El Fuerte Hotel
El Fuerte, Sinaloa El Fuerte, Northern Mexico, Mexico
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More Saffas??
Spotting Hostel Guerrero across the road from where the bus stopped was like seeing an oasis in the desert. An oasis to rest our weary bones.
While checking in and getting orientated I overheard something about Vodacom. Vodacom? Saffas? Must be! That's how we met Jonathan & Annie who live in London, another thing we had in common. They too are travelling throughout the Americas except they are nearing the end and are working their way northwards. They're the first Braffas ...
Another city with little to do...
... such a deal back home. Really a great meal but I would suggest to focus on the stuffed shrimp if you were to ever visit it. We stayed at the San Jose Hostel where the owner Gaspar provides great rooms ($M250 for a double with A/C) and also helps you with the train.
We took the train the next morning heading off towards Creel and Gaspar pointed out the bus to the ...
Technology -Tackiness - Tacos
... for the train to arrive and struck up a conversation with Paco, a Spanish guy we had met the night before. He is on the short side and has the dishevelled look of a well travelled intellectual. His hair is thinning and grey, and he has an uncanny resemblance to Professor Calculus in the Herge books, whilst his voice sounds like Jean Reno. I noticed last night that he spoke with everyone in the hotel at least once, and towards the end of the evening ...
Enjoy the moment
... two face backward). It has the benefit of a large unobstructed window but don’t be fooled into thinking it offers any more legroom… in fact I’d say there was less. And our window didn’t come with built in blinds.
The ride was picturesque but the landscape only became more dramatic geologically, not so much botanically. The whole way was dry, dry, dry. There was a certain type of tree in bloom with purple flowers ...
No comparison to BC Ferries
... picked up just enough Spanish to mislead the locals to believe I can understand what they say. When our server came over to ask us something, I said 'Si’ assuming she was asking if we were done. Apparently, what she really said was, ‘would you like me to ignore you for the next 30 minutes?’ After we finally got our bill (Keara went over and asked) we drove north to the ferry terminal to start the process… ...



