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Day 2: The Laptop is Back!
February 9, 2006
So, the last night did not end without adventure. While celebrating the
good beginning of the trip, our little laptop also got a sip of the fine
Californian Cabernet and… passed out instantaneously. Must admit, we
had no backup plan for this kind of incident. No computer means no daily
updates and no pictures.
Of course, we immediately applied all emergency measures we could think
of: from taking the little puppy apart and using the hair dryer to blow
out the wine to washing it in warm clean water to make sure the red wine
didn't leave any stains (just kidding). Nothing helped. Our laptop was flat
lining. Having almost lost all hopes to somehow get it "sober",
we placed it on the dashboard of our car under direct sunlight, as we continued
driving. And… MIRACLES HAPPEN! After a day of sunbathing, the puppy
was back up and running!
Farther south, the scenery became very much like the deserts of Arizona. Endless fields of gigantic cacti all around (only more and much bigger than those in Arizona). The noteworthy event of the day was our first off-roading experience. The AAA guide wasn't exaggerating: Mex 1 is a very narrow road with either none or very steep and sandy shoulders. As we parked on one of them for a picture of the oversized cacti, an error in judgment nearly left our Nissan lying on a side. The inclination of the shoulder was probably close to 40 degrees, and our options were rather limited: either to slide deeper into the ditch, or possibly even tip onto the side. Thanks to the 4WD, our first off-roading attempt had a happy ending. Luckily, we hadn't decided to take our old Honda Civic to this trip… We promise to be more careful next time we get off the road.
Late in the afternoon, we left the main road for some whale watching in Laguna Ojo de Liebre (6 miles south, 18 miles west from Guererro Negro) where gray whales from Alaska come to spend the winter season. Already from the shore one could tell that the lagoon was full of happy whales: their fountains were popping up all over the place. Unfortunately, we were told that the whales do not accept visitors after 4PM (the last boat leaves at 4 o'clock) and that we'd have to come back next day at 8AM. Yet, we were very welcome to camp for free on the beach till the next morning. Windy and rocky beach, without one human soul or a can of cold beer within a 20-mile radius.. So we skipped the offer and continued south.
"Baja Oasis" motel in San Ingacio was our home for the second night. Very basic, not the cleanest possible and overprice for the offer. We got a room with a view… to an old broken fridge and several other rotten housewares :) The very last thing it reminded us of was an oasis…
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The desert
Dykuma |
Whales come in different sizes
Banginiai buna ivairiausiu dydziu |
MCSE course finally paying off :)
Billo Gates'o pamokos - kartais gyvybiskai butinos :) |
Nuvesk pelyte virs paveiksliuko, spustelk jos kaire ausele, ir paveiksliukas padides
2-oji diena: Vel turim kompiuteri!!
2006m vasario 9d.
Vakarykstis vakaras baigesi ne be nuotykiu - proginio vyno kliuvo ir musu
mazajam kelioniniam laptopiukui. Vos gaves gurksni vyno, kompiuteris nustojo
veikti. Mes puolem ji dziovinti: plauku dziovintuvas nedave jokiu rezultatu,
uz tat siandienines saules vonios padejo - I vakara kompiukas issipagiriojo,
tuo sukeldamas mums euforija: sitokiai nelaimei, reikia prisipazinti, nebuvom
pasiruose: be kompo nebutu nei reguliariu reportazu, nei nuotrauku.
Ka gi, toliau leidziames Baja California pietu kryptimi. Kelias tikrai geras,
tik labai siauras. Ivaziuijam I dykuma, ir vaizdai smarkiai supanaseja I
smelingas ir kaktusingas Arizonos dykumas. Sustojam nufotkinti kaktusu ir
vos nenusiverciam su visu Nissanu nuo kelkrascio - jis, pasirodo, ne tik
status, bet ir klampus, smeletas. Pirmasis priverstinis offroading'as ir
pirma karta pravercia 4 varomi . Pasidziaugiam, kad juos turim, ir pasizadam
buti atsargesni.
Kol kas kelias pilnas masinu su Kalifornijos numeriais. Niekaip neimanoma
pasijusti "kitur" :)
Apie 4PM metam kelia del takelio - netoli Guerrero Negro, 27km zvyrkeliu
I vakarus, turetu buti Laguna Ojo de Liebre, kur is Aliaskos, Beringo juros,
ziemoti suplaukia pilkieji banginiai. Norim pamatyti, kaip jie sokineja.
Kelias vietomis uzpiltas, ir jau antra karta siandien pasidziaugiam savo
4 varomais. Pakeliui pravaziuojam druskos kasyklas, ir gaunam viliojanti
pasiulyma isigyti didziuli druskos kristala uz US$3. Nesusigundom. Siaip
ne taip nudardam iki lagunos, ir paaiskeja, kad pavelavom. Banginiai jau
pavarge - po 4 valandos nebesokineja. Reikia grizti rytoj, 8 ryto. Kompensacijai
pamatom 3 smarkiai peraugusias zuvedras. Rytoj negrisim. Kelias tolimas,
o nuvaziavom dar nedaug.
Keiciam laiko zonas - jau 1 val arciau Lietuvos :) Jau visiskai sutemo,
todel nebera prasmes vaziuoti toliau. Apsinakvojam San Ignacio. Motelis
"Baja Oasis" palyginti brangus ir maziausiai primena oaze. Gaunam
kambari su vaizdu I sena apipuvusi saldytuva ir dar kelis aprudijusius namu
apyvokos daiktus... Didziausias pliusas, kad miestelyje matem interneto
"kavine" (vonios kambario dydzio budele su trim kompiuteriais)
- rytoj pagaliau galesim atnaujinti savo www. Labanakt.
