Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Motion Detection Stairway Lights

The second day ...

The second day, God made heaven and we were at their doors but still did not know ... We woke up in Cayucos: breakfast, gasoline, car washing, showering, packing, put everything in the car (not in that order) and we continue our journey north. Very beginning we had to stop driving, the coast was spectacular, we start again and begin to see incredible scenery inland and there that we turn, although not the plan, one of the little road on the right. Cows, farm, green valleys and mountains that Asturianas but where are we?


try to follow but we came as a surprise a left INCREDIBLE beach and clear, we had to stop. Up the beach, down the beach, which apes the rocks, the seagulls, the fauna, flora ...


Are we again? But little, eh! Sea lions because voilà! Thus, a beach town in any joint, stop. A silly, foolish to stop so it was time to eat and we were eating a bag of Doritos, we left the car and we were approached by a family of birds, so we looked at so tender so I started pulling doritos , just by feeding a squirrel by hand and almost forgetting the main reason we had stopped in the very moment of cooperation between species we saw a sign "Do not feed the animals" that we never found out whether he was referring to the squirrels, crows, sea lions, the other gulls and similar birds ... just in case we end up being fed to this squirrel ate both cheeks and we sucked the tiny hands with the language that was (then in the car when we realized the amount of diseases transmitted by these bugs and we did not have a sad paw wipe clean our hands we found less tender all).


Once we saw the squirrel away reeling from the fat that we, we approached the sea lions everything we could and started to make photos. Carmen began recording a video without telling us and caught us talking mu and Rogelia style and Puri, I've been tempted to put subtitles to the video is very short and make a link, but then I thought that maybe since I was not going you look so funny ... Meanwhile we make our own theory of the Origin of Species: squirrel fed by tourists gull or crow (we did not have very clear) from there to the pelican, pelican to seal and seal a sea lion. We follow a little more, we returned to quickly stop in stunning beaches, we enter the County of Monterey. In our map, we featured a town called GORDA and we were willing to stop, but what a disappointment, there was no town or anything like that, just a bar-restaurant and a souvenir shop.


ate the cheapest I was in the letter that was a hot dog with chips and nachos and was not at all cheap. We got the car ready to go. We wanted to sleep somewhere in the Big Sur area was where we were, but there were places to sleep, just beaches, cliffs, beaches. We stopped at a site, I do not know if with intent to sleep or what, but the site was incredible and we caught it, had some small houses and we we were eager to ask how much they cost, the place was also a bar and restaurant with gift shop (also in the map appeared as a people) was on a cliff and from there you could see miles and miles of beach.


Trapped, trapped by the site ... we decided to go and here was the highlight of the day. We were on top of a hill, so the cliff was so spectacular and the road (two lanes and two directions, ie one lane in each direction) began to descend downhill. The regular driver was me, the occasional was Carmen and there was no conducted so far was Salvi. So no, Salvi was being silly, just for a change, Carmen explained four basic things automatic car and started down, we joined the road and going slowly, slowly, Sage: "Hey girls, for speed in this car is to press very hard on the accelerator is not it? "and Carmen then began to laugh, endlessly, endlessly, when he was able to breathe said:" Salvia has not started! "and that we with the inertia of the downhill, in our little road two-way without starting the car! With the attack of laughter that gave them (not me, I became hysterical) pan pin down the slope, the ditch again, this time cut down and pulling.


saw the famous bridge of Big Sur. And we, we came back to stop a revolt in which he had a spectacular redwoods and a bridge, let the car go super far and played the way to the sequoias we came a spectacular snake that gave us scared to death, on our return , the bitch, was still there and scare us again. We were beginning to be sooo tired and Carmen coined the phrase "more up front, more beautiful" to dissuade us every time we tried to stop to see the landscape, and the phrase became the theme of the trip because there was no way but forward. We wanted to find a place to sleep. We went through a couple of "village" style wooden scary horror movie in the woods where you end up dying all the above were all full, we assumed that because people had not seen enough scary movies. We saw a species-HOTEL RANCHO and stopped at the door to ask about prices, Carmen was driving and it was easier to ask what made the threat of the ball spend hot but we listened to the occasion did a English grammar, but obviously with the intention to speak English and I was as follows: "For Sleeping? "Which meant" How much is a room to sleep in this hotel please? "The guy told us that $ 400 and went running. The following was a campsite, we were defeated, the girl told us all we could offer was a barracks for $ 70 went to see them, and it was getting dark. The nant were a plastic sheet with three foam inside, no electricity, no water, the bathroom was very far away (across the river) took a couple of laps, we started to hit them out and we just went, the only good thing is that we had to sleep in the forest of huge redwoods. That and we did not know what to expect to reach the next town. Driving at night, mashed and holding the lights from the Americans that no one knows why not regularly removed when crossed with other cars. A total exhaustion, had lost all hope when we saw signs of civilization and soon PLOF! such a commercial complex with 24 hour pharmacy, grocery stores, fast food restaurants, etc. we rushed like beasts to the pharmacy 24 hours, which actually have food and everything. We lost (I think the state of fatigue that had) a lot of things that were lowered to one dollar and we just bought the most unlikely given our situation: that had nothing to lead us to the mouth, or bedding. Among others: a glitter nail polish YELLOW would later star in a promotional event for this our country, Spain, a lipstick, a trap glasses (because so far our favorite custom in the car was sitting on top of what pillars, glasses , maps, keys, mobile ...) loaded with these things as useful and a half liter bottle of wine went to the box and here came the second phrase of the day after the cashier had told us it typical to have good night, I was to say "equally happy night, by the way where are we?" the girl was surprised naturally or artificially and I do not know! and told us, you are in Caramel! Yupiiii! Search for hotels, discard one that offered us a fireplace in the room and the hotel just a guy who hit us very well because it gave us sherry and biscuits and a good price. The room was amazing and we still had the courage to return to the same area before to buy food, cook, eat, drink up the bottle (about half that because he was pugnacious noses) and sleep in Normandy !

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Width Of Ballet Shoes

DAY 1 .- Los Angeles / Oxnard / Santa Barbara / Morro Bay / Cayucos


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We left around 10 am by Sunset Boulevard to the ocean with the top down. You had to see us three in a convertible, in the cold. It took little to find that the trick was to have the top down, but the windows rolled up and even put the heating. Sunset Boulevard is a street full of endless curves ranging from Hollywood to the ocean, to reach the ocean in Los Angeles instead of a promenade there is a highway (very original in this country) and that highway can be followed to the South (San Diego, Tijuana) or north (which we did). Caminito north pass through Malibu (who either do not have either waterfront or not we saw) along the highway we were getting to the interior where there are many crops (strawberries, pistachios and grapes) and we did not like it move away from the sea, we turned up to Oxnard by a sign saying something like "road overlooking the sea," and we ended up in a tent as all one hundred in Spain but taken by Mexicans. We found the most varied things, from virgin to the car, even cowboy hats. That Carmen, who was co-pilot, began to introduce the idea that "probably" we need a road map. So we started asking at the stores, of course, did not have those things. We split up, Carmen enjoyed Salvia the amount of incredible products, never seen before, he had on these sites and I went into a photocopy shop and I found that to be the only Native American place, super friendly too, and when I asked for a road map I drew his own to tell me how to get to another area of \u200b\u200bshops and, eventually, buy a map there. The man now took 15 minutes explaining in detail each and every military base traffic light (there were a couple in the area) we had to go through to get to this place was a liquor store (it's another thing I love here liquor stores). I drew the map we keep it, well it kind of was, because he did it with love, man, and only once in LA, we realized we had the address of the shop behind and website! And yet the store was like a photocopy shop in the neighborhood. This is the website, if you happen Oxnard have to pay him a visit. The truth is that following your instructions we got where we wanted: a gas station, bought our little map and throw to the north, no freak not before that's where we saw OXNARD, was about the most beautiful canals of Venice in Los Angeles. Pim
bread, bread and we pim Santa Barbara, we took a short walk, climb the top because we were dying of cold and continue to La Goleta where we ate, the food was Güena Stork and good coffee yet (as everyone says, the Americans drink coffee that is more like "tea coffee but the espresso is the same worldwide) and we took a walk around the pier.

wanted to explore the area, but started here and our problem with California's traffic signals, that no one understands them, every time we got into a road we encountered a sign saying "private road You are using this route on your own risk " so clear, we turned around and went back to our cozy wagon general. But we did not understand if they were roads leading to residential areas is that they were private or sections that had not built the State of California. Overall, we lost a little more out there in a kind of lake that was near where a couple of surfers took us a little hair with "our friend's car" which was the pirate mask that we had put into the passenger seat, They asked us what the problem was our friend and I replied that I just enjoyed the world in two dimensions, so I was angry.

Piratilla Here is the lagoon side
We said goodbye, we took the highway again and continue. Mulling over the map we discovered that the highway got into the back, but the views were amazing, so we felt good. When we were getting close to Morro Bay and went to sleep thinking, until now our intention was to sleep in a tent, so we looked at the campsite (we had no tent, which illustrates very well our idealism, which has no limits .) Unfortunately we spent the Morro Bay area that was the one who was camping and had to be impressive and stopped at the next town, Cayucos, basically the people (like that Morro Bay) was a joke, were about 150 houses facing the sea on a hillside and looked ghost completely. We go and spend two streets we saw a woman on which we rushed to ask, was as about 50 years and was so kind to us said she was going to the area of \u200b\u200bthe motel, that we could follow. Took the car and surprise, the lady was late for a meeting and marked a dramatic rally, with stops at breakneck speed and turns impossible, we were dead in the car laughing, go to the typical when someone offers to serve as a guide is to go super slowly and such, since no no, yes, when we landed on the site jumped another 10 minutes telling us where we could dine, drink a beer, and recommended a Motel that had its own beach, then we said he felt the rally but was late for a meeting (that's where we found clear, so far we thought we had caught women age 50 fastest American Wild West.) The Motel was called: Cayucos Shoreline Inn. I think the first thing we think about the Motel was: "Wow, we in a Motel with private beach, what goes, what goes! But we will ask you for asking nothing is lost "and then Salvia said:" Of course, we are doing market research "and our market research lasted, what does the water in a basket and was that the reception lady told us they were $ 120 without taxes, we put little face convinced, give us a second price of $ 105 with taxes and breakfast included, we we asked for the keys to see and what we should stay because it was amazing, the room is passed directly to the beach with a lawn in the middle and gorgeous views of the pier and surfers, with the evening they were going home and had to see you!.
piratilla
after leading up to the door, like some ladies, we set out to explore these wonderful sites, that, being almost nine were in why most closed country! And those that were open seemed to turisteo us by the American West, much of the western movie, cool, but the pasta left us spent on them so we went to the store only "edible" we saw open for dinner buy filth and a bottle of wine. The guy in the shop, as often happens here, was of American parents but was born here and, therefore, found it difficult to speak English but I was willing to "talk" so we talked until it was heavy repeating over and over again "and What are three girls alone in Cayucos, "and we just say" drink up a bottle of wine to he replied that he thought little and we waited half an hour, he was sure would come back for more. Back in our bedroom with our queen beds (two doubles) had dinner, saw the photos, I saw LOST, I won a little fame ... participatory and we gradually falling all over ...

Friday, April 17, 2009

Nepali Song By Anuradha Paudwal



A little less than a week I've become a tremendous journey through northern California, Nevada and Arizona. The flies "curro" not bad, but I remember nonstop trip and all the adventures we have lived, so I decided to write from scratch.
The trip came with the visit of two super-friendly English: Carmen Sage, who came to be here 15 days and I had not made any trips yet and they were looking forward to meeting many of the parks here, because there we were. We planned everything in a couple of hours, almost no specific routes and motel reservations made.

all started renting a car in a peculiar "Rent a Car" that I do not give any confidence despite his name was "OK Rent a Car, rent a Chrysler convertible with a special offer they had. Filled it with things and had the trunk so small that we could all, we put a mask tied PIRATA the passenger seat, so that every time we saw Car pegábamos scare us because it seemed real.
started the trip a day later as revised, is what he has no plan, and thanks to that we spent an incredible afternoon in Topanga with my roommate and horses in their care. We were riding on horseback and then on this site so cool is called Froggy's Bar and for the first time I understood the reason for the name, because he spends a river side and the frogs are heard in an exaggerated way, I think more now in spring that other times we went.
And those were the preparations for the trip, which lasted 10 days and ten nights ...