Destination: Mexico

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 [2744] | 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 [1387] | 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 [1992] | 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 [1046] | 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 >

Mexico - What Mayan Ruin is Best for Me? and other stories

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 | By elis82 | Views [2152]

The last couple of weeks have been spent on the Yucatan Peninsula and Chiapas regions of southern Mexico. These areas are famous for beaches (especially Cancun), Mayan ruins, cave diving, being hot and old Spanish settlements. Our travels took us from ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, cenotes, mexico, ruins

Photos: Mexico - the Yucatan Peninsula and Chiapas

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery

Tags: beaches, mexico, ruins

Weeks five and six: Southern Baja

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [1685] | Comments [7]

In terms of events, the past two weeks have been unremarkable. Life on the road has been [pleasantly] tame and peaceful. Charlie got a flat in Loreto, Tom had to repair a broken clutch cable on the road, and Charlie had to buy a new helmet after losing ... Read more >

Photos: Weeks five and six: Southern Baja

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery

Weeks three and four: Too much adventure in Northern Baja

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [1798] | Comments [4]

Week four: Adventures in Northern Baja I did not expect the last week to be what it was. After all, I spent it traveling with other people, male people! Things were supposed to coast, at least for a few days. There is no coasting with these guys. Throttle ... Read more >

Photos: Week four: Too much adventure in Northern Baja

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery

Weeks two and three: Travel Guide to San Felipe

Thu, 7 Apr 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [1312] | Comments [2]

Location and orientation: The main street into town, Chemaul, intersects with another main street just before the malecon [definition: the street that runs along the shore; where to go to get pestered by hawkers of silver, sombreros, sunglasses and ... Read more >