So, got to Los Mochis, met Josh, we stayed in a hotel that night and took a LONG drive south the next day, stopping in Mazatlan on the way and hanging out there for 5 hours or so with "Commander Cody", basically a cranked out transplant from the good old US of A. The man was definitely very high on more than one brand of Amphetamines, for the cost of a beer he wound up jumping in the car with us, taking us for a 2 hour tour of Mazatlans less than Tourist areas of town. This guy was easily one of the craziest guys we (Josh and I agreed on this one) have ever met, by a loooong shot. One of those guys that has been just about everywhere and done everything, to be conservative on the subject, it was an entertaining time.
We decided to leave Mazatlan, little to big and bustling for what we were interested in, moving on was the order of the day. Unfortunately we left around sunset, and EVERYONE tells you not to drive at night, were you alone I would agree with this, but when you are travelling with friends driving at night isn't so bad, expect to get lost a few times and you will already be ahead of things. The tollroads, are fucking expensive, the one that finally made us decide to get off the toll road was 16$. About every 30-50 miles you hit a tollroad and they just go up in price with every one you hit.
It was a bear finding the free freeway, we managed, I was hellbent on getting to a place we had heard of, that place was San Blas. We got here about 1:30am and got to a beach, and promptly got eaten alive by Mosquitos and Sand Fleas/Ticks, by far the worst I have seen. Setting up camp and passing out we awoke this morning and went into town to see what was doing, get on the internet for Josh and then talking to the locals and seeing what beaches we need to be going to. San Blas is a really sweet little spot, basically exactly what San Clemente is, little surf town with a really relaxed vibe and happy people. Can't ask for much more than that right?
The chance we might stay here for a month or so is high, a guy we met here in the bar is renting an apt. on one of his properties (a realtor apparently down here) for 400$ a month, split between us that is going to be a pretty great deal, I definitely don't want to deal with the crazy amount of insects on the beach around here..
Anyhow, that is the latest, still haven't surfed since I hit mainland, no real swell at the moment.
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Glad to hear you made it through the night... take care of yourself down there!
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