Our housemates in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mauricio and Daniela, invited us to check out Las Grutas de Mamut (Mammoth Caves) about 5km east of the city. We left the house on our bikes around 7am to get an early start on quiet roads. Parking our bikes up outside …
Weaving around these rolling dirt roads is great fun on a fast rolling rigid 29er. We anticipated staying in San Cristobal de Las Casas (I’ll use ‘San Cristobal’ below) for just a few days, but after discovering a lovely house share, we decided to stay longer. San Cristobal is situated …
Whilst staying in a cool house share in San Cristobal de Las Casas, we were fortunate to have a play on some bicimaquinas (bicycle machines). I presume these are similar (and perhaps inspired by) the bicimaquinas at Maya Pedal in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. They also had a bicycle powered washing machine (bici lavadora). I …
After over a month on the blazing hot Oaxacan Coast, it was time for a change in climate. We decided to retreat …
Bicycle touring has it’s ups and downs, both in riding and in general. This week has been the week of broken stuff. …
Whilst staying in Mazunte, I started getting cravings for some off-road exploring. Jenny’s Spanish maestro and local rafting guide, Daniel, kindly gave …
Whilst planning our itinerary for the Oaxacan Coast, we heard good things about the quiet eco-tourism beach town of Mazunte. We came …
We were fortunate enough to witness the annual Liberación De Las Tortugas in the beautiful little eco-tourist beach of La Ventanilla, just …
