Forgive me for saying this but I thought it would be a lot harder coming home for the first time. When we set off on our journey we never expected to be stopping home so quickly. In fact I believe we told people that if we come home early it will only be for an emergency. Needless to say there was no emergency, the timing just sort of worked out and we decided repatriate ourselves in time for our friends wedding and a short visit with our families.
Being home for the first time since border crossing in March has been a lot easier than expected. The comforts of home have not been forgotten although new habits …

Two overnight bus rides with a stop for whales and we found ourselves in Baja California Sur about 22 hours from the US border. We’re in La Paz on the eastern coast of Baja. Being a seaside resort town, the sea and sand are wonderful here, as is the culture. The well known adage of ‘me casa es su casa’ is alive and well. Perhaps it is our time in Washington, DC that has jaded us as pedestrians in an automobile dominated world, but the calm with which drivers meet jaywalkers has not yet ceased to amaze us. The constant barrage of ‘buenos dias’ and ‘buenas tardes’ is still catching us off guard. To …