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Bumfuzzle

If you enjoy travel pictures in Mexico, please go read the Bumfuzzle blog, Pat and Ali Schulte have been a major inspiration to me and my dreams of traveling.

I started reading them when I had a sailboat a few years ago, when they were  in the "Bought ourselves a monohull" adventure, I learned so much from Pat reading about their travels in Mexico on a sailboat.

Currently they are traveling through mainland Mexico in a 1966 Dodge Travco RV. They have travelled extensively in Mexico and there are a year and a half of blog post on their current adventure.

Pat and Ali are far better photographers than I am, I think you would really enjoy this blog, if your interested in seeing "real" Mexico, instead of the crap you see on the news.

About Pat and Ali:

http://www.bumfuzzle.com/about-us/

Today's blog post:

http://www.bumfuzzle.com/2015/08/02/cuernavaca/

The start of their Travco RV adventure to Mexico from Minnesota:

http://www.bumfuzzle.com/2014/03/24/start-the-odometer-at-66712/

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It's always a treat to get one of their post in my inbox, check them out.

If you start reading this blog you will wonder how the hell they afford this travel lifestyle, Pat wrote a book explaining how he does stock market trading to pay for this life. "Life on the Margins" is the book, it's an interesting read, I quickly figured out that this is not suited to the way my brain works. I highly recommend "Bumfuzzle" the book, it is the story of them sailing around the world in a 35' catamaran.

http://www.bumfuzzle.com/books/

Exploring El Sauzal

I went for a drive through the town right next to me, El Sauzal, kind of a suburb of Ensenada. The town basically goes up a mountain and at the top and the other side of the mountain it turns to dirt roads and a third world looking village.

Here are some pictures I took.

It seems that trash goes anywhere. And a horse.

This is just a block off Highway 1 next to the ocean. The market runs on the street I'm standing in.

The market is running Monday and Friday

Bootleg DVDs and music 

High up into El Sauzal

On the back side of the mountain, looks like some serious poverty down there.

 

One of the "streets" at the top of El Sauzal. You can't see how steep this is, it was ridiculous. That chicken in the middle of the road had a bunch of little chicks behind her, I had to wait for them to cross.

You don't see this from Highway 1 down there near that marina.

And of course there are beetles here.

Making friends

Hanging out with my neighbors in my next door neighbor Neil's Bounder RV, great view, great company, and lots of vodka and also Mango Margaritas.

Neils, from British Columbia, and Gunther and Elisabeth, nice people to get drunk with, and watch Neil's get hot for Elisabeth's feet...

Good times!

Some random pictures from around Ensenada

This wall was made for graffiti 

I see some posters like this, looks like they have been there a long time

A cool mural I stumbled upon in an alley

I bought a $99 bike at Walmart in San Diego last Friday, now I just need to ride it to get myself ready for riding at Burning Man. I leave Mexico in about 30 days headed to Black Rock Desert, 735 miles one way.

I'll most likely come back to Mexico, but time will tell, actually, my lack of money will dictate what I do after Burning Man, it's my last hurrah before going back to work.

El Maleco Boardwalk in Ensenada 

I went with my neighbors Gunther and Elisabeth to check try to fine "Ensenada, a Blend of Wine & Sea" Gastronomic Fair 

Sadly we couldn't find any food fair, just the usual food venders, so we went to a nice restaurant nearby, had some great margaritas and awesome food.

Just chillin

https://www.dropbox.com/photos/shared_space/2AC7pol0giHWFqq

My typical evening routine, just watching the power of the ocean