Chihuahua

Brought down to earth by the red dust outside Urique, MX

Brought down to earth by the red dust outside Urique, MX

After the gearshift soldering by the fellows on the river in Urique I packed up all my still half-wet gear and left the elderly hippy American’s hostel and made for El Fuerte, Sinaloa, MX.  All was going swimmingly as I crested the canyon with great confidence and no small sense of satisfaction that I had [...]

Batopilas to Urique, MX marathon ride

Batopilas to Urique, MX marathon ride

Having fallen asleep at 8pm in Batopilas I woke early to the usual Mexican small town sounds of rooters crowing and dogs barking.  So I sat in the main square and watched the old woman sweeping the square and men opening the shutters on their businesses.  I had been told of the shortcut (6 instead [...]

A loincloth and revolver in Batopilas

A loincloth and revolver in Batopilas

The usual struggle to get my bike out of the locked parking lot ensued this morning with the hotel in Creel. I was a bit desperate to get on my way, wary of the long drive to Batopilas at the bottom of a canyon which I knew took at least 5 hours and included one [...]

Penus valley and the continental divide at Divisadero

Penus valley and the continental divide at Divisadero

After stagnating for three days in the hotel trying to get some work done I left this afternoon driving south from Creel, Chihuahua. The first destination was about 3kms south followed by 2kms of dirt road of vary degrees of roughness. The road passes through a valley inhabited by the indigenous Rarámuri and eventually leads [...]

Border crossing at Presidio – Ojinaga and into Mexico

Border crossing at Presidio – Ojinaga and into Mexico

I woke up before dawn in Presidio at the overpriced hotel (3 Palms Inn)  with the intention of making it to the border before anyone else got there and before the narcos I’ld been paranoid about arrived to stake things out.  While packing my bike in the freezing cold I met a nice American-English older [...]