Made it to Baja asuncion after a long 400 mile burn from cuatro casas. Staying at campo Serena which is owned and operated by a Canadian woman who moved here to study grey whales, and her husband juan who is a local fisherman. Surf is supposed to be up around here to tomorrow, so I'm planning to poke around between here and abreojos for a few days. Met some very good people so far: here are the highlights Met a very nice American lady and her husband by cuatros...

Made it to cuatro casas. Surf has been too good to leave. Planning to go to Baja asuncion tomorrow. Should be wifi, and the surf the south in abreojos is supposed to be quite good. Today I used my first Mexican ATM and Internet cafe. Actually pretty normal, just located in the damnedest places. I have met lots of people coming up from the south and gotten lots of good recommendations for places to stay, which may sort of explain the change in schedule. I have...

Planning to cross the border today. Heading to Quattros casas by Punto colonet. Should be wifi there I think and hopefully a south swell. Planning to light out for the Baja sur in the morning, punto Conejo is rumored to blow everything else away in these conditions, and no wetsuit required. May work my way north from there. Possibly see scorpion bay. Picking up gerod at the airport on saturday. But these are just plans... Joe

If you are planning to drive from San Diego to costa rica, I would highly recommend driving 1500 miles north to start. Day 1: spacex and Jeff Delaney in the LA hood. Days 2&3 SF with Andy fraser. Small but good waves in Santa cruz Day 4: Oakland with mike Scobel, wife Tammy and jungle cat "dozer" Day 5: Ruch, Olympics and birds with GP and Gma. To date in portland. Good waves at shortsands. Good stories from Doug e fresh, a new friend, and good times wi...