Hotel Marlon Chetumal

Na 2,5 fijne week thuis zijn we weer in El Paso. De fietsen worden onder handen genomen door Marten. Zijn trapas moet vervangen worden en natuurlijk worden van beide fietsen de kettingen, achtertandwielen en twee voortandwielen vervangen. We hebben per fiets 2 kettingen die we iedere 1500 km omruilen zodat we wat langer met de ...

... cotton growing, and also some massive wind farm/wind generators – sign said it was the 'Wind Energy Capital of the World', it certainly looked like it, we were surrounded by huge wind generators.

Arrived in El Paso, TX after a very, very long drive. Amazing to be able to look to the right of the car and see the bright ...

This is definitely the worst campground we have stayed at. Next time we will remember and take our time to visit the shower-house before we pay. It was to dirty to use. The ground was covered with little pickers that stuck to my shoes, one even came through my shoe to poke me. Oh well, live and learn.

... day...). And access to Calakmul is both expensive and time-consuming, for the same kind of view as Palenque. So it's Palenque.
My evening was spent in a small coffee in front of the bus terminal. The owner was an old woman, and order after order we came to actually communicate. She was very nice and curious, asked about my travel, familly, studies, ... She was a good surprise in this boring day.

We then crossed the isthmus over to the eastern side of Mexico. Our next stop was Palenque, the awesome Mayan ruins in the heart of the Chiapas jungle. The state of Chiapas is still a hotbed of revolutionary activity with recent demonstrations by the local rebel group, the Zapatistas. We were here only one full day but what an awesome site the ruins were. They are in great shape and we hired a local guide to take us back into the jungle to look at the ruins that haven't ...

... riding forward to find the next gas station and told us he would be back with gas to fill our tanks.  Not more than two minutes after I pulled it to the side of the road, four hard-core BMW bikes with Quintana Roo plates pulled in behind us and they siphoned gas from their tanks and we poured it into the Buell and Sylvain and I started back up, looking for Meric.   We crossed him about twenty miles up the road, he said he still ...

... bit more challenging. For one, every country you usually enter wants to see proof that you are, in fact leaving. Since I am not traveling via a "regular" way, I cannot provide that. I have not onward ticket to anywhere. So seeing how they react to this at each border will be interesting. Hopefully I have enough plastic with me to impress them into believing I am not indigent and won`t be sucking off of their already depleted resources ...

people speak more spanish than english over there, get ready to meet the most dangerous Mexican city just over the border, the twin city of El paso, named Juarez gather all criminals from Mexico trying to get in US....so, streets are not that safe and ...

... WWII. General Patton was the commanding officer here early in his career. The fort is now on the National Register of Historic Places, and is privately owned. We are staying in several barracks that have been converted to a hotel. Other barracks and buildings have been converted to private residences and condos. There is also a huge, spring-fed swimming pool which has a constant temperature of 68o. It is drained once a week ...

... on a bus that I should have, so I was burnt out. Nothing turned out the way I expected. After seeing three card monte, I was pretty scared for my belongings. I made sure to padlock my bag to the toilet, and I never let it out of my sight. I truly thought they took my backpack off at Tulum and I wanted to make sure I had it within reach at all moments. I was miserable at that point. I wanted to be in Belize. Relaxing, tropical Belize. I ...