Mexico motor trip 2006
In and around Mexico
I joined my friend Ben for just a month on his trip from Alaka to southern Chili.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Bart Jaspers
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Kick back time
Just went there for a day off, after the flight from Amsterdam. A lot of tourists. Heavy (and fat :-( ) breakfasts. Nice place in itself, nothing fanc... Continue reading » -
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Ola Mexico, vamos
The idea was to cross the US-Maxican border in Tijuana. Ben bought my bike in Arizona, so the official title was in his name. When we tried to get... Continue reading »
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MS Word-license
Since it took us a bit longer than expected (after color printing and laminating we would still found several "Spanish typos"), we decided to stay... Continue reading »
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Ensenada
We met a group a nice American bikers (the oldest was 72 !!)) and agreed to meet with them in Ensenada. We had a great dinner together there. After... Continue reading »
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San Felipe
.. our first dirt road trip. Not too bad for beginners. There are three types of roads (for us):
- normal roads / highways; asphalt paved, pr... Continue reading »
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Santa Rosalia
after a looooong dirt road trip... took us like 6 hours. Pretty nasty at times (sand, steep climbs, big rocks, small pass-throughs, potholes, big... Continue reading » -
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La Paz
The trip from Santa Rosalia to La Paz was wonderful. Everywhere in Baja, you can you have views upto 50 km. Whereas the northern part of Baja is ve... Continue reading »
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Clutch time
Bens bike was making some pretty nasty sounds when shifting into first gear. First guess was the clutch malfunctioned. Had to drive to Cabo San Luc... Continue reading »
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Mind the black cows
Bens bike was ready at 18:00 hrs, and we were ready to kick off! I did a small test ride with the engineer on the back of the back in front of the... Continue reading »
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Bye bye Baja - Hello Mexico
We were lucky to obtain a ticket for the ferry in time, as we were first sent to the official ticket office in the North of La Paz to get our ticke... Continue reading »
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the 10,000 curve route
After lunch, heading East the road took into the mountain areas. The sky was straight blue, the mountains became higher, the sun was burning, and t... Continue reading »
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Ride èm
... when arriving at the train station at 5 am, the cargo service to take motor bikes, was non-existent. So, after talking to two helpful police of... Continue reading »
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Barranca del Cobre
Good, local-style (Huevo Rancheros) breakfast made us ready to kickstart the day and get into the canyon. After a 70 km asphalt road (through... Continue reading »
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Driving at great heights
The way out of the canyon appeared to be much quicker than we anticipated; we managed to get up (+2000 meters) again in merely 2,5 hours. Getting c... Continue reading »
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MMM: Make More Miles
Since we are still a bit North in the country it is now time to make some Southern moves... We did a 600 km drive today to Durango. The road map we... Continue reading »
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U-turn
After a long day of biking we passed trhough Aguescalintes (hot water) at 21:15. We missed one turn onto the high towards Guadelajara, so had to ma... Continue reading »
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