Monday, December 15 With our hearts still in Chiapas, we made our way south to our border crossing with Guatemala. We had wanted to go north to visit Palenque, and then complete a loop through the Chiapas highland forests along the border with Guatemala. This area is the home of the Lacadon Mayans and reputed […]
Sunday, December 14 San Cristobal de Las Cases is the geographic center of the state of Chiapas, and is an enchanting colonial city surrounded by indigenous villages with the largest Maya population in Mexico. The city holds plenty of colonial churches, colorful buildings with ornate metal and wood latticework, and a great number of cafes, […]
Saturday, December 13 We made an effort to get an early start in order to maximize our time in Chiapas. As we had our morning coffee and pastries, the wind gusted strongly through town. We had hoped the wind would have died down by the morning, and the ride through the wind farm was on […]
Friday, December 12 It took until Friday to finally tear ourselves out of our comfortable nest in Oaxaca. One of the reasons for our lingering in Oaxaca was our attempt to receive a DHL package from the states. Inna’s Starcom headset had died one speaker at a time prior to our arrival in Oaxaca and […]
December 7 – 12 We both were looking forward to visiting Oaxaca, our first real colonial city in Mexico. In fact, we had such a great time living the city life, that we ended up staying for five days, much longer than anticipated. We settled in a charming Casa Gigi, a good value bed and […]
Saturday, December 6th We knew we had a big day ahead of us, so we arose earlier than normal and really tightened up our morning routine. We knew it would be a long ride through the mountains, and we wanted to be sure to arrive in Oaxaca before dark. An early starts takes the hurry […]
Friday, December 5 After our two days of relaxation in Acapulco, it was time to get back to the task of riding south. Our plan was to get to Oaxaca in two days, with the stop over night being in the town of Puerto Escondido. It was very much a business day of riding for […]
Wednesday and Thursday, December 3 and 4 We got up early, had a morning swim in the ocean to compensate for the short-lived beach experience the day before, and were on the road by 10:30 am. We didn’t have a long way to go to Acapulco, but we knew we had to stop somewhere to […]
Tuesday, December 2 We decided to have a leisurely morning in Caleta De Campos before moving on to Barra el Potosi which was the beach town we were really looking forward to based on the description from the book. We had breakfast in town and tried for the first time a traditional Mexican drink called […]
Monday, December 1 2008 We didn’t waste any time getting on the road this morning. Once we were past the city of Tecomán and the major highway that led to the city of Guadalajara, the traffic disappeared and we had the road to ourselves. After so much time behind trucks and driving over topes, it […]