tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287384554620779198.post9146248840879156301..comments2023-05-11T01:09:36.096+10:00Comments on Diary of a Wandering Student: The Mexican Mishap Hat TrickJessalyn Pinneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188095327138128369noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287384554620779198.post-22264451249389158922010-11-20T07:20:16.433+11:002010-11-20T07:20:16.433+11:00Yikes! Great story after the fact, but I'm sur...Yikes! Great story after the fact, but I'm sure it wasn't quite so amusing at the time. Who knew filming a shampoo commercial required a boat?Jessalyn Pinneohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188095327138128369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287384554620779198.post-8861938603842231582010-11-20T02:19:12.163+11:002010-11-20T02:19:12.163+11:00Nice post, but ouch! Haven't been to Cabo sinc...Nice post, but ouch! Haven't been to Cabo since 1981, but had some good adventures ... we were touring Mexico by bus and on a beach near Manzanillo, a guy offered us a great deal on some weed. For the price, we thought we'd be getting a little baggie, but he came back with a paper grocery bag full of what looked to be the entire top half of a plant. We compacted it as much as we could and spent the next few days being paranoid.<br /><br />In that era, you could still camp right on the beaches around Baja, and we found a nice spot near Lands End facing the Pacific.<br /><br />On the second morning, I woke up to see several boats heading straight toward us. As they got closer, I could see uniformed men on the boats. <br /><br />I pulled that paper bag out of my pack and started digging a hole in the sand, my heart racing. I was sure they were coming for me.<br /><br />Turned out they were filming, of all things, a shampoo commercial, with a tall blond woman in a white jumpsuit standing in the bow of a boat, a generator-powered electric fan used to send her hair streaming in the "wind." <br /><br />The Federales were indeed armed, but were only there to guard the photoshoot. They didn't bother us at all.Bob Berwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793701265283054725noreply@blogger.com