Posts from October 2008

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...

Day 27 - Tuxla Gutierrez to Palenque

Wow - what a day!! The morning ride from Tuxla to San Cristobal de las Casas was amazingly beautiful - the temperature dropped quite a bit - felt very very nice. The road was excellent and San Cristob...

Blog procedure

As Marc pointed out it is sometimes hard to follow which videos the blog postings are referring to so from now on I will be posting text and then when I get the video up I will add it to the same post...

Phrase of the day

“The power of the sun!” Drying up our gear like magic! We left the gear out all night and they were still wet this morning. Now with half hour of sun they are almost dry! ...

Day 26 - Huatulco to Tuxla Gutierrez

Great day of riding - for me at least - Marc was tired and didn’t seem to enjoy it as much as I did… The twisty roads were many… the cross winds were CRAZY! Took tons of videos but the internet ...