December 26, 2009 This morning, on my way to Spanish Class, I passed the same ancient gentleman, dressed in the traditional Mayan clothing, that has greeted me every morning I have walked to school. He extends a hand, wishes me a good morning, looks into my eyes, and smiles. I have come to enjoy this [...]
December 6, 2009 Guanajuato – Angangueo Moving Time= 6:06 Stopped Time= 1:56 219 miles Leaving Guanajuato was easier than I expected: I took the tunnel in front of the hotel / shopping arcade / bus station place where I stayed last night, and road right out of the city on Route 110. The same route [...]
San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala The contrast here is making me very sad–I am so very privileged to have the time, leisure, and money to travel and sample the world, and the people that are around me here in Guatemala are all struggling. In this moment I feel I want, no I need, to be [...]
I uploaded a YouTube video — SA_Trip_MEXICO 1112.avi http://youtu.be/hrcvxLyeICI?a #
Dec 20, 2009 My Spanish is getting better every day, but I am still a little unsure, when a local tells me that a certain road is dangerous, if it’s because the road itself is dangerous, if the people driving on the road are dangerous, if there are lot of trucks on the road, if [...]
Do you ride a motorcycle? Do you know about Women Riders Now? Genevieve Schmitt, motorcycle goddess extraordinaire and celebrated Moto-journalist publishes this weekly email about women and motorcycles. She’s recently published a blurb on me and my fundraising efforts for breast and ovarian cancer cures here: http://www.womenridersnow.com/PublicFiles/DepartmentViewer.asp?DepartmentID=2 Genevieve was one of the “Dirty Dozen” riders [...]
OK, boys, you can stop reading this post right now if you are squeamish about girl stuff. I’m a tough chick. I arrived here in San Pedro La Laguna in the middle of a drenching rain, it had been raining on me for two days. The road was completely washed out in one section, and [...]
12-22-09 My second day in San Pedro La Laguna. Private Spanish instr. 8am-12pm, afternoons & eves free. Made a local friend in San Pedro. #
Zaplatanejo, MEX to Guanajuato, MEX Moving Time: 4:20 Stopped time: 1:15 170 Miles Linda and Joel had waxed poetic about Guanajuato Pronounced Wanna-Watt-o), Mexico, a colonial city with lots of architectural interest. Built on a hillside with a history of mining, they’d told me about the tunnels in the town, that go under the city. [...]
A while ago Ken Bingenheimer posted an article about my trip on examiner.com Here’s the link: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-378-Motorcycle-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Riding-solo-to-the-tip-of-South-America
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