Interesting enough, this symphonic poem is his 40th work (Op.40), which happens to be the same number as the official number of the road (carretera 40). Right at the beginning of this devilish road. Out of the thousands of songs I have on my phone, Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre starts playing. With my playlist set on random, destiny happens. Ok, I survived that, check on my gps device, it looked like a lot of Z’s and W’s stuck together. The first curve took me completely by surprise, I got used to some pretty straight roads the past two days. The first ballsy move of what was to be a very fulfilling day.įinished my breakfast, with my mouth still burning I take on the road. Just before starting the climb I stop in a village and had a plate of Aguachile with raw shrimps. Today they have a toll road that connects the two cities through a bunch of tunnels and it is much faster, therefore most people choose the latter, so it’s mainly famous as a scenic drive and well, a great ride on a motorcycle. I was nervous, what is it gonna be like? It used to be a pretty dangerous road, due to countless curves on the edge of some pretty cliffs with plenty of trucks on it. We are talking about the infamous road connecting Mazatlan to Durango called The Devil’s backbone or El Espinazo del Diablo as the locals call it. It has to be a very good road to beat some of the roads you’d find in Switzerland or Sardinia or even the roads I’ve seen so far on this trip. I’ve heard several people talking about this road to be one if not The best road in the World. Took off early in the morning from Mazatlan with high expectations. We spent all day dancing on the turns, peeking at the views in the few straight stretches. Like looking at a river flowing uphill, the mighty Espinazo del Diablo was luring me into it’s curves.
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