2000 Pesos

While we were packing and getting ready for the Cabo San Lucas trip, I noticed a 2000 Pesos bill (Mexican money) in the travel pouch and decided to use it in Cabo.  This should have been the left over money from our April, 2007 Cancun, Mexico trip. Usually, when we re-enter US, we exchange the foreign money back to $$$. Somehow, we had missed this.

When I tried to use the 2000 Pesos bill in shops they were refusing to accept it. I thought I would change it in the Resort but resort people asked me to check with a bank.

On the day we walked to the Cabo town, I found a Mexican Bank (BanaMex) and walked in. One of the officers listened to my story and then examined the bill.  Then he told me something I have never heard of before. In Mexico, they periodically make old bills invalid and keep issuing newly designed bills. May be this is to avoid counterfeit money.



Then he told me that my 2000 pesos (almost equivalent to US$200 ) is worth only 2 pesos :((
I told him that may be, I will frame it and hang it on my wall. That would be the costliest art work in the house :))

Moon over Torrey Pines

Wait, wait, wait...this is not yet another post about Sheila and me going to Torrey Pines beach for watching the Sunset :)) Actually that is the reason we went. The kids decided to stay at home and we ended up at TP beach.

After the usual hiking up the hills and taking the trail down to the beach we noticed the Moon hovering over the TP Cliffs. During the last 5 years of enjoying the TP beach, the timing was never like this day, with the Sun setting and the moon rising over the cliffs :))

With the Sun still shining, the cliffs take on a magical, Golden Yellow hue reminding me of the movie Mackenna''s Gold.

As the Sun starts setting, the cliffs turn a dreamy red!

The cliffs lose their luster as the Sun sets.

Cabo - Sunrises

After moving to west coast, I have started enjoying Sunsets over the Pacific instead of the Sunrises over the Atlantic. Since Cabo is located on the Sea of Cortez side of the Baja California, it gave a unique opportunity to enjoy the Sunrises over the ocean. Every day morning around 6:30, I got up while the girls were sleeping and headed out to the beach to enjoy the Sunrise. I sipped my morning coffee at the restaurant by the beach and took these fotos.  It was interesting to run in to the same set of people,  who got up early everyday to watch the Sunrise and go for a stroll on the beach. Thank God/Nature, no two sunrises are the same :))