Red Roof Inn El Paso

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 ...

... of young women still continue today, but almost take a back seat compared to the violent war on drugs.

Recently was killed a detective of the city prosecutor who was investigating the assassination of a journalist. Over the years, accusations of inefficiency and corruption against local police have multiplied ...

... op te gaan, tis ondertusse 7 uur savonds en dus al donker aant worden. Na heel dien berg op te stappen begon ik mij toch wel vragen te stellen. Uiteindelijk bleek da ik rechts was afgeslagen op mesa street ipv mesa hill street. Kheb nog ettelijke uren rondgelopen , nog 4 7-11s tegegekomen,totdat ne mexicaan die der uitzag als een bendelid mij ne lift heeft gegeven. Twas pikdonker en paar keer bena aangerede, good times! Ge kunt wa fotos zien van men traject.

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 ...

I'm totally stealing this powerful entry from my friend West and his friend Dan (a volunteer for No More Deaths). Too bad that only the most dedicated will read it to the end. It gets more outrageous as it goes. First, West reports today's El Paso news: Here in El Paso, the border patrol has announced that starting today they will enforce a new policy that will prosecute and jail immigrants (rather than simply sending them back) who cross into the United ...

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... apparently qualified.) I walked to the next bus stop so that I could get a feel for the neighbourhood. The town is really weird. There are huge mansions and then right next to them are run down shacks. After about an hour waiting in line to get back into the states-it would have taken longer if a lady on our bus had not bribed a driver to let us into line- we headed back to El Paso. I was just in time to catch my bus for Tucson.

"Well, we experienced our first incident of backlash," Paul announced as he returned from a morning walk.   "Huh?" I replied quizzically.   "Someone scribbled 'Illegal immigrants are criminals' across the back of our car," he explained, "with a permanent marker. But I think I can get it off."   In addition to our omni-present "If ...

Day Six Today after a 4 AM wake up call, we headed out early in order to get to White Sands National Monument. We left too early for breakfast, so we pulled over at 8:30 to eat cereal at a state forest in New Mexico at an elevation of 8,500 feet. As we left the bus, we were surrounded by a cloud of small white moths - it was cool! The temperature early in the morning was over 100 degrees, but as we climbed ...