Stuck in San Cristobal de Las Casas

Again the pace has been slow as I struggle to leave Mexico behind. Time seems to pass very quickly whenever I stop somewhere and I have a consistent, albeit mild, sense of guilt when I have more than one or two rest days. This guilt doesn’t seem to make much difference to my behaviour as…

Punta Perula to Puerto Escondido

The last couple of months in Mexico have been a bit less of a hardcore biking challenge (aside from the occasional days cycling  in 35 C degrees up and down the hilly coastline) and I find myself increasingly taking longer breaks from the bike in places that are almost impossible to leave.  I think this has…

Puerto Vallarta: continuing south

Finally I managed to leave Sayulita after spending longer than I anticipated in the quaint little surf town. Days pass by without you noticing and it took a fair bit of willpower to move on. As I head down the coast this is becoming a stronger theme in my trip; each place I come to…

Photos: crossing the Sea of Cortez

The details of my experience on this crossing are on a previous post which ended up being too long to post photos. So here are some of the photos. Leaving La Paz My cabin The night shift Jeff and Nancy towing us in. My heroes. The world needs more people like them. View from the…