An excerpt from an email he sent from Mazatlan

I had 20 flat tires, 5 ruined wheels, and a dubiously glued-together radiator on my dubiously-chosen route,. which included la espinoza del diablo (the devils backbone, featured online as one of the 19 most complex and dangerous roads in the world)

that was nothing compared to the dirt road between creel and batopilas in the copper canyon, which I only took at the behest of a truly demented travel blogger..........the last time I will ever follow e-advice(for a week or two anyway)


everybody here drives like me (I mean it is one thing when just a few lunatics do it but this is insane)

As long as I keep my hands covered with grease and dirt, all the natives love me (except the women of course)

oh well, you cant have everything