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WEEK 3 : 15th - 21st Nov 2001 |
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| 004302 | "What, the bars closed. Do you have anything to drink?...Only cerveza" "Please don't make me do it dad" - young American whippersnapper attempting to dock a rubber dingy under severe supervision from his overweight father. |
USA & Mexico San Diego-Ensenada (Mexico)-Mikes Sky Ranch - Bahia de Los Angeles-San Ignacio |
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Memorable Moment After agreeing never to ride at night in Mexico, night 2 saw us doubting the directions and distance indicated by the pretty young lady in the tourist bureau. As we enjoyed an awesome sunset a local ranch owner indicated we had over 20kms to ride to Mike's Sky Ranch, an infamous ranch along the Baja 1000 race route.3 hours later, after rarely getting out of first gear, we realised our rock sliding, washout jumping, hill climbing, night riding expertise were all but drained. 2 out of 3 having had closer than desired dirt tasting experiences. Just when we thought it must be around the next corner the first sign we were to come across said 6 miles to go. We eventually pulled in and were greeted by the BMW bandits from Montreal, Duke and Pierre. Maybe next year we'll enter the race. |
Pictures of the Week |
Competition Spot the cactus with the most arms - initiated by Jamie which resulted in our 100km/h pace reducing down to 10km/h.Winner: fuel consumption  |
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Highlight Kayaking and swimming with whale sharks minutes from the front door of our beach hut at Bahia de Los Angeles. |
Risk Activity Attempting a 250km afternoon ride after our 1st experimentation with the local cuisine - 9/10 |
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Lowlight Rubbish scattered all over the beautiful Baja dunes where we camped the 1st night in Mexico. |
Road Kill Tally Dogs - lost countCows - 2 (extremely smelly) Leather Jackets - 5 (on the beach) Cats - 4 Insects - 185 (all on our goggles) |
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