26th -28th February Distance – 281km Total distance – 1585km Days 20 and 21 Away from La Barrancas on the coast, we had a couple of days of dead straight roads. Once on to the La Purisima – Ciudad Insurgentes road, the asphalt did not deviate, it was arrow straight, bisecting one long rolling hill […]
San Ignacio to Las Barrancas
23rd -25th February Distance – 227km Total Distance – 1304km Day 17 San Ignacio is the town I’ve been most impressed with on this journey so far. Leaving the waterside camp, we cycled almost 3km into the impressive, leafy central square; ornate church at one end and several cafes and various shops lining the […]
Guerrero Negro to San Ignacio
21st -22nd February Distance – 155km Total Distance – 1077km Day 15 After two big days, and as I am still trying to get rid of my cold, we decided to take it easy and make the most of the camp ground, good food and organise our return bus trip from La Paz to Tijuana, […]
Catavina to Guerrero Negro
18th – 20th February Distance – 236km Total Distance – 922km The rest day in Catavina was definitely needed. As well as rest, it was a chance to catch up on communications and revise our plan for reaching La Paz. Day 13 I still wasn’t 100%, but I was feeling much better. We set off […]
El Rosario – Guayaquil – Catavina
16th – 17th February Distance – 124km Total distance – 686km Day 10 El Rosario was a good centre for us to make a pit stop; good hotel and restaurant so we could catch up and clean up. The plan from here is to ride down the main road and catch up time. With 15 […]
Nueva Odisea – Rosario…feeling cactus!
14th – 13th February Distance – 80km Total Distance – 562km Day 8 It was great to wake to the sounds of waves breaking on the beach behind us. We returned to Nuevo Odisea to stock up for what was to be a challenging two day ride through high back country tracks through the renowned […]
Ejido Erendira – Colonet – Nueva Odisea
12th-13th February Distance – 143km Total Distance – 481km Day 6 Ejido Erendira to Colonet on MEX1 highway was only a short day in distance. Due to another late start due to the ongoing communications issue, we decided it wouldn’t hurt to have a lighter day anyway. We set off into town from where we […]
Ojos Negros to Ejido Erendira
10th/11th February Distance – 127km Total Distance – 338.4km We hadn’t been able to get or BGAN satellite device to work, despite understanding how to work it, and WiFi in Ojos Negros was poor and intermittent. Eventually I managed to get an email through to Ground Control from whom I had hired it, and it […]
A Challenging Start
San Diego – Tecate – Ojos Negros 7th – 9th February Total Distance 202km It took longer that we thought to make a start, mainly because it was a major jigsaw puzzle to work out how to pack everything into all the various bags and ensure they are balanced on our bikes. It was midday […]
Introduction – preparing for riding down the Baja Peninsula
Welcome to the very first blog for the new Breaking the Cycle Education site. I am drafting this somewhere over the mid Pacific Ocean, half way between Melbourne and San Diego (via Los Angeles). I am both excited and petty exhausted because, after months of hectic planning, collating all sorts of gear from some very […]
