(January 10 – written by Dave) Last night we ended up cooking dinner in the hotel kitchen.  The place called itself a hostel but our poor Spanish prevented us from fully understanding our host.  We were able to use the kitchen again for breakfast so we just don’t know what was formally allowed.  Time to … Continue reading It’s cold up here – La Ciudad to El Salto (47K/8718K)

(January 9 – written by Dave) A bit of a rough night in the old Hotel Samantha last night.  Someone had had a fire in the fireplace in the room recently and the smell of smoke was still quite strong so we both tossed and turned a bit during the night.  Knowing we had a … Continue reading El Espinazo del Diablo –El Palmito to El Ciudad (58K/8671K)

(January 8 – written by Nancy) We actually had a pretty good night in the Hotel Villa Blanco.  We were the only guests and the accommodation was a bit rough (we are into ‘no toilet seat’ territory) but the bed was pretty comfortable and we slept okay.  It may have been that we were both … Continue reading Leaving the tropics –La Capilla del Taxte to El Palmito (37K/8614K)

(January 7 – written by Dave) Good hard day of riding today.  We only did 26 miles but there was over 4,200 feet of climbing and we are not in perfect riding shape yet.  It took us 6 hours to cover the distance, probably a slow record for anyone doing 40k.  Sometime during the day, … Continue reading Into the mountains – Concordia to La Capilla del Taxte (42K/8576K)

(January 6 – written by Dave and Nancy, trying to get back into the swing of things) We are back at it.  Back at riding that is.  Our study and tourist breaks are over.  Given how little we’ve ridden in the past two months, we took it easy today.  We rode only as far as … Continue reading Starting over – Mazatlan to Concordia (52K/8535K)

Mazatlan (0K/8483K) (January 5 – written by Nancy) Our extended ‘vacation’ in Mazatlan is almost over – tomorrow we restart our journey south.  We’ve enjoyed our time here, relaxing and exploring the town a bit.  It’s warm Mazatlan is a relatively large city, over 425,000 people, and is quite spread out.  We are staying in … Continue reading Mazatlan

(January 3 – written by Dave) We have arrived in Mazatlan!  The ferry was just fine.  We boarded around 6PM.  The ferry appeared to be packed.  It looked like there were several tour groups, so it’s not surprising that we couldn’t get a cabin (Senior editor’s note – hmmm, maybe there would have been a … Continue reading Ferry to Mazatlan

(January 2 – written by Dave) Happy New Year! Short ride today – just out to the ferry.  Tomorrow we’ll post about the ferry and Mazatlan. We really enjoyed our time in La Paz.  We posted previously about general La Paz life, Spanish school, tortillas and how hard Mexicans work.  Today’s post is about us … Continue reading Leaving La Paz (23K/8483K)