Month: October 2010

We hired a cab to lead us out of Zacatecas.  The way out of the city to the main highway to Mexico City was less than obvious especially considering there are no signs.  It was a bit of a cold ride in the morning – about 50 F (10 C).  The cab driver was very…

We spent the day enjoying the local attractions and resting from riding over 3,500 miles in the past two and a half weeks.  In the morning, we took the aerial tram to see La Bufa on the top of the mountain overseeing the city.  The city looked beautiful and peaceful from the top. . .…

After riding for about 4 hours we arrived to Zacatecas.  As usually, we had little idea how to find our hotel.  We asked a few locals which produced two results– either the locals did not know where the hotel was or we did not understand the directions in Spanish.  After attempting to unsuccessfully find our…

Vadim went to the local hospital in Chihuahua (near our hotel).  The orthopedist looked at his severely bruised leg and gave him lots of cream and some tablets to reduce the swelling.  He said that Vadim will be OK.  The doctor spoke good English and was very nice. On way to Torreon, we had to…

Our portable electric tire pump broke this morning so we had to borrow the hotel’s manual pump.  It took us longer to inflate the tires but it did the job.  We made it from Creel to Chihuahua in about 4.5 hours, including stops for rest.  We stayed at Quality Inn near the Cathedral in Chihuahua. …