I’m now in Merida, Yukatan, melting in the midday sun, and still playing catchup on the blog. I’ll get there… In the meantime, here’s some thoughts on San Cristobal…
Perched at a lofty 2100m amongst the pine forests of the …
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After what has turned out to be an incredible coastal ride from Michoacan, following the tortuously windy Pacific coastline across Guerrero and Oaxaca, it’s now time to head back into the mountains once more… …
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Mexico’s Pacific beaches sure are hard to beat…
With this in mind, I’ve been keeping to the coastal Route 200 to eek out my beachtime, before I leave Oaxaca’s …
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I’ve been slacking on the blog front recently. I’m now in San Christobal de las Casas, Chiapas, so this is the first of a long overdue series of catchup …
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As much as they may enjoy reading about this bike trip, I don’t expect my non-cycling friends and family who dip into this blog will have felt much …
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After some eight months of mountain toil, across the Rockies and the Sierra Madre, I’ve finally reached the warmer climes of Mexico’s coast. And it hasn´t been an easy journey getting here. Sure enough, the ride to the Pacific involved …
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I’m now headed for the coast, and have stopped off along the way in Guadalajara, Mexico’s second largest city. We’re not down to three riders – Anna has set off towards Puebla to work with a street kid foundation, linked …
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I’m now heading onwards to Guadalajara, the second biggest city in Mexico – known for its liberal tendencies and colonial splendour.
In the meantime, I’ve expanded a little on the ride from Durango to Zacatecas, as it proved to be …
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It’s great to have finally hit Central Mexico. Zacatecas, the capital of the state of the same name, might just be my favourite place in Mexico so far. Despite the development around it, the city itself oozes character, and feels …
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Today I: went for a stunning ride in the desert that spills out around Zacatecas, an open and heat parched land, pocked with gold and silver and copper mines. I rode with Carlos and his friends, through colonies of bony-fingered …
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