Travel makes you smarter.
Our second day over the one hundred kilometer mark since arriving in Mexico almost six months ago; more than six hours of saddle humping found us without a place to stay in the middle of nowhere. With a little luck, a few smiles and a bit of diplomacy we were able to secure shelter from the night before it got dark.
What another great day today: cycling among beautiful seaside scenery, finding a sweet camping spot under a beach palapa and scoring a delicious dinner from complete strangers! The sun hung low and red as we sat on the beach with full bellies, rested and happy… ready to listen to another Red Ice Radio podcast before falling asleep.
The house that slavery built We woke up at 4:30 am, nice and early and left our private little apartment through the restaurant, locking the door on the way out and tossing the keys back inside through the window. We stopped in the main square and found Jesús asleep in his churro tent. We decided [...]
Cute little floppy-eared scared sweetie Merida loop – day 8 and 9: Yesterday we took another rest day in Tecoh. We rode around the area and found a cenote but a bunch of people were swimming there and we didn’t want to crash their party so we explored a few kilometers of the bike route [...]
Moth in Mayapan Merida loop – day 7: We got up at seven-ish, gave five gold coins to our fine host and said goodbye. We rode down to the local tienda (store) and got some yogurts for our breakfast. It started to sprinkle so while we waited for a break in the weather we talked [...]
Gabriel, Enrique and Zofia swimming in Cenote Chihuo Hol Merida loop – day 6: At 5:30 am we snoozed the alarm and were on the road just after 8:00. We stopped in Sacalum for our oats & yogurt breakfast with raisins & nuts and soon afterwards Steven said he felt some inner tremors so he [...]
Lovers enjoying the sunset in Ticul, Mexico Merida loop – day 4: We slept with one ear open all night, vigilant for the voice of eviction which thankfully never came. Again without the rain-fly and again with the wet blankets at night. All in all not great sleep. Moving about camp around 5:30 just at [...]
The hotel we slept at, and thankfully they never knew Merida loop – day 3: Our friend the little cute puppy with the cool blue eyes was sleeping soundly when we woke up in the morning, probably because he was alert guarding us all night. Well done young sentinel. Dawn is breaking and all’s well.
Can I sleep in your tent, please? Look how sweet I am. Merida loop – day 2: Quite chilly in the tent last night. Steven tried to go the whole night with just a cotton sheet but had to break out the sleeping bag early in the morning. It was nice to fall asleep with [...]
Indigenous to Mexico – poinsettia aka ‘Noche Buena’ (meaning Christmas Eve) Merida loop – day 1: Woke up early but we didn’t get on the road until 9:00 because we met some Poles in our guest house and talked a bit about traveling. You don’t often find so many Polish people traveling so it was [...]
