Yesterday Sharon and I decided we would take a road trip to a town on the Pacific coast called Todos Santos, so we jumped on a bus and off we went. Todos Santos is a pretty cool mexican town that is a popular day trip for people staying in Cabo San Lucas. Upon arriving in Todos Santos we immediately noticed the difference between the real Mexican town of La Paz and the tourist Mexican town of Todos Santos. First of all there were gringos (Americans) everywhere, then we became aware of the fact that nearly all of the Mexicans spoke English. Next we found ourselves constantly trying to dodge high pressure vendors, all of whom had the best priced and the highest quality junk in town. We checked into the Hotel California and were told that it was the "real" Hotel California from the Eagles song. It is a really cool artsy hotel that in itself is a MAJOR tourist attraction. However, we later googled the song and found that the "real" hotel California is in Hollywood, still it was a really nice place to stay.
At dinner last night we reflected on the day and we both agreed that although we were enjoying our stay in Todos Santos we preferred the non-tourist atmosphere over the tourist atmosphere. We enjoy conversing with the locals using our handy dandy Spanish/English Dictionary and we don't like pesky high pressure vendors chasing us around, and all of our fellow gringos seem to change the whole Mexico experience somehow.
On another note, I did line up a little job while we were in Todos Santos with a local construction crew who needed an extra hand (pic).