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Peregrinations Mexico and Central America on Motorcycle: Open road, open heart, open mind.

Photos: Weeks 12 and 13: Welcome to Guatemala!

GUATEMALA | Tuesday, 14 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery

Palenque, border crossing, Tikal, Mirador and Flores
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Week 11: Oaxaca and the road to Chiapas

MEXICO | Friday, 3 Jun 2011 | Views [13052] | 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

MEXICO | Friday, 3 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery

Oaxaca and the road to Chiapas
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Excessive crankcase pressure

MEXICO | Monday, 30 May 2011 | Views [2419] | 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

MEXICO | Thursday, 26 May 2011 | Photo Gallery

Mazamitla, Uruapan, and Morelia
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Week 10: Over the Mountains and Thru the Woods

MEXICO | Tuesday, 24 May 2011 | Views [2678] | 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

MEXICO | Saturday, 21 May 2011 | Views [1307] | 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

MEXICO | Wednesday, 18 May 2011 | Photo Gallery

R&R for a busted shoulder, plus sight seeing and lucha libre!
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Photos: Week eight: the Sierra Madre

MEXICO | Tuesday, 10 May 2011 | Photo Gallery

Excursions in the mountains
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Week eight: The Sierra Madre

USA | Tuesday, 10 May 2011 | Views [2246] | Comments [2]

While Charlie and I were in Durango, a fellow ADVrider looked us up. Stephen has lived in the city for four years with his wife and two children, while working for a silver and gold mining corporation. On the weekends, he gets out and rides, and he passed ... Read more >


Week eight: Durango

MEXICO | Tuesday, 10 May 2011 | Views [1941] | 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

MEXICO | Wednesday, 4 May 2011 | Photo Gallery

Moto expo, Devil's Backbone
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Two months in the saddle

MEXICO | Monday, 2 May 2011 | Views [997] | 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 >


Weeks five and six: Southern Baja

MEXICO | Sunday, 24 Apr 2011 | Views [1634] | 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

MEXICO | Saturday, 23 Apr 2011 | Photo Gallery

San Ignacio thru La Ventana
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Weeks three and four: Too much adventure in Northern Baja

MEXICO | Thursday, 14 Apr 2011 | Views [1749] | 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

MEXICO | Wednesday, 13 Apr 2011 | Photo Gallery

Ensenada, Rasoario, and two crashes
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Weeks two and three: Travel Guide to San Felipe

MEXICO | Thursday, 7 Apr 2011 | Views [1223] | 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 >


Photos: Weeks 2 and 3: San Felipe, Baja California Norte

MEXICO | Sunday, 3 Apr 2011 | Photo Gallery

Weeks 2 and 3: San Felipe, Baja California Norte
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Photos: Week one: Albuquerque to San Felipe

USA | Wednesday, 23 Mar 2011 | Photo Gallery

Albuquerque, Silver City, Tucson, nothern Baja, San Felipe
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