Favorte Strains
Hard to say. I would say, though, that the mex dirt weed was the very wordt. it had lots of weed. I suspect the terroir is horrible for growing mota west of the Sierra Madre, especially the component that involves caring for the plants/ However, I rare good find would appear- rarley. However, 5 lincolns for a quarter 0z was better than 12 lincolns an 1/8th so I cold smoke alot more. But the quality of the high tended to be mediocre, would burn you out, and often induced a headache.

I had a few mexican friends in San Jose that prefered it to kind ( they were able to find it from their cousins- kind bud would get them too high) but were actually rather hard to find except during late summer drought-opposite of San Diego were Kind bud back then was harder to come by and mexie was everywhere. But I decrese
So, from my rusty clonopin/xanax/ benadryl induced memory:
Puna Buds from the Big Island is my all time fav. The high was not too strong or not too subtle but just right. The tropical sweet taste and mellow high went perfectly with the vibe on the big island. I had similar experiences with bid Island bud on the Big Island on Waipio no sure of spelling) after a rare summer NW swell with offshores. Smoked with local Hoales that were transplants. Smoked it a few times on other occasions and it had that "magic only Hawaiian buds have. Maui bud that I was smoked out with by a Haole transplant from the mainland was super good- purpleish or dark, high quality high, but a very potent bud as well. If Puna bud was a 99, this was a 97. (Mex ranges from 20-30 @ worst to 60 @ best.
Buds I got in Carribean were great too. And Michoacan black from the tropics of mexico (a different leaugue than commercial mex) were the whole bud was black, sticky, and mostly seedless. I'm a sucker for tropical thais.
Kypie ( kryptonite bud) from south florida (everglades?) was another great bud. Fkuorescent green with a lime/mint taste. Had me staring at a computer screen for 3 hours trying to write a single coherent sentence for a paper due that evening or the next day. This was presumably grown outdoors (now Florida is experiencing an undoor proliferation of grow rooms.)
Highest I got was from kind bud that a friend on my team brought to a soccer tournament in Reno. This was CA bud. After smoking it I went outside and felt and my vision looked like I was underwater- I almost experienced depersonolization. This was the first time after years that I managed to complete the video game dragon slayer. Matanuska Thunder Fuck was the strongest. Smoked a bong load, it creeped up, and hit me with a sledge hammer.
Christmas tree (pine smelling bud released around christmas time), purple hair bud, California Orange, Purple hair bud, purple bud, green bud with bright red hair.
For Hash, Kashmiri and Morocan OO from Amsterdam were the best as was one that was alleged Afgani bud. Had lots of bad hash, though. To summerize
1.) Puna Bud
2.) Unspecified Big Island Bud
3.) Maui Bud
4.) California bud smoked in Reno
5.) Matanuska Thunder Fuck
6.) Fruiy Thai (Juicy Fruit)
7.) Chocolate thai
8.) Mint Chocolate Thai
9.) Krypie (South Florida)
10.) Bali bud
12.) Sativa from St. Martin
12.) USVI St. Thomas Bud
13.) Virgin Gorda Bud
14..) Christmas Tree bud
15.) Purple Hair bud
16.)Purple big solid bud
17.) Red Haired skunk
18.) redish Kasmiri Hash!
19.) Morocan 00 from the Dam.
10,) Afgani
11.) Some misc buds I've tried several years back from dispensaries
12.) Michoacan Black
Too try list: Durban Poisson
Panama Red
Santa Marta Gold- that looks like actual spun gold.
Nepalese temple Balls
Classic mexican trpical strains