Again the pace has been slow as I struggle to leave Mexico behind. Time seems to pass very quickly whenever I stop somewhere and I have a consistent, albeit mild, sense of guilt when I have more than one or two rest days. This guilt doesn’t seem to make much difference to my behaviour as…
The last couple of months in Mexico have been a bit less of a hardcore biking challenge (aside from the occasional days cycling in 35 C degrees up and down the hilly coastline) and I find myself increasingly taking longer breaks from the bike in places that are almost impossible to leave. I think this has…
Finally I managed to leave Sayulita after spending longer than I anticipated in the quaint little surf town. Days pass by without you noticing and it took a fair bit of willpower to move on. As I head down the coast this is becoming a stronger theme in my trip; each place I come to…
I´ve been spending the last week in a nice little surf town called Sayulita. Although somewhat touristy it has a good vibe to it and has proven to be another excellent place to have some time off the bike. The trip down from Mazatlan was interesting. The first few days I was with Billy and…
The details of my experience on this crossing are on a previous post which ended up being too long to post photos. So here are some of the photos. Leaving La Paz My cabin The night shift Jeff and Nancy towing us in. My heroes. The world needs more people like them. View from the…
Finally I am on dry land after a highly adrenalised sailing trip across the Gulf of California. Things went wrong from day one and I was almost surprised to have made it to dry land. Since my last post in Loreto, things had been delightfully boring; a chance to reflect on the trip so far…
Writing this from Loreto, Baja. Finally after months of racing south I’ve had some time to relax. The past 10 days have been delightfully quiet riding only a couple of short days; time to reflect on my trip so far and work out my passage through Central America and then the Darien Gap. This is…
Currently sitting in a cheap hotel sharing a room with two other cyclists halfway down Baja California (Mexico), I finally have a moment to relax. Lots has happened since my last post but it’s been hard to keep up to date as I’ve had to rush to the next stage of my trip. The final…
Finally, the end of the Great Divide mountain Biking trail is in sight; I now only have 500 miles or so left to the Mexican border. Although there are a few high passes left, most have now been ticked off as I edge to safer territory for the approaching winter months. I left Del Norte…
After the conditions I experienced from Rawlins (WY) to Brush Mountain (CO) (see previous post) I thought my Divide tour was over and that I’d have to detour via Utah and Arizona. Although I’m sure this would have been a superb alternative I had my mind set on completing this specific mountain bike route and…