Admittedly – the heat killed us and we ended the trip with a few more bus rides than we’d intended! We jumped on in Loreto, taking the bus down to El Pescadaro, where we would stay at El Pescadaro surf camp – the on-going wave search continued! A bit of a disappointment as the beach was abandoned with a new weather curve ball was now being thrown our way a hurricane was hovering just offshore and threatening to hit the south and west coast of the Baja peninsular. The night was very windy, and the it felt like the thatched roof of our cabana was going to blow off, but luckily we survived the night! Sadly that meant another planned leg of cycling spent on a bus, down to Cabo San Lucas – part one of two of our planned holiday. We arrived to find a town full of American tourists and on hurricane lockdown, a weird setting of daytime drunks in sombreros wandering between with sandbags everywhere and boarded up windows. The weather didn’t put a stop to the partying though, and we decided if we couldn’t beat them we’d join them and spent a suitably drunken night experiencing all the “wonders” of this bizzare little American outpost. Imagine Magaluf, with more Tequila!
We survived the hurricane again, and woke up to clear skies and calm waters, with the sandbags packed away. Our final day of cycling of the trip was part two of the holiday, 20 miles to Cabo San Lucas quieter cousin – San Jose Cabo. We were both glad that we were able to get one more day of cycling in to arrive final destination and I enjoyed being back on the bike. Just as I was thinking “maybe I could carry on cycling” fate decided to send me a signal that it was time to stop, and I narrowly missed being squished by this car as it lost control coming around the corner and flipped over!
Shaken but fine, I was now more than happy to get off the bike after 2 more miles to our amazing all inclusive hotel in San Jose and pretty relieved to be alive! 3,000 and odd miles of cycling and a few hundred more by bus, train, boat and hitching. I loved every minute. We also were incredibly lucky to have avoided Hurricaine Oldie which sadly seems to have ripped through the beautiful places we stayed in the south of Baja, merely 2 days after we left. http://news.yahoo.com/los-cabos-struggles-devastating-storm-odile-153513710.html
We spent a great 4 days there, relaxing, recouperating, taking full advantage of the poolside bars Pina Coladas, and spotting all the hangovers from the hotels previous life as a swingers resort!
I loved cycling down the Baja, and am so glad we decided to do it. We took a few more buses than I would have liked, and definitely want to come back and do thisride again one day. Just never again in the middle of summer!!