Wednesday November 26 to Friday, November 28 The ferry ride from Baja to Mazatlan was uneventful. We had splurged on a cabin, with the hopes that we could get a good night’s sleep and use that to power us away from the tourist trap of Mazatlan as rapidly as possible. The cabin was surprisingly plush, […]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 We awoke in our bungalow to another sunny morning. We both had slept great to the sounds of the surf. Our next destination was Tenacatita, a name we can never remember or pronounce correctly. These are going to be some of the easier days of this trip for us, as we’re […]
Sunday, November 30, 2008 We awoke early to search for breakfast. Since it was too early for out of town tourists to have arrived, none of the restaurants were open yet. We returned to the room to do some reading and packing, and then went back into town at 9. The employees had showed up, […]
Monday, December 1 2008 We didn’t waste any time getting on the road this morning. Once we were past the city of Tecomán and the major highway that led to the city of Guadalajara, the traffic disappeared and we had the road to ourselves. After so much time behind trucks and driving over topes, it […]
Tuesday, December 2 We decided to have a leisurely morning in Caleta De Campos before moving on to Barra el Potosi which was the beach town we were really looking forward to based on the description from the book. We had breakfast in town and tried for the first time a traditional Mexican drink called […]
Wednesday and Thursday, December 3 and 4 We got up early, had a morning swim in the ocean to compensate for the short-lived beach experience the day before, and were on the road by 10:30 am. We didn’t have a long way to go to Acapulco, but we knew we had to stop somewhere to […]
Friday, December 5 After our two days of relaxation in Acapulco, it was time to get back to the task of riding south. Our plan was to get to Oaxaca in two days, with the stop over night being in the town of Puerto Escondido. It was very much a business day of riding for […]
Saturday, December 6th We knew we had a big day ahead of us, so we arose earlier than normal and really tightened up our morning routine. We knew it would be a long ride through the mountains, and we wanted to be sure to arrive in Oaxaca before dark. An early starts takes the hurry […]
December 7 – 12 We both were looking forward to visiting Oaxaca, our first real colonial city in Mexico. In fact, we had such a great time living the city life, that we ended up staying for five days, much longer than anticipated. We settled in a charming Casa Gigi, a good value bed and […]
Friday, December 12 It took until Friday to finally tear ourselves out of our comfortable nest in Oaxaca. One of the reasons for our lingering in Oaxaca was our attempt to receive a DHL package from the states. Inna’s Starcom headset had died one speaker at a time prior to our arrival in Oaxaca and […]