Nicole and Ingrid are recovering from a heavy tour through the land of the light-footed, the so-called Tarahumar Indians. They live in the Copper Canyon and wrap themselves in silence. They live in caves, high up in the mountains. They hardly speak. Our globe-trotters had to cycle hundreds of kilometers up and down the hills, mostly on sandy paths.

'We very well understand why the Tarahumara have been given their nickname Light-footed. While we were heaving difficulties of getting up the slopes on our mountain-bikes, an old wrinkled Indian passed us effortlessly. He seemed to hover comparing to us ! Every now and then we marched next to our bike, stumbling in the loose sand. We felt heavy-footed compared to him.

The male Indians were very sexy : they wear a very short skirt, their upper body hardly covered, at best a red or green shirt. Female Indians are completely wrapped, wearing luminous stockings, bright red crinolines and blue jumpers.

From the Copper Canyon we went to the old silver village Batopilas. We had to descend from 2.300 meters to 450 meters .... over a distance of barely 75 kilometers. Very creepy !

Batopilas was a revelation ! Most of the silver was found here in 1880. It is back to time when you are in Batopilas. Hotels are made from the ancient palaces which belonged to the rich silver barons. We had an antique, ancient room with oak-tree furniture. Very bombastic, but very beautiful. Our beds creaked terribly !

You will find no restaurants in the village : you just knock on people's door. We went knocking on Carolina's door and for a few dollars she prepared us a nice meal with the typical caramel dessert.