12/02/09
Mexico
02/09/10
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I'm in Tijuana United States border, I came to buy a sleeping bag for low temperature, a tent 4 seasons among other things.
I got in touch with Crappybiker, partner of New Zealand to accompany me along many stretches of the route.
Finally after several days of rest in tijuana in Dante's house and be a good friend arranging the adventurous, this day we left the road, the first stop was a small restaurant for breakfast, we met the waitress there whom we wonder about the trip, which was very interested in it, to leave something funny happened to me there a couple in a car approached me to say he knew me and knew that I was to the world on two wheels and I wanted the best and took several photos of his car to my bike, then continue to the Valley of Guadalupe to know the most important wine house of Mexico (the cellars and vineyards of La Cetto), miles and miles of crops, we reached the site precisely because it tasted several wines, all very good taste, after taste so delicious wines rested a bit to continue our way around, hit us with its wonderful views, and rather tired went to seek lodging house where we would give we have started on the right foot, we arrived at the beach house of our friend Oscar R. who very kindly offered us the hospitality of his home, a beautiful house on the edge of the beach near the city of Ensenada in Baja California for more information about this can see the page in http://www.haciendapuntapiedra.com thank you very much tocayo.
After two days of rest in a beautiful house we continued our trip to Rosario, a village 250 km south of Ensenada, during our trip we had some wind from the Pacific Ocean that favored a very good temperature hovering between 22 at 27 degrees celsius, many sections of the road was under repair in which the dust filled our helmets conduction doing something complicated, we arrived at Rosario, we are staying in a hotel for a night which we paid 19 dlls. in a double room, we are getting ready for dinner and rest to continue our journey tomorrow. We leave the Rosario after having breakfast, we walked 550 kms a day of eight hours which left us exhausted, the temperature began to rise to 40 degrees, the spectators were out of an accident where a truck collided head on with another equal , evacuated after the road that we continue to enter an area Vizcaino Desert biodiversity amazing at all, after crossing it we had to stop at a convenience store to buy more water because we had not finished by the extreme heat we accompanied on the road, we reached Santa Rosalia in Baja California Sur for the night, after all our luggage down to dinner and decided to go for a beer to talk about the day, which was excellent and we took many pictures and some video, at the end we went to rest at the hotel which is located near the center of the city We raised a little late, fatigue has been noted, we talked in some stretches a few kilometers but we felt that day tired with more mileage on the route. After finishing the breakfast back to the hotel to charge the bikes and continue our journey to Loreto Bay a place that captivates you by the calm waters, Loreto is a quiet tourist town because for many years was the capital of the Californias , there were many people, it is worth mentioning that this is not tourist season. A few kilometers before reaching temperatures were felt above 40 degrees, we arrived very tired and decided to go eat after a walk through the center of the city to continue with a break. The next day we left a little earlier than usual because we had talked about the heat that is felt so try to avoid rolling earlier, Ligüi cross slope, an area famous in the area by the number of accidents has been for its scores of curves go up and downs that make driving dangerous, crossing the valley of Comondu to reach peace where almost coming, Damon he got a fly in my ear when we had to go to the doctor to be the taken out by eye movement who felt the same, after leaving the doctor and not just a shock move came as every bit the fly that a quite large we decided to eat some seafood and cool with a hibiscus lemonade typical of the establishment we, here we spend the Independence Day of Mexico. We spent a fun day in La Paz in the company of friends, two days after the proclamation of independence we visited Cabo San Lucas, the last city but south of the peninsula, we play a lot of rain and the approaching Tropical Storm Georgette thank God a lot of water left only benefit the state and it never rains, the hotel knew that many people visit California for the relationship you have with the known composition of the group Eagles. After several days of distraction in peace at last take the ferry to take us to the port of Mazatlan, was a day of farewell to friends and my family in particular where they could not miss an occasional tear for the feelings to the surface. We arrived in Mazatlan, where breakfast and continued our trip to Jalisco Tequila, where we spent the evening and taste some tequilas in the company of a rock band, the next day I continue to Guadalajara where I would be four days in the company of my friends work and where you would do mechanical service to the motorcycle as walking failing. Has left the service and in the stretch to Leon in the state of Guanajuato continuous failures to fix it soon I hope. I woke up early in Leon Guanajuato to travel towards the city, a beautiful city where colonial style was the cradle of the independence of Mexico after traveling went out due to Morelia in Michoacan state to meet and spend the night in Luis house a motorcyclist who offered me lodging, coming home to his family received me with great enthusiasm, after taking a well deserved swim went to dinner at one of her sisters where we prepare a very good green pozole, the next day Morelia typical breakfast food, then continue my trip to Mexico Toluca crossing and arriving in the west of the capital, where my first stop was the workshop bmw mechanic to check the fault that had the adventurous, being now if ready to continue where the clogged filter caused the gasoline, then called my friend Edwin who lives in Mexico City to spend the night at his apartment where he lives with his family.I spent a couple of days resting and living in Mexico with the family of Edwin where we went to several places to eat and enjoy the city. Today I got up early to get my bike ready to go to Orizaba where I'll meet with Gustavo http://xloscaminosdelsur.wordpress.com Argentina who accompany me as my colleague from New Zealand took different direction to mine, come to Orizaba and knowledge to the group of motorcyclists Touregs of Puebla a very happy group, exchanging ideas with them the trip was listening to advice and anecdotes from other colleagues who have made trips to South America. It's Sunday morning and we left towards Orizaba Villahermosa Tuxtepec having to go up in the state of Oaxaca as all roads are jammed by the passage of Hurricane Karl that swept away many villages in southeast Mexico, was a trip 10 hours to travel 400 km from long lines of cars and trucks waiting their turn to move to the southeast. We are in Coatzacoalcos Veracruz spend the night here, to get cross a mile of water on the road as it was overflowing the dam which is located beside the road. The day we left at noon today after a short break we drive a couple hundred e km but we felt tired from the day before we got to Villahermosa in Tabasco state where we went to eat some seafood and then we met with a group of motorcyclists who spent the afternoon talking about the trip, then went to Peter's house who invited us to sleep and a place to leave our bikes. We have emerged from Villahermosa to Ciudad del Carmen to visit my friend Oscar, who lent me the same house in Ensenada in Baja California Sur, I feel at home the truth, the way they looked for places flooded by the rains that have plagued the southeast of the country. After several days of rest in Ciudad del Carmen went to visit the ruins of Calakmul in the state of 400 kilometers a day where we saw a lot of vegetation and reaching the ruins are pheasants, monkeys, boar and coatis. The ruins are at the core of the biosphere Calakmu a 60 km rural road where a car can travel alone, is why it makes your visit more interesting because of the difficult access to these, after finishing the visit continue to the village Xpujil where we sleep. The next day we headed for Merida in the Yucatan state, through the ruins of Uxmal and Kabah slightly smaller in area than those of a previous day but with the same beauty of the pyramids and surrounding areas. We are in Merida a quiet town with architecture dating back several centuries ago, but old buildings with a facade that few cities in Mexico can boast, we have attended plays, we visited the center, its churches and of course could not miss the enjoy your meal, certainly a highly recommended city to visit. I'm waiting for waterproof boots since they are not quite bring a rain, so we will be in white to receive the package Merida.While we wait for the city met in Merida, a city steeped in history, attended the theater festival of international choirs, the next day we visited the cenotes in Cuzama a village an hour from the capital of Yucatan, certainly a place to visit for the natural beauty of the cenotes makes a magical place. We come to Tulum where it will be our home for 3 days, we put our tents beside the sea, a beautiful place with calm waters, many people enjoy them. Today I went to the Tulum ruins could not miss the unique opportunity to visit the ruins of the Mayan culture that settled along the sea, arriving just had no words to describe what he was seeing a very beautiful place where buildings left you stunned, then return to camp to wait for my companion who had gone to another town to do some paperwork to the bank, we spent the afternoon at the beach enjoying the ocean, play beach soccer with the fishermen of the region , it is night right now and prepare myself to sleep. After several days of rest in Tulum to Chetumal city we would be crossing the border to the country of Belize. Thanks to my home country and all its people for making our trip great.