Mexico

alisa on December 29th, 2009

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 [...]

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alisa on December 28th, 2009

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 [...]

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alisa on December 4th, 2009

11-24-09 Big Bend (Alpine) TX – Coyame, MEXICO 207 miles Moving Time= 4:59 1 border crossing (Presidio, TX / Ojinaga, Mexico Hm…I guess my story left us at the Mexican border. So I went flying through. And for the next 30 miles I kept think “Geez, that was easy”. I vaguely worried about not getting [...]

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