“Are you sad?”, “Are you excited?” “Do you feel anything?” These were some of the questions friends and family repeatedly ask me in the past few weeks prior to flying out on this journey through Europe. They would tell me I didn’t display any emotion, I didn’t seem excited, nervous, anxious, or anything. They were […]
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Nevado de Toluca: A cold ride up the volcano
November 8th, 2014 Toluca, Mexico “I knew I could ride my motorcycle to the top of the volcano!” I told myself in a disappointed manner as I saw several other motorcyclists off-roading to the lagoons at the top of the Nevado de Toluca in the state of Mexico. I had to park my motorcycle and […]
Guanajuato: Day of the Dead
November 1st, 2014 – November 3rd, 2014 ($1,030 mxn) Leon – Guanajuato (290 km) “Can you help me bring my motorcycle inside the lobby?” I asked the woman tending the front desk at the hostel I checked into in Guanajuato, central Mexico. It had been a few days since I parted ways with my travel […]
Pascuales – Guadalajara: Gunshots and cars in fire, great idea!
October 26th, 2014 – October 29th, 2014 (390 km) Pascuales, Colima ($1,290 mxn) When I go out to surf, I’m well aware I’m going to be tossed around by more than one wave, but I also know I’ll make it back to the beach. In Pascuales, Colima, on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, I wasn’t […]
San Pancho, Nayarit: Failed wheelies, bribes, and tire bowling
Friday 17th, 2014 – February 25th, 2014 San Francisco, Nayarit ($3,490 mxn) (115km) Windy road with just enough curves to keep you entertained, one lane each way, and towering trees and other vegetation on both sides nearly closing the space above. That was the road South of San Blas, in the Riviera Nayarit on Mexico’s […]
Sinaloa-Nayarit: Don’t talk to strangers!
October 15th, 2014 ($465 mxn) Escuinapa, Sinaloa (290 km) “Hey, you guys need a place to stay tonight? Follow me, c’mon!” A man at a gas station in Escuinapa, Sinaloa, shouted at us from within his fancy white truck. If a group of organized crime, wanting to lure in travelers to later strip them of […]
Durango: Devil’s Backbone
October 6th – October 10th, 2014 Los Mochis ($1,240 mxn) A man in his late 50’s, wearing work pants and a white tank top, outside his house, welding some metal structure together, when a motorcyclists drives up to him, eerily stares and says nothing. The man gives the motorcyclist a confused look and hesitantly returns […]
La Paz, Baja California: Out of gas
October 3rd, 2014 – October 5th, 2014 (130km) La Paz, Baja California Sur ($3,800 mxn) While Dominic and his gas-thirsty motorcycle stayed put, Tom and I tried finding someone to sell us fuel. We were in a minute town, somewhere in between San Evaristo and La Paz, Baja California Sur. There were no gas stations […]
San Evaristo, Baja California: Baby heads
September 27th – October 2nd, 2014 ($450 mxn) San Evaristo (52 km) Time and time again, I am amazed by the hospitality that is commonly offered to the traveler. Whether it is in the form of an authentic conversation at a restaurant, getting directions to an address, a meal, or even a place to spend […]
San Evaristo (On route): Trespassing private property
September 26, 2014 ($185mxn) Mision Dolores (140km) I am not necessarily someone who goes to church routinely, but I have been known to trespass private property to get to one. About 85 kilometers south of Ciudad Constitucion, at the sign for “El Ciento Veintiocho” on the main highway running down the Baja peninsula, we turned […]