Although Maya Pedal is run by the inimitable Carlos, it is also made up of a crew of continually changing volunteers, all of whom dwell in shared rooms above the workshop. Volunteers come and go over the year, staying from …
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A few readers of this blog have emailed to ask more about the cool and funky Bicilicuadora – the bicycle-smoothie-making device – at Maya Pedal. Here’s a few close up pictures to explain it in a little more detail, should …
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On Thursday, the crew from Maya Pedal piled into Carlos’s ageing Toyota pickup and took to the dirt roads that corkscrew their way up and down this rugged countryside. After a month in the …
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Having been at Maya Pedal for a few weeks, it was time I took a break and found my cycling legs again…
From San Andres de Izatapa, it’s a tough but beautiful day ride …
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This last week, I´ve been holed up in San Andres de Iztapa, cobbling together old bikes donated from the US for the bike NGO Maya Pedal. I´ll be here for a couple more weeks at least, sanding down old …
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While riding from Flores to Carmelita, I chanced apon a decent bike store in the neighbouring settlement of San Benito. Lurking in the grungy workshop of Chily Wily’s, amongst the cheap and cheerful Guatemala-made …
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While I’m taking things easy in the aftermath of my bronchitis, I figured I’d bike up to Carmelita and try continuing onto El Mirador for the full moon, with fellow traveller Katherine. Needless to say, it was a good lesson …
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While I’m getting over my bronchitis, I took the opportunity to hop on a ‘chicken bus’ (so named, as chances are someone is clutching a chicken or two under their arm) and …
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I’m now in Flores, Northern Guatemala. Somehow I’ve managed to pick up a muscle strain in my chest over the last week, which is making deep inhalations painful. And that persistent cough that …
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