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The author celebrates in the waters off Cabo San Lucas after a long hot ride down Baja California.

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The author sleeps in the back of a cargo van used to transport motorcycles down to Monterey, Calif.

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Brett Sorrells tries to steer 700 lbs of loaded-down motorcycle through loose dirt.

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Brett Sorrells readies his ride for the long trip back to Canada from Cabo San Lucas, at the bottom tip of Baja California.

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Brett Sorrells waits for a taco snack at a roadside stand along the Transpeninsular Highway in Baja California.

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The Pacific Ocean lines the horizon at a breakfast stop north of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

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Brett Sorrells and the author knock cooking pots in a tequila toast after arriving in Cabo San Lucas.

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Brett Sorrells gets a lesson in plate-spinning from a group of Malaysian clowns in Cabo San Lucas.

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Brett Sorrells relaxes with a book at a five-star luxury resort he and the author snuck into in La Paz, Mexico.

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The author rounds a turn on the Transpeninsular Highway in Baja California

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