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| The coolest baja dog I've come across (not the little one, that tried to bite my shoe, and should have kicked it across the street) |
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| Total distance on the odo before changing the batteries (includes side trips, detours, rest days, etc - not direct route, from Alaska) |
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| New addition to the gear, makes cooking so much easier. Thanks a lot Wyatt! |
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| Long-travel I-beam ranger... right on |
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| Lots of checkpoints, checking traffic both ways |
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| I never know what I'll come across trying to find a camp spot for the night |
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| Hearty veggy stew (getting my irish-potato fix) |
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| All sorts of strange things that can be deadly to tires |
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| Old volcano |
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| First glimpse of the Sea of Cortez of the trip |
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| Great view, and actually prison down on the right corner |
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| My favorite town in baja so far, Mulege is muy tranquilo |
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| Antulio working his magic |
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| Mulege is like an oasis |
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| Came around a corner and saw this. I stopped for a while just absorbing the view - truly magnificent |
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| What a place to have lunch and go for a swim |
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| Just another day in the office |
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| Sunrises are great |
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| Found some great Mexican coffee - heard there wasn't any... |
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| Enjoying a day off, jamming in the shade |
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| Canadian RV'ers camping nearby. Nigel on the left (and his wife) cooked me a fabulous dinner, thanks! |
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| Different Puerto - with no waves |
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| Staying cool. Big reason why people say not to drive at night; the animals cross the roads looking for food when it cools. |
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| Climbing over "Sierra De La Giganta" - the name says it all |
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| Taking cover whenever/wherever I can |
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| There's always something on the roads down here that could turn any day bad instantly. |
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| Lots of things like this floating around on the landscape, have to be really careful wheeling my bike across the dirt |
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| Nothing like some good Iranian tea. Thanks Azam! |
Occasionally people ask me what I eat. Here is a good little something I've made a few times:
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| Such good cheap tortillas down here. Even just a little oil in the pan with some of these is satisfying |
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| Roll it up, and sizzle in the pan until the outside is browned nicely |
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| Time to devour |
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| Add a little kick if you like |
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| Not a lot of good chocolate to choose from down here. Like always, gotta improvise. Getting my chocolate fix, in a medium of milk |
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| Martin and his son Julian. He made this massive bbq when he lived in Texas. He was very kind, and gave me a soda and some cookies, gracias! |
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| Tortilleria in the grocery store... awesome |
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| The bigger cities have a road that cuts through the middle, to avoid the congestion near the buildings and side roads |
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| Always such a project to get packed up |
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| The most elaborate road-side shrine I've seen yet |
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| Hot day. That's not water reflecting the headlights, a mirage. You can see the radiation emanating from the ground |
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| Enough said |
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| Keeping the ponys away from my food |
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| Homemade machaca, drying in the sun |
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| Benjamin, up early working hard |
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| Benjamin's parents. They invited me in for breakfast before I left |
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| I don't even know these guys. They just wanted a picture when they saw me taking others. |
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| This tree is begging for a touring cyclist to take lunch under |
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| First view of La Paz |
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| Come a long way |
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| Chasing my shadow into town |
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| Hanging with CS'ers Peter and Suzy |
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| Frigate birds. Never saw these before until Sea of Cortez. These massive birds just hang in the sky. |
From my boat trip in Guerrero Negro:
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| Taking a lancha to the whales. Calm morning - nice. |
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| Gueros(?) rare bird apparently |
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| Sometimes they blow off a massive amount, and you'll see a big boil |
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| Occasionally see them pop out of the water to look around, or "spyhopping", really weird to see. Sometimes they hang there for a few seconds. |
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| Saying hello. They are either very curious, intelligent, or a bit of both I think. This one came right up to the boat. |
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| The lagoon for the whales is very protected. The open area nearby is used extensively for processing salt - big business. |
What I hope is waiting for me in Mainland Mex:
