Apologies for delay - left my charger in Albuquerque. Very scenic drive today. Landscape changing again into mountains and gorges. Went through a lava field which was jet black- just like that found in Lanzarote. Saw some indian Pueblos and hilltop villages. This area is navajo and commanche reservations. Arrived and booked into the El Rancho hotel in Gallup, NM. Little has changed in the hotel since being built in 1937 on the mother road. The hotel is very ...

Pretty drive today into the mountains of New Mexico. The interstate at this section of the mother road actually covers the old road so we just had to use the motorway. Got us to Santa Fe quickly tho. Santa Fe is definately the most picturesque place so far. High in the hills (7000 ft - its the highest state capital in the US) full of adobe style houses and ranches. The annual Indian market is on at the moment where the indiginous people from the area come and pe...

New mexico, new timezone ( now 7 hrs behind uk) Short hop over the border today into NM. Staying at the iconic Blue Swallow motel this evening, run by a couple who have completely restored it to its 50's heyday. One packed in their job, and the other took redundancy from an oil company, sold everything to buy the swallow, and now love it. How cool is that. We got room one, which means we can see the neon from bed. Its divine. Saw Cadillac ranch today, an art ...