Destination: Mexico

Photos: The walls

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 | By costachica | Flickr Photo Gallery

Documentary Scholarship 2011 entry Mexico

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 | By blindspot | Views [438] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Greetings, I am a student at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, in the career of visual communication, I'm involved in a organization that is  starting and experimenting with the creation and dissemination of video documentaries with ... Read more >

Tags: #2011video, faith, life, local encounters, mexico, nature, people, travel documentary scholarship 2011

Photos: Analog sound

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 | By costachica | Flickr Photo Gallery

Week 11: Oaxaca and the road to Chiapas

Fri, 3 Jun 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [13048] | Comments [2]

What can I say, Oaxaca was all it was rumored to be. The city had an entrancing combination of lovely people, thriving markets, lively bars, delicious food, and a chilled out feel. I caught it at an unusual time, when droves of teachers on strike held ... Read more >

Photos: Weeks 11: Oaxaca and the road to Chiapas

Fri, 3 Jun 2011 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery

Attack of the Killer Bees

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 | By mdcamps | Views [746]

Caution: If you over worry about things you cannot control or are squeamish about bees; read no further. If you are still reading, you should know that I am perfectly fine and healthy; breathing air and full of energy. But that is all after I ... Read more >

Tags: beach, bees, mexico

Excessive crankcase pressure

Mon, 30 May 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [2418] | Comments [1]

Since this is a blog about motorcycle travel, I'll go ahead and post this little blurb on fixing a small (getting worse) problem my bike was having. Back story on the bike: bought it from a guy in Colorado who only ever used it for commuting, changed ... Read more >

Photos: Week 10: Over the Mountains and Through the Woods

Thu, 26 May 2011 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery

Week 10: Over the Mountains and Thru the Woods

Tue, 24 May 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [2675] | Comments [8]

I write this from the chemical-choked courtyard of the local hostel here in Morelia, but my mind and heart are still 100 km west of here, where I got the chance to explore the mountains and pine forests of the Western Central Highlands for the past ... Read more >

Weeks 9 and 10: R&R in Guadalajara

Sat, 21 May 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [1304] | Comments [3]

When I last wrote, I was newly arrived in Sayulita after both Chalie and I had back-to-back crashes the preceding days. After a couple of days in Sayulita, the pain in my shoulder had intensified. That is to say, the broad, aching pain eased and was ... Read more >

Photos: Week 9: Healing in Guadalajara

Wed, 18 May 2011 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Week eight: the Sierra Madre

Tue, 10 May 2011 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery

Week eight: Durango

Tue, 10 May 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [1939] | Comments [4]

The first time I heard the Spanish word "narcofosa", I was reading a Mexican newspaper in a cafe in La Paz, Baja Sur. Without knowing that key term, the rest of the article didn't make much sense, but I understood that it involved bodies and ... Read more >

Photos: Week seven: Mazatlan to Durango

Wed, 4 May 2011 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery

Two months in the saddle

Mon, 2 May 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [995] | Comments [2]

As I write this, the moon is rising over the end of day fifty-two. Fifty-two days I’ve been doing this? It doesn’t seem like that long, when I think about it. But then I look at the map, and that long red line leading from Albuquerque, New Mexico, ... Read more >