Posts Tagged ‘Mexico’
Cozumel
We woke up Playa Del Carmen at our hotel and separated our gear. We decided to store about half of our stuff at the hotel and ride as lightly as possible over to and around Cozumel. We are excited to travel lighter and hopefully see and bike more. Just a few minutes from our hotel [...]
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Tags: Cozumel, Mexico, Quintana Roo
The road to Playa del Carmen
OK. we haven’t posted in a while so we will have to catch everyone up a bit. We left Tulum early and got back out on the highway and continued our ride north toward Play Del Carmen. We planned to go about 40 km’s to the small seaside community of Akumal. The seaside area of [...]
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Tags: Mexico, Quintana Roo
To Tulum [too-loom]
We have a few posts to get us up to date with our travels. We are currently in Brooklyn, NYC. Rest, delicious food, and transitioning back into American culture are in order. On Wednesday June 2nd, we woke super early in our little oasis in Bacalar in an effort to beat the blazing sun. We [...]
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Tags: Mexico, Quintana Roo
Bacalar
So, we left Chetumal after a quick good-bye to our touring friends Cass and Roman. Best of luck on your south bound journeys. It was great talking to you both – you both are an inspiration! Our ride from Chetumal was uneventful, rather flat and quite hot by mid morning. We rode 40 km’s in [...]
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Tags: Mexico, Quintana Roo
Deep in the Yucatan
We rose at 5 am to beat the heat and to try to get some distance in before the sun zapped us. We rode out of town, bought some fruit and corn tortillas (truly staples for us). We rode past small shacks full of fresh-cut pork. Dogs chased us and men whistled at Debi while [...]
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Tags: Campeche, Mexico
Misol Ha to Palenque
Biking through the hot steamy jungle in Chiapas would not be complete without stopping at Misol ha for a swim. Our friends in San Cristobal recommended this spot over Agua Azul in the hopes that we would see less crowds and vendors. The road from Ocosingo was pretty tight and hilly and we wound up [...]
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Tags: Chiapas, Mexico
On Wednesday we had a great send off from San Cristobal. Our friends John, Jaime, and Barbara offered to give us a ride a bit out of town through some heavy construction. It was great spending time with all of them, we had gone to Guatemala with John; Barbara and Jaime are our amigos that we met [...]
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Tags: Chiapas, Mexico
Lago de Atitlan, Guatemala
We took a quick trip to Guatemala. We spent 5 days on Lake Atitlan and it was just breathtaking!
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Tags: Chiapas, Guatemala, Mexico
San Cristobal de las Casas
It’s another gorgeous sunny day in the mountains. We are packing up to leave our hotel in the historic district of San Cristobal de las Casas this morning and heading over to a campground in town where we’ll stay for another day or two. The change of climate from the Pacific coast in Oaxaca to [...]
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Tags: Chiapas, Mexico
What’s going on?
Today is a waiting game. We are taking a red-eye bus tonight from 8pm-8am to get to San Cristobal de las Casas in the state of Chiapas. Our bikes are going to once again become our moda de travel as we embark on another small journey. The next month will be spent pedaling through the [...]
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Tags: Chiapas, Mexico, Oaxaca
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