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I left Comitan, Chiapas, where I spent my last night in Mexico and began a long descent into a valley.  At the bottom there was lots of agriculture and a few irrigation canals with rather clean looking water, even kids swimming.  It was hot and I was tempted to go swimming, but I wanted to [...]

I got to Mexico over four months ago, but have been off of the bike for at least two of those months. A week in the Copper Canyons, a couple days in Mazatlan, 3 and a half weeks in Mexico City and Veracruz, 10 days in Guadalajara, a week in Morelia, a week in Cholula, [...]

All throughout the night I could hear the wind, it was to the point where I closed the windows so the curtains would stop flapping about.  I got up this morning not quite enthusiastic about leaving, but didn’t really want to take a day off yet. The first 10 miles were difficult, but doable.  I [...]

Its been many weeks since my last update, but I hope you’ve been checking in once in a while to see my progress on the map and my Twitter updates which show up in the right column on the homepage. Thank you all for the birthday messages! I have fond memories of birthdays in years [...]

[HID stands for Hidalgo, the 7th Mexican state on bike.  Maybe I should just spell states out, especially if I may only be writing one post from them?] Today was a day of contrasts.  I left Atlacomluco with an idea that it was going to be hectic.  I had spend time online looking for information [...]

[MEX stands for Estado de Mexico, or the State of Mexico.  For clarification on the difference between Mexico City, the State of Mexico and the Federal District (the country of Mexico's capital), click here]. I set out today from the old cobblestoned town of Tlalpujahua, famous for its nearby mine that operated for many centuries. [...]