Friday, September 5, 2008

Day 2

In search of masses of people with which to jump, we headed to La Playa Cerritos (A very popular local beach where tourists and locals unite to surf, eat and drink). We arrived with minimal fanfare. There were a few cars in the sand parking lot, a couple people at the "bar" and 2, yes 2, people in the water. The water was warm, the waves were big and choppy (no surfing today) and we set up camp. Long story short...no jumping here, just sunshine and swimming. We regretfully submitted to the lack of people and decided we would tackle jumping later in the evening.

Cut to later in the evening:

A bit south on hwy 19 we found ourselves at "Art and Beer" ... not recommended because despite the delicious beverages, it was way beyond expensive(totally busted my $10/day budget for today AND tomorrow). On the bright side: WE FINALLY WERE ABLE TO JUMP in Mexico!





Efren and Benjamin, our friends from local restaurants/stores joined us and we taught them how to jump. Picture this: Sun setting over the ocean, us jumping on a random stage at a random restaurant and teaching two Mexican men how to jumprope. This may not seem like a feat to you but Mexican men are sort of "machisimo" and this isn't really something that they would typically do but in order to impress the American ladies, they did it anyway. And do it, they did! We all jumped together and had a good laugh.

Keep Jumpin'!
Aj

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