Another slow day

Location:

Nogales to Culiacan

Today was a wake up call to Mexico. With 250 miles down, we knew we could not make it up today because it had already been planned as a 850 mile day. The best we could do was to hold ground and ensure we did not lose more miles.

Toll roads through to Guaymas and onto Los Mochis were fast but not fast enough. Despite being "toll", they still passed through villages, had slow speeds and plenty of creatures wondering back and forth.

After night riding till 11pm, we decide to stop at Culiacan. As with all stops we do not want to be in the city itself but on the outskirts. We spot the ideal Paradise Motel just off the toll road. We know what this is and hire our room for the night (not just by the hour!)

We always advocate the benefits of these premises (and I am not talking what they show on the TV channels). They are cheap (ours was $18 for the night), vary clean, 24 hour room service and 100% safe, being patrolled by armed guards. It is ideal for us as we lose no time trawling through city streets loking for somewhere.

And as Kev always says, "minutes are miles"!

But the bad news is that we have lost more time and are running behind on plan. We´ll see if we can catch up over the next few days.