2008-01-08

Los Cabos - Day 5 San Lucas

2008/01/01
Los Cabos - 墨西哥游记:第五天 (Day 5)

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第五天:San Lucas (2008.01.01 Day 5)

  在墨西哥开始了新的一年的第一天。
  不高兴又是去照日出,我只好又摆了几个歪歪斜斜的动作,就不在这里现眼了。只有这个懒腰伸得挺舒服。

  The first day of New Year 2008. For Boathill, it was his first sunrise of the year; for me, it was my first stretch. I was so relaxed.


  今天我们的目的地是Cabo San Lucas城。先来到一个渡假村的沙滩,想从这里看LC著名的象鼻子,结果没看到。(We were searching for a spot to shoot the famous El Archo. Here was the first stop in San Lucas and we did not see it from this beach.)
20080101_1051_051a Panoramic beach view from Cascadas de Baja
  这时,又来个小商贩。我试了几个帽子。砍了半天价,把身上带的所有40美刀现金掏出来,买了2个帽子,和那个红色的草编包(无盖的)。

  I emptied all cash from Boathill's wallet and bargained two hats and one red bag for $40. The peddler tried to ask for the wallet when I showed everything inside. We chatted a while about his friend going to work in America. He helped to correct my grammar. When I was "amiga" and he was "amigo", we both took the deal happily.

  在海边晒完太阳,向市中心前进。中午慕名来到Shrimp Factory。我们都不饿,就点了一个水煮大虾和2杯玛格瑞塔,草莓的和青柠的。草莓的特好喝。


  Around 1240 we found this Shrimp Factory that I had read reviews from the internet. We ordered the Jumbo shrimp. When I saw the waiter served some colorful drinks in big round cups, I asked him and he told us it was margarita. I ordered two favors and I liked the strawberry one.

  吃了大虾,回到停车的Dairy Queen店附近,加防晒霜。然后开始正式逛商店。这个城市比圣何塞大,商店也多,不过卖的东西大同小异。我在这里买了几条墨西哥毯子。

  在小摊一条街的Jungle Ave对面见到一个卖玛格丽塔酒(Margarita)的店,叫妈妈丽塔,因为她是所有玛格丽塔酒的妈妈。沿街走回停车的地方,和其他一些游客一样,发现Dairy Queen快餐店里竟然没有洗手间。不过还是买了奶昔(milk shake),坐下来修整片刻。不高兴在这里闲着没事,用镜头捕捉了一个吹气球的墨西哥女孩。

  We shopped couple blankets and walked up to Jungle Avenue, across the street Boathill took a picture of this Mamarita store. Then we walked back to Dairy Queen where we parked the car. During the time I bought milk shakes, Boathill was still busy to capture whatever he could find on the street.

  继续逛码头。人很多,热闹非凡。水上都是船。街头是餐馆、地摊、和商店。



  Along the harbor, it was crowded with tourists in the restaurants, bars, small stores, and crafts booths. Enjoying the local lives, we were walking all the way to west and trying to find the best spot to watch the sunset. The woman at our resort had told us that she climbed over the hills to find Lover's beach. But we saw the sign of "No Se Vende..." and guessed the climbing was no longer allowed.

  好长的一条路,一直环绕整个港口。不远处还能看见山上写着"No Se Vende...",猜想那里翻过山就是我们想去的情人海滩。否则要租船才能到达。于是试着向山脚下走。


  走啊走啊,又到了一个渡假村。门口都有保安,不过没盘问我们。


  Walk and walk ... we eventually found this open beach behind a resort.

  这里的景色真是美不胜收。一边是大海,一边是礁石。我们跋涉是为了去最好的地点等日落。

  可我实在走不动了。I was tired and could not walk any more.


  照了几张相,突然觉得自己的衣服不好看。不高兴就把他的衬衣捐献出来,自己光膀子。

  See the shirt that I borrowed from Boathill and he had to bare the arms ...

  终于到了。这里的石头都好奇怪,各种形状,上面还有洞。看看这颜色,太美了。


  We enjoyed a whole afternoon here and had thought this was the Lover's Beach.

  等夕阳的时候我们在沙滩上走来走去,浪好大。

  Walking with ocean waves ... 这是干什么,瑜珈还是太极拳?
Is it Yoga or Taiji?

  终于等到了夕阳...... Wah! Sunset ...


Los Cabos - Day 6 Santa Maria and dinner

2008/01/02
Los Cabos - 墨西哥游记:第六天 (Day 6)

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第六天:Bahia Santa Maria and Dinner show (2008.01.02 Day 6)

  We walked too much yesterday. Everyone seemed feeling a little lazy or bored after 5 days of exciting, except Boathill had stayed almost whole night to organize his pictures taken for this vacation. After deleting half of them (that he was not satisfied) and merging/stitching to the panoramic ones, there had been over 1000 by last night.

  昨天玩儿得太尽兴了,又走了许多路,今天大家都起得很晚。尤其是每次假期的四五天后,人变得有些懒散。心里想寻求下一个探险的目标,可身体上又想在房间里懒上一天。不高兴倒是一直点灯熬油地整理每天的照片,删去许多他认为不满意的,编上号,拼接全景片,现在已经保留了一千多张。
  磨磨蹭蹭过了中午,我们打起精神决定到第二个潜水看鱼的地方玩。这个沙滩叫圣母玛丽亚,Santa Maria。来这里的人没有前一个沙滩多。这里的海浪较大,海岸坡度大。不高兴游得太远了,在水深处呛了好几口海水。后来才发现,原来这里看不到什么鱼。看到的都是象蝌蚪那么大的。不过,既然来了,还是要留个影。
Sketching glimpse
  We did not go out until noon. Here was Santa Maria bay where was couple miles next to Chilleno bay. We planned to try more snorkeling here but did not find fish. It has bigger wave and it was too deep to swim farther.

  为了在礁石上照相,石头印子印了一腿,我容易嘛我!

  It was hurt standing on the rocks with bare feet. Not easy job for a picture.

  看俺娘像不墨西哥小贩。:) 我们照相,她帮我们收东西。

  Look my mom! She looked like a local Mexican peddler. She was collecting all our stuff while we were photographing and playing at the beach.

  晚上到Royal Solaris吃晚餐。就是我们听讲座给我们的免费餐券。自助餐,种类蛮多的,连寿司都有。我吃了好几块生吞拿。一进门服务员就给我们鸡尾酒。不高兴看各种颜色的很漂亮,拿了个Tequila,空着肚子,一下子就醉了,一直到回去的路上还晕晕乎乎的。我喝了玛格瑞塔,爱尔兰奶酒(Irish Cream),还好,酒精含量少,所以没醉。因为着急吃完看节目,就只照了甜点。

  In the evening, we had a dinner show at Royal Solaris where we earned tickets from timeshare presentation. It was a buffet. There ware cocktails, Tequila, Margarita, and Irish cream at the entry. Boathill picked one in a lime color Tequila and got drunk. He slept a while before the show and had felt dizzy whole night.

  这是不高兴拿的。他不想吃太多肉。盘子里除了蔬菜就是鱼。

  This was Boathill's dish. He was "on diet", only fish and vegetables.

  演出开始了。一会儿英文,一会儿西班牙语,挺热闹。节目紧凑,质量很高。比我们去阿拉斯加和夏威夷邮轮上表演的还好。姑娘们的肚子都不小,对自己又萌发了几点信心:)
Escape Show at Teatro Tehuacan


  English and Spanish were mixed in the show and I could not catch half of them. But the dance was much more enjoyable than Broadway style. The music was so beautiful too. The last one, sun dance, was the best. Looking at belly of the dancing girl, I felt more confidence on my fitness plan.

  音乐非常动听,不象百老汇的演唱那么形式化。压轴的太阳舞最精彩。


Los Cabos - Day 7 Sunset El Archo

2008/01/03
Los Cabos - 墨西哥游记:第七天

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第七天:San Lucas and El Archo (2008.01.03 Day 7)

  明天就要回家了,我们今天做什么呢?
  早上,还是照日出。风好大,为了拍出剪影的效果,还得穿着裙子,支撑在风度与温度之间。


  Boathill dragged me out of bed for sunrise again. It was windy at dawn and so cold standing with only skirt on a small bridge. He took over 20 shots with my changing postures then he said: "Drop it. It was not good." Oh my professional photographer!

  本来今天也没什么计划,想着要回去了,应该休息一下。但那么好的天气,不出去怪可惜的。加上一直没找到所谓的象鼻子,所以还是出来了。每隔一段路,就看见写着HACIENDA的路牌。到现在也不知道什么意思。开车经过这个号称六星级的渡假村One and Only。专门拐进去参观。真漂亮,每个小区都是封闭的,就是不容易找地方停车照相。

  We had not seen Playa Amour and had not visited El Arco. So we hit road to San Lucas again. Stopped at Pamilla (a beautiful One and Only resort), we drove to a small beach. I stood by these steps (to a swimming pool) and had pictures with my new hat. It was one of my best pictures in this vacation.

  总算停在一个海滩边上,在这里照了几张。看,我的墨西哥草帽怎么样?


  从这个渡假村出来,向北行又到了San Lucas。旅游地图总是和实际的对不上。迷路了,不知道我们想去的那个沙滩在哪儿。看到马路边有个咨询中心,停车打听。那个工作人员一看我们,很高兴地说,一看你们就是一个很好的家庭。是不是听着有点熟悉?没错,我们又遇到了Timeshare的销售人员了。他死活让我们去他的渡假村听讲座,说给我们275美金。俺爹拍板说,去。行,那就去吧。吃午饭的时候,我点了玛格利特。没想到这次轮到我喝醉了。昏昏沉沉地听销售人员说话。谈判半天,咬紧牙关不松口。销售没辙,试图做俺爹娘的工作。我说,你就死了心吧,他们既不懂西班牙语,也不懂英语。俺家不高兴倒是懂英语,可他做不了主。你有什么伎俩朝俺使。价格从1房1卧,每年4周,5万,降到每年2周,2千。越听越不喜欢这个计划,还不如上次那个。俺发出最后通牒,价格非常好,LC也非常地美丽,但是,世界上还有很多美丽地地方值得我们去,我可不想每年到同一个地方旅游。还是把这个好东西卖给别人吧。最后,俺顺利地拿着275美金走人。
  刚出狼窝,一个笑嘻嘻的墨西哥人对我说,你终于出来了,我看着你们进去的。明天我请你们去我们的渡假村听讲座,每人200。我说谢了,俺明天打道回府了。虽然3个多小时的讲座有点闹心,但拿着钱,又高兴起来。继续找我们的沙滩。到了想像的地方,还是看不到象鼻子。这里人好多,音乐此起彼伏,热闹非凡。

  We had enjoyed planless driving around beautiful resorts. There was some time spent in San Lucas downtown and on beaches. In front of some construction and blocked roads, we had to stop the car and find an alley to the beach. Some local people working on the construction site helped and directed me parallel parking by the road. They were very nice and ensured me it was safe there. With my limited Spanish, they seemed understanding what I asked for El Arco. But they could only show me the rough direction.
  We went down to a beach and decided we would walk to north without shoes. Because the beach was so long and the sands were so deep. Dad said he would rather wait. Three of us continued exploring to search for an angle that El Arco could be seen. Without much luck for half-mile, I asked a couple on the beach. They said it was probably not from this beach to see El Arco. Boathill was also tired with his all photograph equipments. We gave up and walked back. Late afternoon, we drove back to south and hoped to find a spot by the seashore where we could see El Arco from distance.

  我们决定顺着马路走,估计到一个点,能远远地看到象鼻子。果然,开啊开阿,不高兴说,就是这里。马上下高速,找到一个可以停车的对方。看看周围,一个荒废的度假村,满街的那些timeshare销售人员卖的该不就是这种度假村吧?找个制高点,架好三脚架,300mm长焦。仔细看看,好像也不是很像象鼻子。幸运的是我们又看到了夕阳,多美啊。

  Eventually El Arco was captured in the sunset and we would left Playa Amour for our future planned trip. A little regret might not be a bad thing. It remained a wish in the memory ...
  总结一下,只有情人海滩没去成。留点遗憾吧,以后还有个盼头。

Los Cabos - Day 8 Feliz Viaje

2008/01/04
Los Cabos - 墨西哥游记:第八天

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第八天:Leaving Los Cabos (2008.01.04 Day 8)

  最后一天的日出,不高兴是肯定不会错过的:
Sunrise Coral Baja
  Boathill would not miss the sunrise for the last day in Cabo.

  Driving thru downtown San Jose, seemed like to make sure we had not missed any tour in Los Cabos. We bought another blanket and left for the airport. The checkin area was small and crowd. We waited for a while to get 4 seats for us to eat our canned food. That was for brunch and we must get rid of all bottles. Before the first security screen in the middle of a stair, there was a big garbage full of bottles that had been filtered out. One officer picked out a nice looking wine (probably a Red Label) and gave some of the bottled water to two cleaners.

  今天就要回家了,心里还真是舍不得。回家意味着上班,开会,下雨。可如果没有平时的辛苦工作,哪能享受这短暂的假期呢。想开点吧。
  中午交了钥匙,就开车出来了。 又跑到圣何塞。大太阳晒得够呛,干脆就直接去机场了。到了机场,先托运了行李。然后把水喝了,瓶子扔了,过安检。一切顺利。看看钱包里,还有300多比索,就去逛免税店,看有什么买的没有。转了2圈,也没看到什么。本来想带着比索回来,后来一琢磨,这个钱又不象加拿大元,我们去温哥华就花了。这墨西哥不定什么时候再来呢,还是用了吧。最后加了些美金买了2瓶Ireash Cream,国内的爱尔兰奶酒,等回国的时候给俺妹俺弟。价格其实也不比西雅图便宜多少,就是省个税。

  No internet at the airport. Boathill found a corner with power outlet on the wall so that he sit on the floor to use laptop and edit his pictures. My mom and dad got bored quickly. There was nothing more we could explorer around the gates. I bought Irish cream at duty free store to spend all my pesoes.
  机场里没有互联网,但不高兴还是抓紧时间整理今天的照片。
  起飞了。透过机窗,墨西哥的海湾依然美丽地延伸着。保持你的风情吧,墨西哥!等待我们的再访!
Feliz Viaje - Leaving Cabos Seashore view from airplane
  Boathill was taking the last chance to save memory of Mexico...

  回途经过洛杉矶时遇上暴风雨,颠得挺吓人的。终于我们还是看到了太空针的灯光!
Rain storm in LA Space Needle
  Thru the rainstorm over LA, we flew into the light of Space Needle. Landed by 1930, a friend picked us for dinner at his house. We left for home around midnight.

  晚上7点半,到达西雅图机场,朋友来接我们,直接到他家吃晚饭,聊天。回到家都快半夜了。
Friends house - Christmas lights ...
  Home, sweet home!

2007-12-20

Battle Of Brains

Some lines (see Go to YouTube.com) from Reservation Road (2007)
★ What do you get when you cross poison ivy with a four-leaf clover?
  带着四叶苜蓿穿越毒藤时,你会得到什么呢?
¤ A rash of good luck. (幸运皮疹)
★ What do you call a deer with no eyes? (什么是没有知识的“路”?)
¤ No i-deer. (不知“道”。)
★ What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
 (什么是没有知识、不走正道?)
¤ Still no i-deer. (偏偏不知道)
★ If a man speaks in the middle of the forest with no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?
 (如果一个男人在森林中央发表演讲又没有女人做听众,他还是错的吗?)
★ If con is the opposite of pro, then what is the opposite of progress?
 (如果“正”和“反”相对,那么“反腐”的对象是什么?)
¤ Congress! (政府)

More hard questions in life:
◆ If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
◆ Is there another word for synonym?
◆ Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do practice?"
◆ What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
◆ If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
◆ Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?
◆ Why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?
◆ Why are cigarettes sold at gas stations where smoking is prohibited?
◆ If nothing ever sticks to Teflon, how do they make Teflon stick to the pan?
◆ If you are driving at the speed of light and turn on your headlights, what happens?
◆ Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?
◆ Why is it that when you transport something by a car it is called a shipment, and when you transport something by ship it is called cargo?
◆ Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
◆ If fire fighters fight fires, and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?
◆ If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?
◆ How can you get four suits for a dollar? --Buy a deck of cards.
◆ How do we know the Indians were the first people in North America? --They had reservations.
◆ What can you hold without ever touching it? --A conversation.
◆ What clothes does a house wear? --Address.
◆ What did the rug say to the floor? --Don't move, I've got you covered.
◆ What do bees do with their honey? --They cell it.
◆ Why were the teacher's eyes crossed? --She couldn't control her pupils.
◆ What do you do when your chair breaks? --Call a chairman.
◆ What has a lot of keys but can not open any doors? --A piano.
◆ What has one horn and gives milk? --A milk truck.
◆ What is a tree's favorite drink? --Root beer.
◆ Where did the farmer take the pigs on Saturday afternoon? --He took them to a pignic.
◆ Why did the doughnut shop close? --The owner got tired of the (w)hole business!

More Riddles
Q: Four legs and a foot but cannot walk,
With head without mouth cannot talk
(四腿一脚不能走,有头无口不能言)
A: Bed (床).
Q: What has mouth but cannot talk, and has bed but cannot sleep?
(有口不能言,有床不能睡)
A: River (河)
Q: Why did a student take a ladder to school?
A: Because he/she was going to high school!
Q: Why did the tomato blush?
A: Because she saw the salad dressing!
Q: How many apples can you eat if your stomach is empty?
A: One. Because after eating one apple your stomach isn't empty.
Q: What are the two strongest days of the week?
A: They are Saturday and Sunday. All the others are weak (week) days.
Q: Which is faster, heat or cold?
A: Heat, because you can catch a cold.
Q: Which horses have six legs?
A: All horses have forelegs (four legs) in front and two in back.
Q: What do you drop when you need it and take back when you don't?
A: Anchor.
Q. What is black when it is clean and white when it is dirty?
A: Blackboard.
Q: What has teeth but can't eat?
A: Comb.
Q: Which candle burns longer: a black one or a white one?
A: Neither. They both burn shorter.
Q: Name five days of the week without Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday?
A: The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow.
Q: What has a soft bed but never sleeps, a big mouth but never speaks?
A: A river.
Q: Which eight-letter word has one letter in it?
A: Envelope.
Q: What is the center of gravity?
A: Letter V.
Q: What is Black and white and read (red) all over?
A: A newspaper.
Q: Why is number six afraid ?
A: Because seven eight nine (seven ate nine)
Q: What did zero say to eight?
A: Nice belt.
Q: What appears once in every minute, twice in every moment,
but not once in thousand years?
A: M
Q: Which is the left side of a cake?
A: The side has not been eaten.
Q: Why is a river rich?
A: Because it has two banks.
Q: What is you ought to keep but also give it away?
A: A promise.
Q: Where can you never tell the truth?
A: When you are lying anywhere.
Q: Why is a room full of married couples empty?
A: Because there is not a single man in the room.
Q: What table has no leg?
A: A timetable or vegetable.
Q: Why are people close to their mothers instead of their fathers?
A: Because the father is always farther (father).
Q: What question can never get answer "YES."?
A: Are you asleep?
Q: What is the beginning of everything, also the end of life?
A: E
Q: My tail is long, my coat is brown;
I like the country, I like the town.
I can live in a house or live in a shed;
And I come out to play when you are in bed.
A: Mouse
Q: I sleep by day, I fly by night.
I have no feathers, To aid my flight.
A: Bat.
Q: What kind of apple isn't an apple?
A: Pineapple
Q: What force and strength cannot get through,
I, with a gentle touch, can do;
And many in the street would stand,
Were I not, as a friend, at hand.
A: Key.
Q: What lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its root upwards?
A: Icicle
Q: I love to dance and twist and prance,
I shake my tail, as away I sail,
Wingless I fly into the sky.
Who can tell who am I?
A: Kite.
Q: What makes tears without sorrow and takes its journey to heaven?
A: Smoke.
Q: Two brothers we are, great burden we bear
By which we are bitterly pressed;
In truth we may say, we are full all the day,
But empty when we go to rest.
A: Shoes.
Q: Hands she has but does not hold,
teeth she has but does not bite,
feet she has but they are cold,
eyes she has but without sight.
A: Doll.
Q: At night they come without being fetched,
and by day they are lost without being stolen.
A: Star.
Q: The greater it is, the less you see of it.
A: Darkness.
Q: I come out of the earth and sold in the market.
Who buys me cuts my tail and takes off my suit of silk,
And weeps beside me when I am dead.
A: Onion.
Q: Look in my face, I am somebody; Look in my back, I am nobody.
A: Mirror.
Q: The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space;
the beginning of every end, and the end of every place.
A: E.
Q: I open wide and tight I shut,
Sharp am I and paper cut
Fingers too, so do take care,
I'm good and bad, so best beware.
A: Scissors
Q: What is it that is bought by the yard but worn by the foot?
A: Carpet.
Q: What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T?
A: Teapot.
Q: What word of only three syllables contains twenty-six letters?
A: Alphabet.
Q: How to put three sixes together so as to make seven?
A: 6+6/6
Q: Why is the letter "A" like noon?
A: Because it's in the middle of the day.
Q. Why was the hearse horse hoarse?
A. Because of the coffin.
Q: Do you know why birds fly to south in the winter?
A: Because it's too far to walk there.
Q: What gets wetter as it dries?
A: A towel.
Q: What are the 3 important rings in life?
A: Engagement ring, Wedding ring, and suffering.
Q: Which room has no doors, no windows.
A: A mushroom.
Q: Why did the man throw a bucket of water out the window?
A: He wanted to see the waterfall.
Q: Why did the man throw the butter out the window?
A: He wanted to see the butterfly.
Q: Why did the man throw his watch out of the window?
A: He wanted to see time fly.
Q: Why did the man put the clock in the safe?
A: He wanted to save time.
Q: How do you spell mousetrap?
A: C-A-T.
Q: What do tigers have that no other animals have?
A: Baby tigers.
Q: Why is number six afraid ?
A: Because seven eight nine (seven ate nine)
Q: What did zero say to eight?
A: Nice belt.
Q: What is the difference between the capital of Russia and a calf's mother?
A: One is Moscow, the other is a cow's Ma.
Q: What do you call a Spaniard who can't find his car?
A: Carlos.
Q: What's the difference between electricity and lightening?
A: You don't have to pay for lightening.
Q: What do you call a witch at the beach?
A: A sandwich.
Q: Why did the traffic signal turn red?
A: You would too if you had to change in the middle of the street.
Q: Why are baseball stadiums so cool?
A: There is a fan in every seat.

黑不是白不是红黄更不是和狐狸猫狗彷佛既非家畜又非野兽
诗也有词也有论语上也有对南北东西模糊虽是短品却是妙文