Showing posts with label On the road. Show all posts
Showing posts with label On the road. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Agua Azul




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Tuesday, 28 July 2015

Campeche




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Uxmal




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Yellow



Izamal is all yellow. It’s like they got a good deal on yellow paint. Even some horse-drawn carts are yellow. Yes, they paint the horses’ hooves yellow too. I expected […]

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Chichen Itza



Our tenth Mayan site to visit was no less than Chichen Itza. Once considered part of the seven wonders of the world, today together with Uxmal these two sites are […]

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Quintana Roo




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Dzibanche and Kinichna




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Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Gear overhaul



My gear got a bit of overhaul lately. The best way to find out what one might need in field is to be in field. After two years hauling equipment in the van and on my back I realized that I have to let go some stuff. Thankfully there is Kijiji for that. The Elinchrom […]

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Wednesday, 24 June 2015

School Report – The Arctic Circle then Home



Dear Children As Mr Pygott has already told you, Grumpy and I have ridden Bertie up to the Arctic Circle in Alaska. From the bottom of the world to the Arctic Circle we have ridden 40,000km which is like riding…

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Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Canon 5D MK III field test



Whoa, surprise, I took my Canon 5D Mk III for an 80,000 km journey. From the smooth interstates of USA, to the endless topes of Mexico to the “is that […]

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Wednesday, 17 June 2015

It’s All Uphill from Here!



The drive from Chile to Argentina through Paso Jama wowed us for hours. It was a slow, steady climb up to 4800m in Chile and then a wicked, winding descent in Argentina. This route is on our highly recommended list! Here are some photo…

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Monday, 15 June 2015

The Arctic Circle – Our final frontier …….



For over a week we had been waiting for the Dalton Highway to re-open after the flooding and finally we were in Fairbanks, the jump off point for the Highway. Jim went off to see Dan Armstrong at Adventure Cycleworks click…

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Friday, 12 June 2015

Crossing Mexico, the fast way



It took six days of driving to cross Mexico from Huehuetango, Guatemala to Laredo, TX. There are two long days but the rest is chill. I drove relaxed at 90-95 […]

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Tuesday, 9 June 2015

Walking in Memphis



Well, walked a bit in Memphis. Mostly around the Sun Studio area. Drove by Graceland but it felt less than attractive to stop by, maybe another time. Drove a bit […]

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Nashville



Now that driving through Tennessee and stopped by Memphis, might as well have a quick look on Nashville too, the nest of country music, so to say. It didn’t strike […]

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Friday, 5 June 2015

Alaska at last



  Our trek through Canada has taken us through Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon, all vast open spaces. Taking the eastern access highway,  2 days riding from Edmonton saw us reach the official start of the Alaska Highway at…

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Sunday, 31 May 2015

Travel Flexibility……



  Flexibility is vital when travelling for a prolonged period of time. We knew this before we left, had discussed it endlessly as we are both ‘green’ in personality we normally like to be organised, have an idea as to what will…

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Saturday, 30 May 2015

School Report 10 – Canada and the Bears



Dear children We have now entered country 15, Canada. If you have a look at a world map or the globe you will see that Canada is joined to USA and has the longest international border in the world. It…

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San Miguel de Allende…again



This is one of the places I cannot get tired of. I can walk around with a camera over and over again and always find something new or in a […]

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Thursday, 28 May 2015

Honduras to Guatemala



After three extra days at D&D Brewery at Lago Yojoa it was time again to drive to the Guatemalan border, El Florido. With no intention to spend another night on […]

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