Destination: Mexico

The night at the caves.

Fri, 5 Oct 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [715]

The night at the caves of Cacahuamilpa   The night woke us up with thunder and lightning - the  tent lit up like a christmas tree. I have to say, I was scared - especially when the thunder roared across the sky and all around. I ... Read more >

Lots of climbing...

Fri, 5 Oct 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [808]

LOTS of climbing - up to 10.000 feet .....and cold enough to make me mad. BUT beautiful none the less. We camped in the woods near the summit, because we couldn't go on climbing any longer....somewhere between Chiltipec and Caotepec. And it rained too!!! ... Read more >

Jean - Claude

Fri, 5 Oct 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [959] | Comments [2]

Jean- Claude Masson Still in Valle de Bravo, we spend the night  in a hotel named "Beethoven" Not only drawn by the name, but also by the advertisement for a room for 180 pesos. That must have been only  one room he had for that price, ... Read more >

If you share a cookie....

Fri, 5 Oct 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [827]

....with a German in Mexico .... he most likely will ask you to join him for dinner in a swiss restaurant. Our road took us to Valle de Bravo. South of Mexico City a place where the weary, rich Mexicans from Mexico City take rest or a vacation ... Read more >

A bit from Morelia

Fri, 5 Oct 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [1085]

Morelia. It's been a while since I wrote and Morelia seems far away now ....I am writing this in a little camping area in Cacahuamilpa, but more about that later.... Moreala - high expectations. We were so pampered and it all spilled over to the ... Read more >

Photos: The Americas

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 | By yellowcap | Photo Gallery

Tacos and Beyond

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 | By yellowcap | Views [301]

It was more than 20 months ago that I first step over the Mexican border from Belize. I had spent the previous night on a beautiful, Belizean island. I caught the boat back to Belize City and then it was an interesting bus ride to the "... Read more >

Edible Insects in Mexico

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 | By jennyoc | Views [2056]

It was about six months ago now when I made one of my most exciting trips of my life: a 3 month volunteer programme in Mexico. This was such an important and exciting trip for me as I had wanted to visit Mexico ever since I could remember ... Read more >

Tags: cuisine, food, guerrero, insects, mexico, oaxaca

Tangamandapio 14th of September

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [2438]

Tangamandapio Seems like with the most complicated name, comes the most amazing invitation. We have left Guadalajara a few days ago....went to Chapala, stayed in Ajijic and started yesterday around the lake towards Morelia. So beautiful - the ... Read more >

Good times Chacala

Sat, 8 Sep 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [1795]

Good times in Chacala on Sunday and Monday Marina and Ernesto showed us their favorite place where they spend most of the winter every year. But getting out of P.Vallarta and heading north to Chacala we took the local bus, finding songs to sing in ... Read more >

Back home in G. and on to the next field trip

Sat, 8 Sep 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [4270]

Back in G on Tuesday the 28th - of course it felt like coming home! How serious were we to leave on our trip south? We had plenty to do for a few days and planned to leave by the weekend when our friendly couple Marina and Ernesto showed up Wednesday ... Read more >

Surly fast girl.

Sat, 8 Sep 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [1095]

Surly fast girl A "field" trip north of Guadalajara to a little chili village with a hot spring called Temacapulin. Bernardo from CC, James and I rode our bikes on the cuota (the toll highway where cyclists are not allowed - after all we ... Read more >

Tags: the village of temacapulin

the road/Chapala is calling

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [846]

It is important to get off the bike, get a brake from the road, connect with the same humans for more than a couple of hours, leave all your stuff in one place and not having to pack all the gear, clean your bike...clean yourself, mend and fix, eat ... Read more >

Baja - last past entry - Mulege

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [1378]

 Mulege on the 26th, sweet town, good place to sleep - we made it in the first part of the day by 42degrees C. A place to stay for a couple of nights -showering in the veggie garden between cucumbers and chilies and a place to recover again. Next:... Read more >

Tags: sunrise in mulege

Past entries - Baja - Santa Rosalia

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [1357]

So excited to see the Sea of Cortez and here we are on Monday the 25th of June. On our way to the east coast of Baja we "ran into" Erik  - the crazy dutch guy people have "warned" (not any crazier than some other people we know..... Read more >

Tags: meeting erik