Cabo!!!

We have arrived!!!! We rolled into Cabo San Lucas yesterday evening..The last two days of riding were shorter distances, but were more challenging than we expected. But our final days here in Mexico have been filled with much more fun things than just biking. Here is a brief rundown...

Our last night in La Paz, we once again went down to the seashore party street where carnaval was still going strong, wearing the exact same clothes that we had for the previous 2 nights. People had to be on to us by then, but they were polite enough not to say anything. We met up with a couchsurfing friend (couchsuring.com), Jose Carlos just to hang out. He had a backpacker with him from Argentina, Martin, and a cousin of his. It just so happened that we ran into a friend of Jose Carlos' cousin that was from Todos Santos, whom is also on couchsuring. She insisted we stay with her the next day when we arrived there. Its funny how stuff like that just works out. So, we rode down to Todos Santos and had an absolute blast! Todos Santos is a huge tourist/retirement community and we saw more white people in the first two blocks upon arrival than we had for the entire trip, which took a while to get used to.

Shortly after arriving and meeting up with our host, Perla, she informed us that there was a leatherback turtle hatchling release down at the beach that evening. This was an amazing treat. It was run by a sea turtle conservation group that searches the beaches for nests and builds a tent around them, keeping the eggs warm and safe. When they hatch, they release them into the sea in the evening, giving them a better chance for survival. It was an amazing sight being on a secluded beach on the Pacific watching the sun go down and watching little baby sea turtles crawl out into the surf. It was a really neat moment.

We all made a family style pasta meal that night and partied and danced pretty hard into the night, which included a late night beer run (these are always interesting in foreign countries). One of Perla's friends, Kelly, is a professional singer and Martin the Argentinean and Jeff jammed out on a mandolin and our cheap mexican guitar. It was a great night! The next day, Kelly took us to th beach and let us borrow her two surfboards and we hit the waves. That is, I tried to hit the waves and Jeff had a couple of good runs. The surf was pretty big and it wasn't ideal for beginners. It was really fun to just be by the ocean though. In the early afternoon, we somewhat reluctantly got on our bikes and headed out of town.

Upon arrival in Cabo, we had a small dose of culture shock. It is super super touristy and we rode by a McDonalds and tons of huge fancy tourist resorts and yachts. All in all though, a very clean and beautiful place. We found a great moderately priced hotel that just a couple of blocks from the beach and marina. Then last night, we got a taste of Cabo nightlife. Once we got over the extremely expensive drinks compared to what we were used to here in Mexico, it was a really fun night. Today, we are headed to the beach and are taking a glass bottom boat tour out to an island beach and to get a view of the coast from the ocean, instead of the other way around. We also hope to find some cardboard boxes to package our bikes and get all squared away with bus tickets and all.

The trip has gone by so fast, but it seems like so long ago that we started. So many memories along the way and we will both be very sad to leave...

I may not post until we are back safe and sound in Los Angeles at the end of the week, unless we hit up the internet one more time before we leave town...

Also, just as we came into town, our odometer turned over to 1000 miles for our trip!!