Hi to all my friends and family in the world.

Before I will start to tell you what I have been up to in the last 2 weeks I would like to ask you all a simple question: What is the biggest ship in the world?

If you know the answer, beer is on me next time we will see each other. If you are wrong you will have to put my website in your favorites�The answer is in the end of this mail.

Anyway, the last 2 weeks were great. I started off from the place all my stuff was stolen, took a deep breath and started my life again.

Baja is a great place to cycle with many beautiful and different things to see.

First, the desert is amazing with really giant cactuses, so big that I didn�t see something like that in my entire life, sometimes you see some wild horses and the animals that you see the most are dead cows, eagles and crows that are eating them.

The bad eagles are standing on the big cactus and waiting for someone to die and it will be on their menu for the day.

I really like to be alone in the desert, it is only me and mama nature.

Couple of days in the desert and then it was time for the ocean and the amazing sunsets there and then again to the desert to see a mirage amazing oasis and to reach the sea of cortez with dolphins and with the sun rising from the sea.

You have to be very cautious and confident in your riding when you are in Baja, the road is very narrow, 7 meters (more or less, mas o menos) with no shoulders, try to put 2 big trucks and a bicycle and its going to be a tight one, trust me I tried it�

But I think that the truck drivers in Mexico are very good because they always pass in exactly 15 cm from my shoulder� but after some days on the road I am beginning to understand how to deal with them: When I hear that they are close to see me I turn my face around and wave to them like they are my best friends in the world and while they pass me I am doing signs to honk and they really like it. Like me, they also get bored sometimes and to see a crazy guy on a bicycle waving to them can be very exciting. There is a good chance to meet again with the same truckers and after a week everyone knew me.

About a week ago I looked at my bicycle computer and saw that I reached 10.000 km in my journey so far!!!!!!! That was a nice moment and I celebrated it with a glass of water (the Champagne of nature�) and danced a really nice dance with Amuna (my bike).

10.000 km is a nice number but I want more and more.

I don�t know why but after a week in the desert I started to see very strange things, one time I saw a face on the rock that reminded me of the rock man from the movie "The Never Ending Story". Let me know if you also see him and if not I can tell you it might be because of the long days in the sun�.

The Mexicans are great people, very nice and friendly (when they don't rob me�) and

It is very funny to hear the Mexicans say my name: sometimes I am goei or oei but never Roei!

The California gray whales migrate south every year from the arctic waters to give birth and mate in the baja California warm waters.

One day I accomplished one of my little dreams: to see big whales really close that you can almost touch them!

There, I was on a small boat ("panga") in a big lagoon ("oche de libre") and these giant mammals are swimming next to me and then "I thought" (sometimes I do that) "why am I here on the boat?" It took me 5 seconds to jump. I've never been a good swimmer and the whales were too fast for me but I think that if you put a whale on a bicycle he won't be as fast as I am!!! It is all about the right perspective in life�

When I was swimming in the water, in front of me I saw the splash of the blowhole of the whale and it�s one of the most amazing scenery�s in life.

After I jumped again to the boat, the other tourists (2 Germans) looked at me in a weird way and asked me a simple question: "How did you Jump? It is so cold!"" I thought" (yes ,yes ,again in the same day!) of giving them a simple answer." It was a good way to get a free shower�"

Now I am in La Paz (Mexico) and tomorrow I am taking a ferry to Mazatlan in the mainland.

I needed to push myself in the last 3 days to get here on time to the ferry and I'm a little tired but I will rest on the boat (I have 18 hours to do that).

The last section of the Baja route was the most boring road I cycled, for 300 km (2 really long days (I was cycling in an endless flat road with nothing to see, no mountains in the horizon, no ocean in the area) I felt like I am cycling on a machine in the gym because I didn�t feel like I'm going somewhere, always the same cactus and same straight road.

In these boring days I started to understand how many things I can do while I am cycling:

I can talk to myself, I can argue with myself, I can sing, dance, read the map, think about all my friends and family, take photos, and more.

Be sure that I prefer cycling on a big mountain with snow storms than to cycle in this kind of road.

Just for killing time I started playing with myself games (I know it doesn't sound good�) I am looking on the road, picking a far tree (or cactus) and gambling how much distance will it take me to pass the cactus�

Today I met a friend for a day, Yoske, a Japanese cyclist with a Hebrew name. We cycled together for a day.

Baja is big (3 times the size of Israel...) and I have at least another 2 months in Mexico.

I am writing this mail and it's the 25th of January.

Half a year ago I said goodbye to the people that I really love and care in Israel, kissed my mom and took a flight to Alaska. I will remember that moment all my life, I was in shock, I was very sad and even cried.

I thought to myself: "Are you are really going to do that? Do you know how big the world is and what can happen to you in these places?"

But after 1 minute on the gate of the airport a young women looked at me and said:

"Hi, I saw you on the TV news yesterday! Good luck - you are an inspiration to me."

I put a smile on my face and thanked her for saying that.

6 months in my journey.

Many things I saw and many people I have met.

I am strong mentally and have confidence in my way, but I don�t think that I could sit here and write to you about my journey if it wasn�t for my friends back home.

You all gave me the back wind when I really needed it.

This journey is mine as is yours.

Thank you for that.

Before I will forget:

The biggest ship in the world is friendship. And now, to cycling who do I owe a beer?

See you in your favorites.

As some of you requested I am sending more photos feel free to put some on your desktop photo�

"But we never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy" (seal)

Love you all and be good.

Roei "jinji" sadan.

http://bike.icq.com