Chiloe

The ferry from Puerto Montt and the mainland of Chile only takes about 45 minutes, just enough time to get a few photos before we get ready to ride the bikes off the slippery metal deck and onto Chiloe.  We… Read More ›

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The road to La Palma, El Salvador

Thanks to Fernanado Llort, a famous El Savadoran artist, La Palma is a colorful village in the mountains near the border with Honduras. He moved here in the early 1970s. After a beautiful ride up winding mountain roads, I wander… Read More ›

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Playa Mazunte – the family that fishes together…..

We treated ourselves to a beach cabana one night in Mazunte, somewhat out of choice and somewhat out of necessity. It was a big budget splurge at a whopping $45 USD (nearly 3 times what we usually pay for a… Read More ›

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Panajachel, Guatemala

Panajachel is a fairly tourist-oriented city of about 15,000 people (and roughly the same size as Sturgis, SD as far as layout) that lies on the shores of Lago Atitlan. Across the lake you can see volcanoes in the haze… Read More ›

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Panajachel, Guateamala

Panajachel is a fairly tourist-oriented city of about 15,000 people (and roughly the same size as Sturgis, SD as far as layout) that lies on the shores of Lago Atitlan. Across the lake you can see volcanoes in the haze… Read More ›

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Roadside tortilla school in Mexico

Somewhere between Atlacomulco and Jilotepec we stop for lunch at a roadside chicken rotisserie. They are everywhere in this part of the country, and this one is part of a chain that I’ve been seeing in almost every town, Pollos… Read More ›

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Playa Mazunte – the family that fishes together…..

We treated ourselves to a beach cabana one night in Mazunte, somewhat out of choice and somewhat out of necessity. It was a big budget splurge at a whopping $45 USD (nearly 3 times what we usually pay for a… Read More ›

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San Cristobal de las Casas

Some friends I met in Mazatlan who have been on the road for 7 years on their bikes, gave me a short list of their faves for Mexico and Central America. At first they were pretty insistent that they wouldn’t… Read More ›

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San Cristobal de las Casas

Some friends I met in Mazatlan who have been on the road for 7 years on their bikes, gave me a short list of their faves for Mexico and Central America. At first they were pretty insistent that they wouldn’t… Read More ›

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