One more journey completed

The shared journey has concluded. Now it’s time to digest all of the stories and plan then next trip.

Needed North from La Paz

We made it to Baja today on a claustrophobic ferry ride. Got a cabin and were able to sleep a few hours.

On the way to Mulegé, we stopped at Loreto. Very impressed with the quality of the California Mission museum here.

Crossing the Sea of Cortez

Watched the California Star dock and unload. Now waiting in our turn to embark with the Jeeps on our least leg of the journey to La Paz, Baja Sur.

Chihuapilli

After 5750 miles, finally made it to see Cihuapilli or “Our Great Lady” of San Juan de los Lagos.

Portrayed for granting many miricles.

Another religious pilgrimage. Although we just stumbled across this one.

Guanajuato – pleasantly morbid

Made it to Guanajuato today. A long but easy drive.

Guanajuato is a busy tourist city. We arrived in time for the Guanajuato Film Festival. Too bad we didn’t know about it before otherwise we would have gotten tickets.

Taxco – Pueblo Magico

Made it to Taxco after an eventful Sherpa fit.

A tour of a silver mine in Taxco. This mine was recently discovered after 500 years of being hidden. The indigenous people hid it from the Spaniards to protect their culture.

It is a very rich mine in gold, silver, quarts and many other metals and minerals. It is protected by the government to stay this way forever. It is so rich you can see the veins of gold and silver in the walls.

Pollo en Mole – Oaxaca

How can you go wrong with Pollo en Mole IN Oaxaca with a nice cold beer on an indigenous holiday

Road Maintenance

Passed through a zone where they were spraying oil on the highway

It wasn’t oil. It was tar.

Mexican Immigration

Exiting Mexico 10 days ago, the immigration official wanted to watch the World Cup instead of his job. R&G didn’t get their exit stamps. I had to pay $500MEX to get my exit stamp. The he told us just to leave.

We go to the Mexican consular in Guatemala and they told us they couldn’t help us. We had to explain the issue to immigration when we went through again.

This morning, we went through Mexican immigration, they only gave us a seven day visa (we told them we would be here for three weeks) and the didn’t even care/notice the missing exit stamp.

None of this is really an issue as we will be crossing into Baja on the ferry from Mazatlan where there is no Mexican immigration control between Baja and the states.

There -might- be immigration control in Mazatlan but I have a feeling there won’t be and if there is it won’t really matter.

The borders are so porous here it’s incredible. We could have walked across without anyone noticing.

Saying Goodbye – Heading North