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Elsewhere in the grand expanse of Lucas’ universe, the right moves are rarely preordained.

Mainly travelling alone through Turkey, Bulgaria and the "vast expanse of nothing" of the deserts of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekista, Ms Moore said her bicycle tyres have held up well.

Now, nearly three months later, tidy expanses of soil are all that is left in spaces where structures once stood.

Nearly every checkout lane once manned by a cashier is now closed, leaving a vast, eerie expanse of empty aisles where humans used to stand.

Teuchitlán is a bustling agricultural hub of 40,000 near the touristy “tequila route,” a road lined with expanses of sugar cane and agave, the spiky plant that yields tequila.