We left Oaxaca, heading north, surprised and excited about our new plan. Still receiving news of potential road blocks due to the teacher strikes, we proceeded with caution. It wasn’t long before we began to see traces of evidence that disruption had actually occurred. Burnt out cars and trucks littered the side of the road […]

Calvin and Leanne are a Canadian couple who have travelled extensively in their 1957 Greyhound bus. We didn’t have the pleasure of meeting Leanne as she was back in Canada, but Calvin greeted us like old friends. The place is called ‘Overland Oasis’, and it truly is. Calvin and Leanne have transformed their garden space […]

Maggie was packed and loaded and we bid farewell to Jess, Luis and Gaia, and Will and Beth. It felt strange to be on the road again, but it wasn’t long before it was time for a beach stop to cool down. The beautiful Mazunte provided us with clear waters and waves that were of […]

In Puerto Escondido we found a new home. Well, to be exact, in the little southern cove of La Punta, we found a new home. Puerto Escondido and its main beach Zicatela is a major tourist haven and has earned the reputation of the Mexican Pipeline, with the waves sometimes getting so big that the […]

We packed up our beach camp and carried on down the coast. We drove through the mega touristic Puerto Vallarta, past all the resort compounds that really could be anywhere, as could you when your inside by the pool. We cut inland for a bit, absolutely bombarded by the heat, the Land Rover ‘air conditioning’ […]

There are two fancy resorts located at the end of our beach, the popular Iberostar and the fairly new La Tranquila. The latter has a large sign on the beachfront offering a free margarita and a day pass, so we tried our luck their first. Walking in off the beach we were met with the […]

We arrived in Mazatlan rather early and headed straight for the waterfront with Katie, Damon and Kyle. It was beautiful. A lovely ocean pool enticed Damon for a swim and despite the beckoning of breakfast at the ocean front cafes catering for western tourists we chose to press on and find something just as delicious […]

Our first job of the morning was back at the welders. Hayden had noticed the shock absorbers had a few small cracks starting to appear, so after we witnessed their skills yesterday with the wheel rim we had confidence they would be able to help us out. That done we returned to the campsite to […]

Our first stop after Mulege was only about 45 minutes down the road at Playa Requesson. It was a divine little spot. We parked the car right on the peninsula by a palapa with water on both sides. It was heaven. We went snorkelling and fishing and ate fresh grapefruit. On dusk we set up […]

We stopped in the lovely town of Mulege (pronounced moo-la-hay) for a coffee. That was two weeks ago. It is a lovely spot situated on the east coast of Baja, at the north end of the Bay of Concepcion. There is a large American population, most of which are retirees who spend the winter months […]