Ephemerica

We finally got around to uploading the photos from the last part of our trip through Mexico, which can be seen here in the photo gallery.

Filed under: Mexico on May 21st, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Enjoy.

Filed under: Mexico, Movies on May 8th, 2007 | No Comments »

We’ve had quite a ride on the way from San Cristobal, Mexico to Xela, Guatemala. The first day out was great. It’s always nice to be on the bikes again after a hiatus. We did pretty well—we were hot and tired afterwards, but not in pain. The second day was pretty nice, too. That is [...]

Filed under: Guatemala, Mexico on May 7th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

As promised, the city of San Cristobal has lived up to its reputation as a charming, friendly colonial town that (most importantly!) has a mild climate. When we arrived by bus, we found a hotel and then immediately proceded to put on jackets and pants. Our hotel was thankfully willing to let us leave our [...]

Filed under: Mexico on April 30th, 2007 | No Comments »

I’ve been waiting to bust out that title for a while now….that felt good! I’m doing my Axl Rose serpentine right now as I’m typing…
I’ll expand a little bit on what Cindy wrote earlier about the heat. The guidebooks will tell you that weather down here (in Central America) is less dependent on latitude and [...]

Filed under: Mexico on April 26th, 2007 | No Comments »

I was just cruising the NY Times and found this article, which I thought I’d pass on:
Certifying Coffee Aids Farmers and Forests in Chiapas
Good to hear that some of those little labels you look for when you buy coffee in Seattle are actually helping people. Well, at least until the bigger farms get on the [...]

Filed under: Mexico on April 24th, 2007 | No Comments »

When we left the US we weren’t sure if we should go to Oaxaca or not due to the political unrest of the past year, where a teachers strike and protest for the removal of the Governer of Oaxaca, Ulises Ruiz, led to Vincente Fox sending federal troops into the city. As often happens, the [...]

Filed under: Mexico on April 20th, 2007 | No Comments »

As I sit in the hotel room and write, Matt is taking the bus back to our last hotel where we hope our tent poles and stakes are waiting for him. This extra “rest” day is not completely unwelcome; we have descended from the mountains and are finding the heat and humidity of the low [...]

Filed under: Mexico on April 20th, 2007 | No Comments »

I couldn’t figure out how to get the movies loaded into the photo gallery, so I uploaded them to our youtube.com account (username: ephemerica).
Spring parade in Patzcuaro

Monarchs in flight

P.S. OK, figured out how to embed the movies, but they don’t work correctly on the PC at the internet cafe I’m at. Can anybody confirm they [...]

Filed under: Mexico, Movies on April 15th, 2007 | 4 Comments »

We’ve been in Mexico City for about a week now, and it is about as crazy as you would expect a city of over 25 million people to be. First, how we got here. We were whisked to a bus stop in Toluca by Moises’ dad, and within seconds of arriving, our bikes were thrown [...]

Filed under: Mexico on April 4th, 2007 | 1 Comment »