21/10/2010 Day 51
Distance Travelled:
Money Spent: $25 for a night in the hostel, $5 for Lunch and $2 for the train back to Downtown San Diego
Time cycling: 5 Hours
Total Distance Traveled: 3138 km
Despite it pissing down last night I managed to sleep really well sheltered in my broken tent and under my tarp. The weather was a little better today with some short spells of direct sunlight giving me the rich Vitamin D I’ve been missing all too much.
We took the cycle paths to get into the centre of
We stopped for lunch outside another supermarket were we split, I suppose a pre-celebratory $4 cake that was a good rich eat.
Arriving at the border was a relieving yet a disappointing feeling as now that the trip is over it feels almost daunting having to backpack again and this time in Mexico where it is apparently very dangerous according at all Americans.
We obviously filled our cameras with plenty of arm raised snapshots of our arrival at the border which was all in good fun.
Instead of cycling back to downtown San Diego we took the trolley (like a tram) and for some reason or another Jason exited the trolley just before it departed leaving him behind and Jeff and I were stuck with his bicycle.
Jason was in the trolley behind so it wasn’t long before he caught up with us at the Amtrak (train) station where we verbally abused him.
Unfortunately Jeff and Jason needed to head back to
I checked into a hostel where it was free tequila night, so I obviously took advantage and got wasted with a bunch of randoms.
F%CK YEH!!! Ive done it! There were certainly ups and downs… both with the terrain and emotionally, but now its over. Just under 3200 km with only 4 flats and 2 broken screws, I have cycled from
Congratulations Jono! You're an inspiration. Enjoy Mexico.
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Mel