Archive for January, 2010
South from Tampico to Papantla
We’re preparing our post from a little coffee shop below the Cathedral off the main square in Papantla. We arrived here a couple days ago after riding four days and 250+ kilometers from Tampico. Tomorrow will be our 20th day in Mexico, it’s amazing how fast it goes. Here’s a recap of our travels from [...]
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Tags: Mexico, Veracruz
Ciudad Victoria was a great place to rest up. The guide book that we have by Rough Guides gave the city a weak review but we think it deserved a bit more credit. It’s a clean city, full of friendly faces, with ample hotels and a decent market. Most larger cities have a market that [...]
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Tags: Mexico, Tamaulipas
First week in Tamaulipas, Mexico
Monday marks one week in Mexico, our visas dictate that we have 173 days left. At the rate we’re going we may need all of them. We ended up staying another night in Texas to calm our nerves and to really get our act together. Crossing the border felt so daunting and scary, we needed [...]
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San Fernando, Mexico
¡Hola a todos! We are sitting in a small internet cafe in the town of San Fernando in the state of Tamaulipas. We’ve traveled about 160km from the bordertown of Nuevo Progreso. It´s nice to be getting farther from the border, it was a little sketchy up there. We’re doing great. We stealth camped these [...]
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Mexico Looms…
Today we’ll cross the International Bridge into Mexico! It’s been a slow journey but we’re finally here. We’re ready, excited, and nervous all at the same time! We spent some time working on the website yesterday. We finally figured out how to connect our Spot Tracker GPS device to a map on the right hand [...]
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Stats to date
Departure date: September 6, 2009 Miles pedaled: 2,579 Actual day of riding: 77 Number of flat tires: 2 and they just happened to Debi’s rear wheel in the last week Days using mass transit (NYC, DC, Asheville): 20 Ferry rides: 4 Car rides that helped us on our way: 6, thanks to Chris+Bill, Keri+Ira, Donna, [...]
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Texas New Year
We have some catching up to do with all that we’ve done since we left Austin on Monday December 28th. It’s been an interesting ride, here’s the details: We rode 72 miles from Austin to Palmetto State Park in Luling, Texas the first day back on the road. We just made it to the park [...]
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Texas Shore
Happy 2010 everyone! We are about to spend the next few days camping on the beach at Padre Island National Seashore. We spent last night at Mustang Island State Park. We’ll be back online late this week and we’ll be able to share with you our adventures since Austin. In the meantime I hope you’re [...]
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Tags: Texas
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