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Day 32 - Gucumatz to Coban

Day 32 - Gucumatz to Coban

LONG day! Woke up really early to patch Marc’s tire - went pretty smoothly - we found the puncture and patched it with a little help from Eduardo, Moira’s helper - and then we hit the road. The su...

Day 31 - update

Eventful night! While we were taking the showers and getting ready to go back to La Plancha a light rain turned the roads into soap. In the first 10 meters of road Marc slid off to the side. I turned ...

Day 31 - La Plancha to Tikal and back to Gucumatz

Day 31 - La Plancha to Tikal and back to Gucumatz

Quick post today - writting from my iphone - photos and videos tomorrow night maybe :) Had a great breakfast at the hotel (La Lancha, Jobompiche) and waited a little for the rain to subdue. Rode to Ti...

Day 30 - Belize City to La Lancha (Jobompiche)

Day 30 - Belize City to La Lancha (Jobompiche)

Mood swing day for me. The weather was not nice so we decided to skip the Cayes and head out of Belize into Guatemala. As I was getting my bike off the center stand I dropped it and the helmet fell on...

Marc's bike wash - new photos

Marc's bike wash - new photos

Ari, who we met in La Paz and rode with for a couple of days has posted some photos of Marc washing his bike :) You can see the rescue operation. From Motorcycle NY to SP ...

Day 29 - Chetumal to Belize City

Day 29 - Chetumal to Belize City

So we crossed Mexico!! The border crossing wasn’t that bad after all - a few procedures though: 1. Pay a fee for having stayed longer than 7 days in Mexico 1a - Get cash at an ATM to pay the fee 2. ...

Day 28 - Palenque to Chetumal

Day 28 - Palenque to Chetumal

We saw the our first Mayan ruins today! Very impressive in terms of size and how intricate the cities were - several buildings with many divisions within. We ran into two other motorcyclists from Texa...

Phrase of the Day

“Trajen perico?” (Are you bringing any cocaine?) asked the Military officer ”Que es perico?” I innocently replied knowing what he meant… He then proceeded to walk around our bikes with a dev...