullet holes. And it's just vast empty spaces w/ a few ranches and I also noticed many large billboards as we got closer to Rocky Point. They were billboards for developments that were yet to come. I have a feeling there're big plans for Rock Point.
We get to Rocky Point and to the house we rented for the couple of days and it's right on the beach. You walk to the back of the house and open the sliding door and step out on the tiles patio and then right onto the sand of the beach. You really didn't have to leave the house for anything 'cause there were people walking around selling stuff on the beach from hats to tamales.
We left the house and decided to check out the town of Puerto Peñasco. There were a bunch of little shops and again, people all over the place walking around selling their wares. We then went to the area where it's not so touristy and sat down at this taco stand where the tacos were a buck each. The tacos were friggin amazing. I think I ate about 6 of 'em in one sitting.
Overall, Mexico was a great experience and I'd definitely like to go back there. Next time I'd want to explore more of the country.
4 comments | 12:07:00 PM
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