Welcome to Guadalajara
January 21, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Our entrance to Guadalajara was unpleasant to say the least. As we got closer to the city more and more highways merged until it felt like one big stream of cars, trucks and buses flowing into theRead more
Lunch in the Hills
January 23, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We arrived in Mazamitla around 11:30 pm, far past our bedtime (!), and met Jovanna and Carlos Eugene, Michel and Janette's friends who have been renting a place in the small mountain town. After aRead more
Tastes of Mazamitla
January 24, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We spent our second day in Mazamitla similarly to the first - wandering and sampling. We started with a scenic drive to explore the surrounding valleys, then walked around this Pueblo Magico (MagicRead more
Exploring the City with Friends
January 25, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Back in Guadalajara we met up with Helene and Francois, who have also ridden from Whitehorse, and spent the day touring the many historic sites of the city and taking another walk through the crazyRead more
Back on the Bikes
January 26, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
It is always fun to ride with other cyclists so we were happy to start the next leg of our trip out of Guadalajara with Helene and Francois. We got a respectably early start after a quick good-byeRead more
Mexico Keeps Getting Better
January 26, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We rolled over 100 km on a beautiful rail trail through Atotonilco En Alto that made us feel like we were back in a bike-oriented Canadian city. We asked to camp at a soccer field and a municipalRead more
Tequilla!
January 27, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Having heard there were some big climbs in our future we got another early start the next morning. We rode past miles of picturesque tequilla farms, sugar cane stands on the side of the road, andRead more
Cold Ride to Guanajuato
January 28, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
We camped in the tiny village of San Jose de Los Sauces after a bigger day than anticipated, and had another chilly morning ride the next day - the first time in months that Karl rode with more than aRead more
Touring Guanajuato
January 28, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Entering Guanajuato was a confusing affair - it's hard to make sense of the city even with a map, as there are circular roads winding up the hillsides, many narrow alleyways that end in stairs andRead more
Above and Below
January 29, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We took a rest day in Guanajuato, and continued our wandering through the streets and squares of the historic city. It's amazing to see churches dating back as far as the 17th century and imagine howRead more
Awesome Ride to Dolores Hidalgo
January 30, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
We planned to ride to Dolores Hidalgo, since Holly wanted to see the famous ceramics of the region, but later thought of skipping it given the 900 m of elevation we'd have to climb on the road betweenRead more
Hotsprings!
January 30, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
It has been fun to keep in touch with the many other cycle tourists we have met on the road, and especially useful for sharing information about places to see and things to do. Our Austrian friendRead more
San Miguel de Allende
January 31, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
A short morning ride took us into the beautiful city of San Miguel de Allende. As with most other Pueblo Magico's we have visited, the cobble streets were far from bicycle friendly so we stashed ourRead more
Pilgrims, Cheese, Fire and Food
February 1, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We spent the last night of January with yet another amazingly welcoming Mexican family in the tiny town of Tierra Blanca. After clearing a space in their yard for our tents, they brought us a tableRead more
Around the Mountain
February 2, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
In an effort to avoid the busy highways that feed into Mexico City we took a hilly route through some Baja-esque desert landscapes to Huichapan and then spiralled around an old volcano up to 2500 mRead more
A Pyramid in Tula & More to Come
February 3, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We stopped at the archeological site in Tula de Allende for our first introduction to pre-Aztec pyramids and the impressive stonework associated with them - at this site large warrier statues, likelyRead more
Teotihuacan
February 4, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
We arrived at Teotihuacan at 9 am on a chilly morning and got some exercise climbing the massive Pyramid of the Sun and huge steps of the Pyramid of the Moon for views that would be far moreRead more
Fiesta at la Presidencia
February 4, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We had lunch at the pyramids and then cruised to Texcoco, before climbing 650 m to 2896 m, the highest elevation we have ridden to on this trip. We descended ~10 km to San Felipe Sultepec, where weRead more
Welcome to Puebla
February 5, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We expected an easy ride to Puebla as we had ~500 m of elevation to drop over a distance we thought would be about 90 km. However the road rolled up and down and made us feel like we were hardlyRead more
Cholula and Family Time
February 6, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
The next morning Omar disappeared with Karl's (re)broken front rack, had it repaired within half an hour, and refused to let us pay for the repair, before we'd even made a plan for the day. After aRead more
Puebla to Tecamachalco
February 7, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Omar and his family were so welcoming that it felt wrong to leave so soon, but we were all eager to make it to Oaxaca so after heartfelt goodbyes we set off once again. A short day got us toRead more
To Tehuacan and Beyond
February 8, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We hit the Monday morning meat market rush as we left town the next morning. We were passed by hundreds of trucks of all sizes bringing animals to auction. One of the more impressive loads we passedRead more
Riding by Rio Grande
February 9, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
We chose to ride the 135 libre to Oaxaca because it was slightly shorter and seemed like it had less up and down than the 125; instead it had one long decent to 540 m before one massive climb to 2300Read more
So Much Up!
February 10, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
We had our first true "wild camp" in mainland Mexico beside a mango orchard on the banks of the Rio Grande at ~650 m, and from there began the biggest one-day climb any of us have done so far on thisRead more
First Tastes of Oaxaca
February 11, 2016 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
After a relaxing stay at the church in San Francisco Telixtlahuaca we pedalled the 35 km remaining to Oaxaca. We grabbed some groceries, then scouted the cobblestone streets of downtown Oaxaca for aRead more














































































































































