Where I’ve been, where I’m going next

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 are stops up in the mountains, and I am planning to make some. But this is the part of the trip I had not planned out as carefully, and I’m not sure when and where to go first.

Meanwhile, here is a map of where I have been so far. The bottom is Puerto Vallarta and surrounds, where I went first; the middle is Mazatlan and the mountain pueblos I visited; and lastly, Los Mochis.