Well, as the more astute of you out there will have no doubt already noticed, this journal has not been updated for a very long time. 

Sorry about that.

I remember the last entries that I wrote, I found it very stressful. We were maybe staying in a town at the end of a day cycling, and I'd have to do the writing, upload the photos for an entry. Then I'd spend the morning doing the same thing for another entry, and then it was time to go, and I'd spent so much time on the journal that I'd had no time to relax and enjoy some time off the bike actually experiencing where we were with Dea.

There's a balance to be struck when travelling by bike and writing about it, and when the writing about it subtracts from the experience, it stops being worth it. Writing a daily journal was much easier a few years ago when I travelled alone, but now I want to spend more of my free time with Dea, and sadly I've decided there just isn't enough time left to keep up this daily journal.

We did have a tremendous time cycling across Mexico, and I've written a couple of more concise blog posts about that over on www.differentpartsofeverywhere.travel.blog, our website where we will still continue our sporadic updates.

I am sorry I wasn't able to maintain this journal. I did actually gain what I wanted from doing it, in the sense that it reminded me to appreciate the everyday occurrences that make cycle touring such an absolutely fantastic thing to be doing. And I really appreciate those of you who followed along with us, albeit briefly. Thank you.

I will leave the journal open for the time being, as I believe there may be times, particularly when I attempt to travel solo through the Caribbean in a couple of months, when I will enjoy keeping a daily journal again, and these pages will suddenly spring back to life like a erm, I don't know, like a zombie maybe.

Until then, hasta luego amigos.