trip status

first day went from L.A. to tucson AZ where i stayed at my the house of my friends greg and his family[IMG]http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/4433/yo011pb6.jpg[/img]

next day went south across border at nogales, eventually encountering the immigration-aduana
[IMG]http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5030/yo014yl3.jpg[/img] where a six month visa can be obtained for 30 dollars and a six month vehice permit will set you back 39 dollars

heading south on mexico´s toll roads, there were frequent toll booths
[IMG]http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/5158/yo018fx1.jpg[/img]
where tolls so far have been as high as 9dollars for 50 miles.

about 250 miles south of border is hermosillo, MX, where i choose the plaza hotel [IMG]http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7315/yo024pw0.jpg[/img]

where a single room ran 40 dollars. but parking was secure. that parking security take precedence over comfort and price considerations.

The jacket i´m wearing
[IMG]http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/633/yo033se0.jpg[/img]
made a hot day even hotter but i consider it necessary unless absolutely impossible.

stopped for lunch here and that guy behind my bike,[IMG]http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/4947/yo036cn0.jpg[/img]
probably has a sour expressiong on his
face cuz he just hit me up for money at the restaurant table and i only gave him fifty centavos...which is like a nickel.

The price of gas is significantly less than los angeles.
[IMG]http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/9752/yo070sr9.jpg[/img]
At 7 pesos per liter, it comes out to about 2.80 per gallon.
This is the spartan digs at a 26$ single motel room[IMG]http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/8523/yo001al3.jpg[/img]in Los Mochis. Mochis is a big tourist town since it is the starting-ending point for the famous copper canyon railway which traverses the barranca de cobre. (been down around the depths of the canyons on a past summer trip with a bmw f650)

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