11/30 Well my day off in El Rosario has now turned into 3 days off thanks to a wicked case of Montezuma’s Revenge. Thankfully it hit that Friday night after I’d finished riding for the day. I can’t imagine how much it would have sucked if I’d been on road in the middle of nowhere. I’m feeling a lot better today and expect to be back on the road tomorrow. I suspect one of my favorite riding foods was the cause–apples. They say unpeeled fruit is a prime culprit. Looks like I might have to stick to bananas.
It actually rained and pretty hard too. This was on Saturday and Sunday. It wasn’t an all day thing; it drizzled for a couple hours and then once on Saturday night it poured for a good 30 minutes. Considering the brutal drought conditions here it was a very welcome event.
The only motel in town is the BajaCactus Motel and its surprisingly clean and modern. The TV has 2 channels, both Spanish only, so I’ve been watching a lot their version of MTV and some soccer. Their MTV actually has music videos. I don’t know what they’re singing about but wow are the women just stunning. Every song is the same though: guy sees hot girl, he sings to/about her, she ignores/teases him and they either hook up (10%) or the songs ends with him looking all dejected (90%).
Honesty though, after watching a couple hours of it I found how women are portrayed on the videos to be very sexist and/or demeaning. In one video a girl walks in on her boyfriend and catches him with another woman. Rather than beating the crap out of both of them she jumps off the balcony (they show her walking away at the end though). Seems a bit messed up. Maybe in all music videos its like that? I thought it was mostly limited to rap music. These songs were like country songs that should have just been depressing like all country music is. 
The location of the motel officially makes it the loudest place I’ve ever stayed. It sits along the highway at the bottom of a huge hill so the off-road trucks and 18-wheelers rev up their already loud engines to start the climb. Of course right outside my window are 2 dogs that love to bark all day. There’s some goats out there making a ruckus too.
Right next door is the famous Mama Espinoza’s Cafe. I’m not sure if she is the owner but there’s an older lady who works there and she’s so nice. She helps me with my Spanish every time I go in. The food is great too.
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When I read about your unexpected visitor, I figured it wasn’t the same “visitor” I get every month. At least your visitor only stayed for a few days.
I loved the pink/white toilet combo. I’m sure you gave it quite the work out. No more apples for you. Take it easy.
Hi my sister. Thank you for sharing that with me. I am going to try to pretend I never read that. The colors in here are all over the place. I don’t profess to know anything about home decor but hanging blue curtains in one window and red in another seems odd. Hope things things are goo up there. You should come down to Mexico for a visit. The old man is talking about making a trip here in a month or so depending on where I am.
Did at least have some air freshener? Hmmmmm a family vacation in Mexico what a great idea?
The air freshener was right next to the heater. Not. Yes it would be cool having a little gathering down here. If you come down does that mean my Dad won’t though?
Hmmm. Something to think about. Maybe over spring break I can meet up with you in South America. I don’t know if I’ll have enough cash saved to be able to go anywhere until then. Any idea where you’ll be March 27-April 6?
Hmm. Maybe in Peru or Chile by then? Really hard to say. Not even sure what way I’m going once I can onto the Mexican mainland. That would be cool if you could come down for a visit though. In mid-Feb I should know a little better where I’ll be in a month.
I kind of hate you Scott. But that’s just because I have been checking your site from OHIO.
Keep Rolling and writing, I’ll keep reading.
I was born in Toledo but moved away when I was pretty young so my memories of winter up there have been forgotten (or repressed). Hopefully you can head south for a break and get some sun.