Well Amigos and Amigas, in Acapulco, the iconic resort and slum of nortamericana dreams! staying in an upper market hotel, on the 11th floor so the views are positively panoramic, the only drawback, except for my persistent habit (sorry Mark) is the only 2 lifts and they are slow, and even slower when some little shit from 1103, yes, we know who you are, punches all the buttons before running off laughing....the trip down then takes about 35 minutes....but at least when it happened last night <I was joined in entrapment with a young woman who helped me with my language [View Full Entry]

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Well, just a few cleansing cervezas after getting to Zehuatenehua sounds like seewhatanheighhah...been in San Blas , I though for a moment it was Sand Blast as the wind drove along the beach and did just that...but the trivia that goes thru the mind while on the road..sucking on the camels back, mind wandering ...then you find yourself going way too hot into a corner and remembering that concentration is sorta important...but firstly, altho its already secondary...thanks soo much to you all for the comments...soo good to hear from you and its really important to get that feedback, and from all [View Full Entry]

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trying to get some photos up....hang in there with me... [View Full Entry]

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what happened? ran out of time and space in Creel...and nervously anticipating the run down to Batopilas...next morning early start...sort of quiet nervousness but a beautiful smooth run down to Samariche...some of you would have read my mail from here 3 years ago about the horror and the splendour of this road to Batopilas...dropping nearly 2000metres in 140 kms...most of the drop is on the last 70 kms of unmade road from Samariche to Batopilas...slipping and sliding over the most unmade of unmade roads you could imagine...it was pretty scary on the bus but this was to be something else agai [View Full Entry]

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Well, 3 years on nearly and here I am back in Creel...in fact back in the same interneto place altho´staying much more salubriously this time...at the Best Western...seppo crap that the others insisted on for telephone connections for the lappos etc...but after the last few days I wasbn´t complaining about a bit of lux as in ury.... Had a big one a the Beachfire restaurant in San Clemente on the last night in the US..bit of a reunion and farewell for <Ted & Grant with a bunch of their surf friends...in the morning we grouped at the RipCurl office...Ted got a [View Full Entry]

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Just a quickie just so you know I made it this far!.. Big hold ups all the way over...from Philippine airline people saying I won't get into the states w'out an ongoing ticket....call to Grant, insist its ok...finally they let me on...then a 2 hour delay anyway....then to Sydney, then to Manilla...about 8 hours from Sydney....great to be back in hot and sweaty weather...I'll save some stories of Manila til later...extensive security checks, lightning strike that knocked out the power...more delays...then the 13 hour flight to LA....caught up with Grant, pulled into a little roadside bar and h [View Full Entry]

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Today the bike went into the box and I won't see it for a couple of weeks until I get to LA and find out how it travelled....and what's left. Hope to get the photos up...the Bike, The Map and The Rider with his long-suffering children... [View Full Entry]

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3 guys, 3 bikes, 30,000 kms, 9 months, 16 countries.....We are off in a couple of weeks so I want to get this up and running. Three of us and our bikes are flying out to LA and then we're going to ride right down to the southernmost point...then come halfway back. Already there's talk of hanging in and getting up to Bolivia and Peru....seems a shame to go all that way and not finish off. However, the conditions of bikes, bums and banks may determine what happens after Santiago. [View Full Entry]

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