Blogs from Chiapas, Mexico, North America - page 11

Weve made it out of Cancun for good this time. Currently it is raining. Like raining raining. Constantly. It started in the night and has been going all day so far thus we have resorted to being stuck indoors. We had plans to go for a horse ride today in the hills but thats been swamped. (Written after the fact: In total it rained for about 18 hours and went into the second night. The temparature dropped immensely taking us from mid 20s down to putting on pants and a jumper) Whilst on Holbox we made a list of all the items Jane needed in order to carry on. On recommendation from the staff at our resort we went back to Cancun on the basis that this would be the best place to obtain these items. ... read more

Mexico Adventure September 2011 to July 2012 An introduction of the beginning: We ask ourselves how we spent so much time here in Mexico, considering we had only 1 month of pre-arranged commitment in Chiapas de Corzo which is in the state of Chiapas. Prior to leaving Australia we decided to do a TEFL course so we had something else to fall back on whilst travelling the world, so this in mind lead us to Mexico for the month of September it was bums up & heads down learning how to teach English, and hopefully receive a certificate that is world-wide recognized. This we passed!! Thanks to Joanna @ Dunham Institute in Chiapas de Corzo… A must watch video: Los Parachicos in Chiapa de Corzo (Chiapas, Mexico) - YouTube url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj38... read more

Sunday 30/09/12 – We woke up really early in preparation for a long day of riding, packed up all our gear and tried to start the bikes. My bike started fine, but Kenz’s just kept clicking at us rather than starting. Unfortunately all the bike shops, mechanics and most other stores are shut on Sundays so we just had to unpack the bike, sit down and work it out for ourselves. The clicking noise was coming from either the starter motor or the relay, meaning the most likely problems were a flat battery, bad wiring/earth/terminals, jammed starter motor or a dodgy starter relay which are a common problem on the KLRs. I have been too unorganised to buy a multimeter so we just had to trial and error until we found a solution. We eventually worked ... read more

A short (ish) story - but not a short blog post - on the Kindness of Strangers….part one…Comitan to Las Guacamayas, Mexico $1US = approximately 13 Mexican Pesos The day finally arrived when it was time to leave for our trip around bandit country. My new friend Iliana and I decided to hitch as much as possible and stay with locals as often as we could to really get a feel for how people live in that isolated, non-touristy part of Mexico. We had no real itinerary but knew there were a couple places of interest to see along the way, including some highly rated parks and archeological sites. We caught a bus from the center of Comitan to the far edge where we began to hitch hike. Within a few minutes a bright red VW ... read more

Nach ewigem hin und her... Habe leider meine Kamera verloren und alle Bilder der ersten 2 Wochen (Mexiko City, Palenque, Puebla und Toluca) sind auf und davon! Dank Mikey Mike jedoch bin ich wieder glücklicher Besitzer einer Kamera... da habt ihr!... read more