It Takes Four

A little late, but we have been without the internet for a couple of days.

Friday we left Ensenada and headed for Tecate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuauht%C3%A9moc_Moctezuma_Brewery#Tecate) oops, wrong link; I meant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecate).

We stopped for breakfast in at a very pleasant resturant in Valle de Guadaluppe. This is a big wine producing area in Baja California so we then headed off to Chateau Camou for a little further education and social enrichment.

We were met in Tecate by local Rotarians, including the owner of a local large factory. He owned the ranch that we were all to stay at the next few nights, but I won't go into any further details about him or his company as there has already been one attempt to kidnap a member of his family for ransom!

For the next two nights the whole team were guests at the ranch. Although it had only been a few days since we had all been staying together, it was nice to have a chance to catch up again.

This is our home at the ranch. The main building (the owner's holiday home) is not in the photo.

Saturday was a tour of Tecate for us. We started with a community medical centre followed by a visit to one of the smaller fire stations. This was a bit of an eye opener as most of the equipment was USA cast offs. The tender was a 1982 truck from the USA, but it ran well as we found out when the fire crew took us on a tour. This consisted of us hanging onto the back of the truck as they drove us around the area with lights and two tones going!!!

After that it was of to Tecate brewery and a compulsory free sample.

During the afternoon we returned to the ranch for a BBQ. Various other guests appeared, including a member of governement with his 21 armed Police guards (who seemed a little worried when we all huddled around him for a photograph!)

We finished the night with a GSE team party. One of the group (I shall not mention Victoria's name - Ooops, another typing mistake) discovered that there is no truth in the old saying One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

No; it takes four!