Tropic of Cancer,

Near the little village of Santiago at the Baja California I cross the Tropic of Cancer for the first time.
The sun stands straight above here, at our longest day and beginning of summer (21st of June) . After that it returns towards the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn. The seeming walk back and forth of our nearest star (150 million km or 8 light-minutes far) is caused by the angle of 23,5º that our axis of the earth makes. By this simple but not unimportant fact, the by us so often cursed seasons are created. But driving here like this, it doesn't surprise me that much because it is really burning hot here. Fortunately even in the most abandoned places you drive through, you find a little building of the beer brewer and national pride Corona, and nowhere they taste better..

I book a boat to take me from La Paz to Topolobambo on the mainland. It is going to be an interesting trip because this is the cargo boat, it's 150 guilders cheaper but transport trucks and men only are allowed on board. This is because in the past fires burned on this ship sometimes, caused by the indefinable load and the drugs- transports this boat is known for…