Jesuit Missions of La Santissima Trinidad de Parana, Paraguay

Aleixo Garcia first discovered Paraguay in 1524.  Over the next nearly one hundred years Spain worked to develop it by conquering the native people and establishing cities and colonies.  Struggles ensued for decades as the Spanish King issued various decrees… Read More ›

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Paraguay by Motorcycle

After crossing into Paraguay we settle into a hostel just a few miles from the border in Encarnacion. This town is home to a famous Semana Santa (Holy Week) celebration and we have only missed that by a couple of… Read More ›

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The Copper Canyon with questionable maps. Part two.

So how far can two overland monkeys with no maps get exploring the infamously labyrinthine roads of Mexico’s Copper Canyon region? It turns out that they can make it pretty far. The Copper Canyon region actually consists of several different canyons covering an area approximately six or seven times larger than the Grand Canyon in the United […]

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Loreto

Everywhere we travel, we tend to feel at home. Whether it is in the chaotic midst of a big city, alone on a cold windy mountain top, wandering the narrow alleys of a bustling market or lost in dusty back roads, far from the nearest store. But every now and again, we find somewhere where […]

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How we ended up not really giving the Pacific coast much of a chance

We were starting to feel like we didn’t really like the Pacific Coast of Baja. I know that sounds a bit rough, I mean we live on the Pacific Coast of New Zealand, you think we’d have a soft spot for its sister coast in Mexico. Perhaps it wasn’t that we disliked the Pacific Coast, […]

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San Javier, B.C.S.

About 25 miles from Loreto, there is a lovely small village tucked into the Los Gigantes Mountains. The road has been washed away in many places because of heavy rains and steep, easily eroded walls of the canyons along the way…. Read More ›

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Loreto, B.C.S., Mexico

Loreto is home to a Mission which was built here in 1697. The town was the first Spanish settlement on the Baja peninsula and it grew up around this beautiful old stone tower. Loreto has a small protected harbor on… Read More ›

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