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MEXICO | Thursday, 16 August 2012 | Views [873]

our bikes at the pacific coast of Baja

our bikes at the pacific coast of Baja

It must be the 17th of June- Sunday on our way to El Rosario, we stopped at a remote beach/dune to camp before leaving the Pacific and the roads leads us inland.
Leaving our camp area yesterday, we encountered headwinds and trucks, headwinds and trucks, headwind and trucks...
I was on the edge to give up and take the bus through these most dangerous streets on earth -as it seems- and especially after I had "caught an edge" with my front wheel which spun me out right into the middle of the street and slightly into the oncoming lane - my heart pumping, I was shaking - partly in amazement, that the heavy traffic had lit up for that moment (are there guardian angels? - Must be so!!) I did not go down and I couldn't really stop, 'cause if I did, I would not go back on my bike....Kept going until my heart calmed down and  I felt good to be alive and still on my bike.
Shortly after this experience the road became quiet - in fact desolate and the ride most pleasant - thank god! 
Stocked up with food and purified water in El Rosario and headed into the desert to the middle of Baja. Temperatures are now up to 109 = 38c.
Last night, after feeling a huge relieve not having to battle with the trucks, we stayed at the dunes as mentioned before. It got cold, sticky, windy and therefore sandy, but we were happy, had a real good dinner with the "old" anchovies still from TJ's.
At night - matter affect: in the middle of the night, and this was not the first time this happened, even though this was the most isolated place we have camped since we left the States - two men from the military in camouflage, big boots, heavily armed with machine guns, woke us up and ask us if we had drugs or guns - no, two Gringos (though if I was any like it and I am not, because I am from Germany, I would be a Gringa) and two bicyclettas. ( I think that could be a neat bumpersticker). 
I don't trust anybody with a gun, but these guys are friendly and better to encounter the military (in this case) than the people involved in the drug war (with their guns)
Well, these friendly people had a good laugh when they heard what we are up to and after they left I had plenty of nightmares until the morning.....
Now we didn't get too far today because of the heat, but found a friendly rancho, had a shower and now off to bed in the tent.

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