Mexico
Before I leave Oaxaca Aurora takes me to the market again–this time the food market. What a wonder these places are. I’ll just show you some random images because they are so cool. One of the great things about having a personal tourguide is I learn more. For instance, Aurora explained that these dolls all [...]
December 13, 2009 Sunday After resting all day yesterday, and most of the morning, Aurora and Ruben asked if I felt up to doing a little tour of an art school–something Aurora and I had planned a few days ago but I didn’t feel up to it. I’d had enough of feeling sorry for myself [...]
I woke up about an hour later and had to run to the bathroom. Oofa, I was finally feeling the effects of the troubled tummy I’d had for the past week plus. I passed a horrible night’s sleep, up and down, and in the morning I was soooooooo exhausted. When I finally crawled upstairs to [...]
December 11, 2009 [Sorry my blog is so far behind--I am trying to keep my story in order] So after my nice siesta, I made plans to meet up with Michael (on ADVrider.com he is known as “Bouldergeek”) We’d somehow found out about each others’ trips, and were finally in the same place and decided [...]
December 11, 2009 Oaxaca I haven’t talked about Aurora yet. The easiest way to describe her is that she sparkles. From the inside, she just emanates this light that draws you in and lets you know you are in the presence of someone really awesome. I want to be her when I grow up. Seriously, [...]
Ken’s Third article on my ride is up. http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-378-Motorcycle-Examiner~y2009m12d22-MotoAdventureGal-update-Reaction-to-a-woman-riding-solo
MEFO Tires Remember I said the road changed when I entered the state of Oaxaca? Gone was the smooth pavement of the northern provinces. The asphault in Oaxaca contains a mixture of rough gravel and is really rough on tires I chose the Mefo Explorers (sold exclusively by Twisted Throttle) because they have a reputation [...]
December 9, 2009 After some nice chicken soup and a siesta, Rubén and Aurora had to go back to work. They run a blood bank in Oaxaca, and work long hours. They offered to give me a ride into town, and I could walk around a few hours, and they would pick me up again [...]
December 9, 2009 Acatlán – Oaxaca, Mexico no stats recorded I awoke to an ant infestation. Ants *everywhere*. And I had no food in my room. Yet I had ants in my helmet, jacket, Trax bag liner (that I use as my luggage carrying it in and out of the hotels every night). Little tiny [...]
December 8, 2009 Ixtapan – Acatlán (Mexico) Moving Time= 7:16 Stopped Time=2:38 200 miles I wanted to try to get all the way to Oaxaca today…I had some friends-of-friends there, and they were expecting me to arrive today. It would be a big push, and unfortunately I got a late start because my stomach was [...]