Oct 2006

I checked in early and headed to the arrival area to meet friends from Missouri that were going on the trip as well.
They all arrived safely and we headed off to get them checked in then went to the departure bar to catch up on the past 2 years while waiting for our flight.
The trip into Mexico was nothing special just a stop at Lorreto to clear immigration and drop off passengers before a short 1 hour hop to La Paz. Arrival in La Paz was no problem at all and once we had all cleared customs and stopped laughing about the local 5/0 and the size of their weapons we headed out of the airport. We were met by the hotel bus driver and driven to the hotel at Pichalingue Bay 1 hour away. There was not much of interest on the drive apart from 2 cows and a cactus. The cows must take turns sucking rocks as there was nothing else for them to eat. Those that have been to Baja will understand, it is rugged, hot and barren.

The flight to Taiwan was quite pleasant and I purposfully stayed awake so I could sleep the next leg. We arrived around midnight for a quick 2 hour stopover and I was surprised to see the airport shops open up for us as we arrived. I thought it was a nice touch as we were the only plane on the ground. I had a walk around the airport and some shops, bought a can of coke and some chocolate before boarding the plane again for the leg to Los Angeles.
I managed to fall asleep shortly after take off and woke up for breakfast just before landing in LA. I Collected my luggage and cleared customs with no problems. The hotel bus was waiting right outside the arrival terminal so I had no problems there.
I checked into the hotel had a quick shower and Emailed home before heading out to explore a bit. I walked around for a couple of hours then got some dinner and a couple of beers from the service station across the street and headed to my room for a night in.
I managed a good nights sleep and woke around 6am for breakfast then had a lazy day watching TV and resting in my room and getting ready for the following days flight to La Paz. Things were going to get busy from here on in with not much rest for the next week so I soaked it up as best as I could.
I checked out early in the morning and jumped on the bus to the airport ready to take on tha caos at LAX departure terminal.

2 Years previous I had met a bunch of divers on a trip to Honduras and 8 months earlier they had asked if I was interested in a trip to Mexico. What a stupid question of course I was. I boarded the plane in Perth for the flight to La Paz with 3 stops ahead of me. The first was an overnighter in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. It was warm and raining when I arrived and as i had checked my luggage through to Los Angelese I simply got a taxi strait to my hotel. Once checked in I called home then went out to explore the surrounding nightlife. First up was food and as I was not in the mood to tackle the local frog porrige I settled for chicken wings and a beer at Planet Hollywood. I had a leisurly scout around and bought some bottled water and souveniers before heading back to the hotel for some rest.

I got up early and had another walk around before breakfast then grabbed a taxi to the airport to catch my flight to LA via Taiwan.
FROG PORRIGE

FROGS PRE PORRIGE

PETRONAS TOWERS