• 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...

  • 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...

  • Car Talk

    We are taking the minimalists approach to this trip, that's undeniable. Our little car, a 2007 Honda Fit will be responsible for lugging all our gear for 6 months, across an approximate 20,000 kilometers...

  • The Cape for the Holidays!

    The southern tip of the Baja Peninsula is where the action happens. Approximately 1400 kilometers from the border it all comes together...

  • Easing into Loreto

    Loreto lived up to the hype. Yes, there were tourists and yes the prices were higher, but boy it felt nice to get some of our comforts back...

  • Tall Cactus Quickie

    From the next couple days after San Felipe, there is little to report. Most of the sites, the population centers, the things-to-do, were much farther south. Now, we just had to make tracks to get there...

  • Water on the Wrong Side

    The road from Mexicali towards San Felipe is mostly straight and flat. Fast. The start of our adventure coming at us fast...

  • Borderlands

    It was a long drive after Las Vegas, snaking our way south on secondary highways, our focus shifting to the international border (memories of the long waits at Peace Arch not too distant)...