Go to Mexico, seriously!
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Palenque. Patrick, my swiss rider buddy, hops on his bike to head towards the Yucatan. I’m staying back, on my own again. I found some 10W-40 motorcycle…
Steps of Water, Steps of Gods
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From San Cristobal de las Casas I headed to Palenque together with Patrick, another swiss rider. Palenque are some of the most popular and most beautiful ruins…
Smoking Tyres, Smoking Mountain
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Popocatépetl, with 5426m asl it’s Mexico’s second highest peak. But located just in between Mexico City and Puebla, it certainly is the most…
Return of the Dead
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Dia de los muertos, the day of the dead, is like national celebration days, held from October 31 till November 2nd. However people start way earlier to…
American Colony in the Heart of Mexico
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I arrive later than I thought in San Miguel de Allende. Fortunately I already have a place to stay set up. I got in touch with Mike, an american who himself…
Of Maps, Dirtroads and Mining
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I open my OSM maps and see that great winding road going through the mountains in a rather direct fashion from Guanajuato to San Miguel de Allende. It says it…
Guanajuato
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So I am safely "delivered" by my biker friends in Guanajuato. Gunajajuato is a UNESCO world heritage site in the middle of the mountains squeezed in between…
Arrieros somos – y en camino andamos
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el arriero, la arriera masculine or feminine noun 1 (occupation) a. muleteer El arriero montó las bolsas de trigo en el caballo de carga.The muleteer loaded…
Siestas and Fiestas
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For us europeans we have always referred to Mexico by using the words Siesta and Fiesta a lot. Typically when we think of Siesta we have the picture of a…
Guadalajara – a Small Mexican Town?
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As I enter Guadalajara I have Rodrigo's words in my head: "It's a small city anyways". But lanesplitting my way in between cars and on the dirt shoulder…