Hotel Corintios Los Mochis

Tried the Internet cafes but both closed early am, no google so its the old fashioned ask someone!<br>Passed a bike - quad repair shop of sorts on my way out of town, as always friendly and helpful, they put me onto a Kawasaki shop 3 blocks away. Not dry but lube.<br>Back on my way on the Mex 15, more bandits in toll booths, I've got to get better maps to avoid them!<br>Stopped for lunch of burritos and coca cola around Havojoa.<br>This ...

... people from a local dance school. It was OK but nothing spectacular. Zorro made an appearance and D,D &amp; D got to dance with the big circle skirts and sombreros for a while. I just took pictures! Frankly I could have just as easily scrapped the dance performance and spent the time in the Fort Museum across the street...but it was, according to Adrian, too large to be toured in the time we had left so it was not on the activity list. Following the dance we finally got to ...

Nothing really special in Los Mochis on the Sea of Cortes. This is where we were catching the train to Copper Canyon. We drove around a little bit but nothing too exciting. The traditional city grid setup and a short drive outside of town is the car ferry terminal. This is where you can catch a car ferry to La Paz, Baja Califorinia. We were up at 4:30am to catch the 6:00am train to Copper Canyon. Yes, when the train ...

Ugly little town with no good food or beer - can see why people bypass it, not only for that, but also as the first few hours of the Copper Canyon railway are unexciting & time consuming & the 7am start is a killer. Not allowed to bring food or buy food from lineside touts unless eat it in the buffet car - worse than British Rail for ...

... us that worry behind us. We decide to catch the ferry leaving in 3 hours to Topolobampo, a nine hour sail. You need to say Topolobampo several times just to really enjoy it! Nice name huh! We wait till the last rig is on, i figure about 50 Semi tractor trailer rigs are on this plus about 100 cars and another hundred walk on passenges. It is a nice group, families with small children keeping there very attentive parents on there ...

... you to change seats, even on a half-empty train, you don't argue. Seperated from my new "friend", I was able to enjoy the train ride as it descended from the high sierra through jungle, deserts, and swampland. We chugged though at least a dozen ghost towns on our ten hour journey. The eerie isolation and wide open countryside combined to make me feel completely insignificant as I clung to the ...

... nest right on the rim of the canyon. All the rooms looked out over the view and had a balcony to enable you to enjoy it. Unfortunately it was a "rustic" in décor and only geared up to the mass tourist market - one sitting for meals, no choice, that sort of thing. Still its location made up for its shortcomings and we had several very interesting and beautiful walking and driving tours around the canyon. The following day we were to board the ...

... and walked back for an early night. No beer tonight (can't afford it at moment). Tomorrows plan is to book my ferry ticket across the Gulf Of California and to mainland Mexico (to Los Mochis). I think the ferry journey is gonna be an all-nighter (please let me have my sea legs...september is bad weather and storms month). 4th September - La Paz Bloody hell talk of the devil! Woke up at 6am to hear thunderous winds and water coming down by the bucket-loads ...

... door can be unlocked from inside. Donna would have waited for assistance from the hotel, but one man in our group was ill for the last two days, and she just found out about his illness. She has some type of medicine that will help him, but wanted to get it to him as soon as possible. Well, the show is over for the night, so it's adios to everyone, we're headed down to our room. Hopefully we can get in, but if there's a problem, I'm just going up to Donnas room for help.

... greeted us with quirky decorations and a charismatic owner. He'd spent fifteen years converting, restoring and beautifying the spectacular stone space overlooking Rio Fuerte. We spent the evening wandering through plazas, forts and quaint hotels before heading to bed: we wanted to be rested and ready for El Chepe. Early the next day, we made our way to the nearby train station. People lined the platform, eagerly awaiting the arrival of El Chepe ...