Thursday, December 07, 2006

When everything just clicks.....

The other day I got on a train in the town of Los Mochis. It was to take me on a journey through Mexico´s famous Copper Canyon to the small mountain village of Creel. For the journey I hoped nothing more than some good views and to find a nice relaxed hostel..... oh how wrong I was.

For starters the Copper Canyon train ride isn´t just "a" train ride, with no less than 86 tunnels and 36 bridges it is one of the most impressive train rides on the continent. As for the town of Creel where I hopped off, well it´s definately a travellers Mecca. From worldly French vagabonds, to inspirational Japanese cyclists, to brainstorming American inventors, Creel had them all...

I´ll let these photos do the rest of the talking.....


Hot Springs


Some of the Creel gang in one the hot springs pools


Road trip from Creel to Batopilas


Taka taking in the view of the Canyon


The Canyon is 1000 mtrs deep in some parts


Salud to Batopilas


An interesting game of cards


Ryoko tries on the PCG Members Hat


View along the River at Batopilas (base of the Canyon)


The Batopilas team!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good to see your having fun! Beard looks a bit thin... need to thicken it up a bit!!!

Anonymous said...

What scenery - think road may have been a bit hairy!! A very multi cultural lot your fellow travellers!!