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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Things Said
September 15, 2011 (7:14) How to air-freight ship a motorcycle from Buenos Aires I'm working detals for a US to Buenos Aires ride on a KLR. Considering the cost of getting the b...
August 23, 2011 (3:43) Near the rich and amongst the expats of San Miguel De Allende, Mexico Heck of a job there, it abseolutly helps me out.
August 20, 2011 (12:14) Near the rich and amongst the expats of San Miguel De Allende, Mexico @ZayaBee Definitely the American an individual.