Living the Tropical High Life

We left Mazatlan with Basti and Robert. After 30 km we got off the highway on the first possible detour to the coast. We rode by farm fields, then coconut plantations and long stretches of beach. We started looking for a place to camp hidden from the road, but found the options limited, so we embarked on a new era of asking at restaurants. The first place we tried welcomed us to set up our tents on the beach. We went for our first swim in the Pacific since San Diego and found the water surprisingly warm. To make the day even better Hector - home for the holidays from the US to visit family, and celebrating his last night in Mexico - insisted on buying the 4 of us drinks and a huge platter of ceviche. The next morning we rode to El Rosario on quiet roads lined with lagoons full of fish and a plethora of birds. This is the Mexico we had heard cyclists describe so lovingly: beautiful, full of delicious food and surrounded by amazingly friendly and generous people!Read more