City Express 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 ...

... rabies, and one other virus shot...she is good to cross the border!! I can't wait for you guys to meet her she is amazing! Anyway we are in La Paz now and will be heading to Topolobampo tomorrow or Saturday! Wish I could be there for Beaus graduation, that sucks...but good for him!! <br><br>Love you and miss you ...Talk to you later<br><br>Steph

... out at extremely slow speeds, that is how fast it goes the whole way. It was a good 10 hour ride to Creel but the train is nice and comfortable with a dining and bar cart. Another side note is that you get some decent views from the train but not really any of the main canyon. You really need to stay overnight in one of the towns along the way to see and explore the canyon. Otherwise, you're just on a long slow train ride.

... us $30 of of the room. We had a couple of Margs and ordered some food, just a couple of shrimp tacos please. We got about 10 deep fried shrimp, fresh tortillas, french fries and about a pound of guacamole. We were the only ones staying at this rather nice hotel I'll call the Pita. They changed the name but something similar still hangs outside. We parked the bikes in their locked compound. We started about 7 am on the bikes and ...

... and realise we're confined to a couple of blocks until we're ready to wade through a couple of feet of brown water. That time comes when our stomachs decide to demand more than the snacks we'd accumulated for the train journey. The city is completely closed down except for a hair accessories shop around the corner, and the chance of finding food without packaging, E numbers and hydrogenated fat is looking slim until we hit on the brainwave that the ...

... this meal...it was great!...and the scruffy dude even tried to jip me out of my allotment of 3 corn tortillas, but I got 'em. Malin was less enthusiastic, but my exuberance made up for the both of us. Thoroughly fed (half of us), we retired to our quarters for a little trip planning by me, and little snooze time for Malin...it was only a few more hours until the whale would cough us up on mainland shores.

... which if you don´t know, has nudity, sex, plenty of violence, blood, disfigured people... I mean, the movie was shocking... They also showed Van Helsing in spanish, an old spanish western, and some Steven Segal movie. The translations of the english movies are really bad - I guess they pick movies that have a lot of action and stuff so that it doesn´t really matter how bad the translations are... I ...

... area. It was quite late in the day so I settled for a mid-range hotel in the centre called Hotel El Rey ($24 (£12) for a room..sweeeeet). Had a walk around town and had a few beers (hair of the dog and all that). Was really lively. Loads of bars and clubs and cheap as chips but loads of Americans around. Well, it is their party town after all. Earlyish night as tomorrow I need to find the local bus terminal and head down the Baja California strip to a small ...

... on Deet, cause the mosquitos are BITING. No make that attacking. This is a slow float. There are flowering plants that have washed away from their anchors and are floating down this pristine river. The best way to discribe the feeling is the same level you are in at the end of a massage. Liquid. Seems most of the two rafts are filled with avid bird watchers and can spot all the varieties. Egrets and herons I'm ok with. The rest I'm just clicking my camera and ...

... and on into colonial-influenced Chihuahua, in the heart of Mexico. The terrain begins with gently rolling farmland. Soon after El Fuerte, our starting point, the train begins its steep ascent into the canyons, passing over nearly forty bridges and through nearly ninety tunnels, one of which is a mile long. The scenery is unadulterated and spectacular, with canyon vistas spreading for miles around each turn of the train's route. El Chepe is the only ...