Best Western Hotel Posada Freeman Zona Dorada Los Mochis

... is more cultivated, looks a big cereal area, very flat right to the hills on the horizon, almost like home.<br>As I approached Los Mochis it looked like I was heading for the hills but it was only for about 5km then back on the plains again.<br>Hotel El Doradao a bit more up market and expensive but occasionally I'm worth and they have safe parking and free Internet.<br>I had sussed out a Chinese restaurant for a change on the way I got ...

... rode hard with nothing to eat. As we were riding I could see a fog bank along the ocean to the west. We seemed to be getting closer to it then all of a sudden it was right in front of us like a wall. The road turned parallel to it for a while the curved right into the very thick and wet fog. The moisture was sticking to everything and especially the front windscreen. I have a peace sign on the lower center of the shield and from the ...

... hotel in town will have a restaurant, so we head out to get our feet wet. Cloth napkins and silver service later, we're pleasantly fulfilled; our wallets not too scarily lighter, we head back to the hotel, plug in my little Archos gadget and watch our first TV of the trip. 4:30am. We check the water levels before doing anything this time. The streets are damp but the rivers have gone. Packhorsed up, we head for the bus. Wondering how to tell which bus ...

6th April to 11th April - The Copper Canyon After nine days in the whale soup it was a bit of a shock to be back to civilisation. The next step of our journey entailed crossing to mainland Mexico via the Baja Ferry. We were a little apprehensive when we arrived at the ferry terminal, it was definitely not a tourist route, and the place was swarming with what I can best describe as itinerant workers and their families. Loads of kids and even more ...

... We got into Topolobampo around 10pm, called a hotel in Los Mochis to make sure they had a room, and then found a bus that we could take there for 20 pesos each (about $4 USD total). When we got there we grabbed a room, walked down the street to a taco stand for some food, arranged for a cab the next morning to take us to the train station at 5:30am (the train leaves early - ended up being an 11 hour train ...

The adventure began early a thursday morning. The pulling of two opposing possibilities had finally gave way, bus or airplane. Well, the flight was 60$ more, and driving was certainly quite much more than that. So the decision was "bus", and I was on my way. I drove down to Everett and missed the bus I had planned to take, so I waited a couple hours to catch the 2:50. Before I got on the bus I ran into a friend, Jeff, from CCF getting off the bus I was about to get on which ...

... 30... he driver neglected to add, "... 5 minutes or when the bus is full". Then the boarder was MADLY busy... Rather cool to watch thousands of people quequing in cars/Buses and on foot! Another 2 hours and dodgey questions like, "do you have any drugs" from the boarder police later and I was finally in the US and in sight of a big juicey burger and a beer!! I had to ditch the bus as there was another US side one to wait for and I could not stand another 2 hours ...

... get there and nothing works and isn't quite how the leaflet pictured it, its clean though so that is good and more than one ring hot plate to cook our dinners. So, San Diego we went to the Zoo on Monday, was excellent, it is huge, we were big kids for the day and wandered round for 8.5 hours running to the front of the cages to stand and oogle at the hundreds of animals many I never knew existed but obviously can not remember the names of now. My favorites was ...

... funny Danish guys make songs up all over the place - usually in English for our benefit. Halfway through the night a kiwi guy called Brad came into the room as he had taken a wrong turn, and promptly joined in the fun. The Cazu player was also called Lizard Man by the end of the night as he accompanied the songs with lots of funny movements, some standing on his head. Erica got to re-watch the night on the security camera and said it was just as funny on video!

... favorite snorkeling site? Jennifer! And Chris and Adriana. After snorkeling for a bit we chilled on the sand. Jen found a piece of coral in the shape of a heart. She called Chris over to show him because she has another heart shaped coral from a previous trip with him. Adriana warned her not to take anything home from the island a la the Brady Bunch Hawaiian episode. They warn you that bad things ...