Rocks, history and how not to navigate a colonial town

After our time in Durango, we were craving a little outdoor time, some peace and quiet to enjoy the clear skies and solitude. Luckily, in Mexico, you are never far from a national park of some sort. The Sierra De Órganos National Park was a short drive south of Durango in the state of Zacatecas. As we […]

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The Copper Canyon with questionable maps. Part one.

We left with a Map. Well, OK, that isn’t entirely true. We left with a scrap of paper with the names of a couple of towns we would need to drive through written on it. Since we were in the neighbourhood, we thought we might as well pay a visit to the famous Copper Canyon […]

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Adventures with Javier

A lot of the time on this trip Emma is the chief Navigator. But sometimes Emma takes a nap and lets Javier, our Spanish-speaking, slightly scatterbrained GPS take charge of the navigational guidance. When we are in a big city with lots of freeways and on-ramps and off-ramps and seriously confusing spaghetti junctions, this can […]

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Northern Chile

We ride south out of Ollague not knowing what the road will be like.  We hope to make it to Calama and then turn east to go to San Pedro de Atacama, an oasis in the desert of northern Chile, for… Read More ›

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09/03/2014 – 426 days/37419 miles

It’ll take two long days worth of riding to get up to Uluru, and Coober Pedy is right at the halfway point, and from what I’d heard, it is worth a visit anyway. As you can see, the scenery on … Continue reading →

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Guanajuato, Mexico – part 1

Guanajuato is the capitol of the State of Guanajuato. This city is a tourist mecca, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a Pueblo Magico. Friends have suggested lots of places to visit in Mexico, and Guanajuato is always on everyone’s… Read More ›

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