• A little post for a little place…

    At this point in the journey, I thought it appropriate to take a little detour away from the coast and the beaches for something more cultural...

  • Christmas at the Beach

    For two weeks in the middle of December, I had scheduled very little at all; extended stays where the only things to worry ourselves with was whether to swim in the morning or the afternoon...

  • Mexico Roadtrip FAQ I

    We're almost two months into this thing so it felt like a good time to share some of the lessons learned...

  • Feel it in your guts

    Ah, I remember really smugly sharing that we hadn't experienced any stomach illness since embarking on our journey...

  • Travel Summary: Baja California

    With the Baja Peninsula is in the rearview, here are some thoughts about our experience travelling down Highway 1, approximately 1400 kilometers from the border to La Paz...

  • Madness in Mazatlán

    I've been searching for a way to neatly summarize Mazatlán, but it won't reduce to something easy...

  • In the realm of insanity

    If you want to do the Baja and continue on, you'll need to contend with Baja Ferries. Here follows our experience with them. Nothing exaggerated for effect. It really was this ridiculous...

  • The devil you know is a devil.

    Now that we've been travelling for a month, I am starting to feel vaguely reflective. I'm taking a whole year off!

  • La Paz: Tale of Two Cities

    Our guide book tells us that everyone ends up in La Paz. I thought I knew what to expect and it really wasn't that at all...