Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

I managed to take off twenty minutes and Rachel and I scootered down to our house (we don't move in until the start of the month). I didn't bring a camera, but I'll try and take pictures some time soon. I don't think I've posted a clear picture of where I'm staying right now though, so here you go:

That's a big fat grasshopper (or I guess sandhopper since there's not really a whole lot of grass on the Baja) and the resort we're staying at. As I mentioned before, we have a giant suite with a bedroom, living room, and kitchen/dining area (aka “office”). I'd say this would cost about $400 a night in Canada or the US, but it's a quarter of that here (we picked this place because it had internet access).

I'm mentioning the price re:BMEfest — supplementary costs like accomodations, food, and so on are low (this resort suite could easily be split between four people for $25 a night, and there are hostels and smaller places for a few dollars a night). My gut feeling on this is that these reductions would easily balance out the slightly increased travel costs and a BMEfest down here could be incredibly rewarding.

Oh, and yes, it's a giant pain in the ass to find flight booking and even good tourist info on La Paz online. It's not hard to do once you know where to look though… Rachel is already working on a website for that, so no worries — if we take that path we'll make it real easy for you.

Finally, earlier today I was thrilled to get the pictures above from Rafael at Symbiosis in La Paz, a short scooter ride from our house. I haven't had a chance to say hello yet in person but I'll stop in soon, but I thought people would be interested to see that “even down here” (that sounds a lot worse than I mean it to) there are studios doing interesting work. We're everywhere, you can't stop us!

I like this place more every day.