Author: Erin Chase

I didn’t know anything about this railway or about the Copper Canyon before this trip. Initially, I had thought I might travel overland all the way back home, or at least to Arizona, but as I read the tour book,…

The final days of my trip were some of the best. I caught the train in El Fuerte, which is also where I met Allan and Jillian, Australians who are traveling the world for a year! I am so jealous…

I haven’t yet been able to formulate my thoughts about my wonderful stay up at Posada Barrancas, at the quirky, wonderful Hotal Tarahumara, but while I am, and sorting all my photos and videos, here is one anecdote about how…

I was feeling a bit unsure of myself by the time I reached Los Mochis, the turning point of my journey from the sea to the mountains. To catch the train in the morning, I needed to get up at…

Yep, the Internet in the mountains was unreliable. The first night and day at the hotel had no Internet at all; by the evening of my first full day there, the Internet was up, but it was soooo slow! And…

I need to relax and do nothing for a bit. I need to be spontaneous, but not by rushing on to the next thing and the next until the trip is over. I had a churro at a sidewalk stand….

I arrived in Los Mochis today. This is one end of the Ferrocarril Chihuahua Pacifico railroad, or El Chepe, as it is known here. The railway runs from here to Chihuahua (depart 6 a.m. and arrive 9 p.m.), but there…

I have a simple point-and-shoot camera and no photographic ability, but here are some shots I think are passable. I have spent two full days in Mazatlan, at what was a top resort… in 1955. Today, I went on an…

It is an interesting experience to spend so much time with oneself. I’m not good at quieting my mind and just being, but that’s part of the role of this trip. Yesterday, I spent nearly 10 hours in transit, from…