The Western Flyer is about to leave La Paz, and Steinbeck writes: “We were to sail in the early morning, and that night we walked a little in the dim-lighted streets of La Paz. And we wondered why so much of the Gulf was familiar to us, why this town had a “home” feeling. We had never seen a town which even looked like La Paz, and yet coming to it was like returning rather … more →

Even in my current state – physiologically weakened as it is – this passage from Wikipedia struck me as funny. There are a number of colloquialisms for travelers’ diarrhea contracted in various localities, such as “Montezuma’s revenge”, “turistas”,[27] or “Aztec two step” in Mexico; and “Pharaoh’s Revenge,” “mummy’s tummy,” or “Cairo two-step” in Egypt. Many other colorful synonyms exist in other regions of the world, some of which have found their way into the arts and literature. For example, Aamir Khan titled his 2011 Hindi … more →

Whew, it’s been a rough couple of days. Sunday night Becky came down with Montezuma’s Revenge. Fever, shakes, vomiting, and diarrhea. She missed her return flight on Monday. I took her to a local doctor that night and he prescribed an antibiotic, immodium, and a pain killer. On Tuesday, without any food for 2 days and with minimal hydration, she boarded a flight at 11 am in La Paz that landed in San Francisco at … more →

Por las fotos que veo aquí, ya sé que les va muy bien allí en La Paz, BCS. Por supuesto los jugadores de volibol aquí en la playa de Carmel extrañamos mucho a ustedes. Cuídense mucho, mucho, mucho muchachotes.