On Friday morning, we left San Ignacio and headed to the Guatemalan border with team Notier’s Frontiers. The crossing was fast and easy for team Riding Around the World as we had made photocopies of all our documents beforehand. I had actually copied the wrong page of Phil’s International driver’s license (oops!), but the border […]
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Day 144: The Pink Lakes of Las Coloradas
Day 120: Cruising Through the Sumidero Canyon
On Monday, November 20, we went to explore the Sumidero Canyon, which is located just North of Tuxtla Gutiérrez and was about a 20-minute ride from our accommodation. The creation of the canyon began around the same time as the Grand Canyon by a crack in the area’s crust and subsequent erosion by the Grijalva River […]
Day 76: The Pyramids at Teotihuacán
On the morning of Saturday, October 7, we headed to Teotihuacán with our new friend and fellow Canadian biker, Simon, to see the pyramids. The origin of the city’s founders is uncertain; however, what is known is that the area was a large urban center around 1,000 years before the Aztecs, and the city was already […]
Day 27: Thursday, Nov. 17 – Perry to Panama City Beach, FL
Day 25: Tuesday, Nov. 15 – Homestead to Fort Myers, FL
3h55 would be the duration of this day’s trip if I didn’t stop, but I stopped a few times during the day, as usual. The road for that trip went through the Everglades, a wild region covered with swamps where several touristic stops offer airboat excursions over the swamps. I hesitated but decided not to do these, […]