EL TOUR GRANDE

Adios MXC Distrito Federal. It was great hangin with you.

Because our RTW flight is through Star Alliance airlines, we had to make a funky detour through DC to get to Argentina. But we made good use of our 6 hour layover hangin out with Angelo, Lily and Lauren.

Got to see Lauren at her TKD practice.

Have Vietnamese dinner.

And pick up some last minute supplies at Target, while Lauren slipped
some Slurpee.

See you all again soon!!!

ObaMao – This will go down as one of the craziest things we’ve seen at a Del Taco. Some good ole American military prose. Everyone’s is a poet.

This would not be an Eric Cruz trip if it didnt involve some drama! On the first leg of our journey, our bags were lost and broken into at the airport!!! Someon had cutoff the entire lock and zipper. These were TSA safe locks, so US customs could open them with ease. And if they did inspect it, they would have left a a note. Hmmmm. Suspicious! oh well. Luckily its only a few things missing. Glad we took out some travel insurance just in case the airline does not pay us back. But its Singapore Air, they should be good about this kind of stuff.

Ok. So after our brief pit stop in LA, SingaporeAir loosing our luggage, having one of them broken into at LAX, loosing some stuff, continuing our househunting with Jo, replacing our unusable luggage, and getting some supplies at Target, we are finally ready to go.

This is quite possibly the last time well see Ramon in LaLa land. Brother Monchoy recently decided to join W+K Portland and continue his journey into the ad world as a full AE, graduating from Saatchi & Saatchi LA and Chiat Day.  Congrats to him! Were very proud to say the least. He’s all grown up now and ready to leave LA. We wish him the best of luck in everything and hope he does well.

We will miss him everytime we stop by SoCal. It’s been our home together forever. But it’s good that he has decided to explore the world beyond home. Just in time with all the negative publicity with Toyota. He’ll fit in well with the Oregon way of life. He’s a shoe in for Nike, EA and well Dodge. He’s a jock with artistic exposure.

Take care in Portland and hope you find some Asian girlfriends up there!!! If not mail-order brides are always an option. Or MJ says you could always keep an open mind.

It’s official. Were off to our journey.
We apologise that our blogging is not as instant as we would like. We have an iPod touch without photo capabilities!!! So we’ll add images and post as we find Internet cafes and some time to do it.

That said, our first stop was Cali. We had hoped to close on a house deal, but that did not happen. So were back to square one. 

Eric flew to SF For Valentines day to stop by and visit grandpa DB. Lolo and I ate at a Filipino turo-turo for lunch since it was just the two of us, everyone else had V-day plans. Still good.

Then we bought some flores para mi Lola Andrea and her sister, Auntie Romana, who sleeps next her in Fremont. It was good to hang out, but I felt bad that I kept falling asleep on him from jetlag.

Stopped by to see my friend Mon at his restaurant in San Bruno – Thai Nakorn. Cruz has known Mon since 1996 when he used to work in the Bay area just after Art Center. Had to pay homage to the best Pad Kee Mao in el mundo.