In the 6 months we’ve been on adventure through Mexico and Central America, we’ve been stopped plenty of times by police and federals. Here we go… prepare to do some bullshitting and strategize how not to get suckered into paying a bribe. In Honduras, on two separate occasions we were motioned to the side of [...]
As our overland adventure continues, we landed in Guatemala during the most celebrated holiday of the year, Semana Santa (Holy week). This is a huge celebration in Central America, think of it on the scale of the US Christmas week. Our friends Julio and Luisa live in Antigua, so it made for a very pleasant stay for the [...]
Why is that I never have any pictures of us in the heat of the moment, when my moto is laying on its side, mirror spun around, GPS kitty wompass and my pannier dented to hell? It’s because when you have a knarly wipe out, the immediate reaction is to get busy picking it up [...]
If you’ve never had the opportunity to take career break and experience life on the road, it’s difficult to explain how it feels. How do you put into words a motorcycle adventure that has taken you 30K miles overland across deserts, mountains, coastlines, jungles, islands, prairies, canyons, tundra and pine studded forests. By the time [...]
We’ve been in Guatemala for 5 days now and it’s been nothing short of adventure. It’s captivated our attention from the get go. Crossing the border took 2 dreadfully long hours, not because it was difficult but because it was so grossly inefficient. Crossing borders importing a vehicle requires multiple copies of all your documents [...]
If you’re thinking about touring Mexico and Central America and want to camp along the way but are uncertain if it’s smart or safe, then you’re like us and likely haven’t found any much information on the subject. And because of that the little information we could find led us to the conclusion it just [...]
Day 3 in Belize turned out fantastic, starting with a 1.5 hour ride from San Antonio Rio Hondo to Lamanai ruins. Every road we’ve taken is dirt because that is all there is – no pavement to speak of so far. They’re hard packed dirt with good size potholes and our BMW GS’s are lovin’ [...]
First, I will take a moment to say Thank god for dual sport bikes! Within a few miles of entering Belize, we’ve been on are densely packed dirt roads with gazillions of potholes – and that’s the main road! Not sure what to expect for the rest of Belize, but if this is any indication, [...]
Leaving Mexico was a somewhat chaotic as you have to ‘check out’ of Mexico before you can enter Belize. The border was a zoo (surprise!) with traffic jammed in every which direction (not unlike almost everywhere else in Mexico!) We planned to cross all borders early, but lollygagged too long at Chetumal, the last Mexican [...]
We’ve had a white sand Christmas parked at the beach town of Mahahual on the Yucatan. The hot sun and awesome beaches are just what we needed after our 2000+ miles of hauling A through Mexico in the Maya “End of the world” Rally. Which we placed 3rd BTW!! More on the rally (which had a little [...]