Cycle Touring Mexico | Alaska to Argentina
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2022
- Cycle Touring Mexico | Alaska to Argentina
Our final days of cycle touring Mexico were amazing and a perfect way to continue our Alaska to Argentina bicycle tour. After exploring the beautiful cities of Puebla and Cholula we were at it again, cycling Mexico. Once we leave the urban area, the roads become quiet and we find ourselves on a dirt and gravel roads as we climb over our final mountain. The descent down from Mexico's central highlands does not go as planned. It's cold, foggy, and the mountain road, with all of its switchbacks is slow going. We eventually go from dry and brown landscape of the central highlands to the low land jungle. Cycling our way to the historic city and archaeological site of Palenque takes a few days, but the ride is easy going and the change of scenery is pleasant. In Palenque, we hike around in the national park looking for ruins and visit the main archaeological complex to view and explore historic pyramids. We also manage to take a very relaxing down day and visit Cascada de Roberto Barrios, a place off the beaten path where you can swim and relax in one of the many natural swimming pools. Our original route and plans change in Palenque due to some civil unrest, so we decide to head to Guatemala's border which is less than a 2 day.
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What an adventure! Thanks for sharing, so cool!
Thank you for watching. Yeah it was a great time for sure. Your friends Ron & Petra
Great spare parts preparedness. I'd rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it, especially in a remote area like that. They don't have Walmarts in every town there. Thanks for showing the maintenance issues that you have encountered. I've always liked that about your channel. Touring isn't all partying and and glamor.
Hey there 1980Dog! Appreciate the compliment and you are correct about touring isn't all partying and glamour. Not that we're complaining, but honestly it can be a lot of hard work and will test your limits quite often. We thinks it's important to show the "bad" along with the "good", not that doing repairs is bad, but they seem to happen at the most inconvenient moments! Like getting a flat a mile out from where you're stopping for the night! This has happened more times than we like to think about. Thank you again for following along and happy cycling to you my friend! Cheers Ron & Petra
What a great episode again ! Can't wait for the next one ! Edina ❤️
Many thanks Edina for the kind words and support! Take care ~Ron and Petra
Another great video in the Alaska - Argentina series! woowoooo :)
Woowooooo! Happy to hear you enjoyed it and many thanks for following along. Truly appreciate the compliment! Cheers Ron & Petra
Watching your videos from Mexico it strikes me that it appears to be a country of contrast both architectural and geographical. The level and the range of mountains I'd never realized before. Good to see you got a nice rest day, and btw, good tip about carrying spare bolts, I do it all the time and it's got e out of more than a few jams before. Zip ties are also a must!! Hope you have a great time in your remaining few days in Mexico. Tale care and ride safe.
Hey there Biking360! We plan on returning to Mexico to explore more! It’s a huge country with lots to offer for sure. Yes zip ties, duct tape, and spare parts are a must and I don’t leave home without them! Thank you for following along and happy cycling to you over in Thailand my friend! ~Ron and Petra
Rain, critters, sugar cane, some crazy “roads,” beautiful waterfalls, a jungle, ruins & more! Love an adventure. Thanks for sharing yours!
Tami you're the best and thank you for the kind words and for following along! Your friends Ron & Petra
Again an excellent video 💕 The switch backs looked treacherous😳😬 I was thinking as we watched that, we met you September 4, 2021. We were eating fish and chips at the Crazy Norwegian in Port Orford Oregon. Every time I watch a video you amaze me again!! And I see the most incredibly beautiful places! It’s pleasant and exciting and enlightening to view these posts! Godspeed!! I look forward to your next post🥰
You're too kind BJB!! Thank you for the wonderful comment. Yeah sometimes coming off the mountain can be harder than cycling up. Wow yeah coming up to one year already! Crazy how fast times flies. Yes the fish and chips there were pretty good and we're happy to have stopped in. Well we're happy to have you following along and we hope to show just how beautiful the world is. Sadly, we can't capture it all, nor do our little GoPro cameras do it justice, but we're trying. Thank you again and hope to see you in the next video. Your friends ~Ron & Petra
This is amazing!!
Thank you ComfortablyLost! Happy you enjoyed it. Take care and happy adventures! ~Ron & Petra
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Muchas gracias 🙏 Milagros! Hope all is for you!
Another great video! Thanks for sharing and for taking us along on your adventures. Those foggy mountain roads look amazing. What routing/map app are you guys using, that you keep ending up on goat trails and fields? It sure seems to help you have some unexpected adventures. Lol. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the next one.
Many thanks and happy you're following along. Yeah the fog added to the adventure, but it would have been great to see this area. Looking back at it in the morning where we came from was very nice though. We use different routing apps. Google Maps, Map with Me, Komoot, and we do ask the locals as well. Take care and happy adventures to you. ~Ron
Second Question- When Petra says "Yea, It's been adventurous", Is that code for "Holy Crap" I wasn't really expecting that?
haha no she says, that means she really enjoyed it, but yeah she wasn't expecting it to be that much fun. 😂 ~Ron & Petra
Excellent vidéo, thanks for your share🤩 what is the Most complicated: the altitude or low température on the bike?
Merci Beaucoup Family Cyclopreneurs! Thank you for watching and following along. We really do appreciate hearing from our friends. So we will take the cold weather over high altitude as long as we have the proper clothes, which we do have, we were just being too lazy to stop and put them on. Thanks again and happy cycling! Your friends Ron & Petra:-)
Another great episode. Do you mostly ride on gravel or paved. Do you choose safer roads or no need to worry about that at all? It's pretty cold up there you mentioned 44°F
Many thanks Thomas and thank you for following along. We ride on whatever is in front of us, but if we have a choice we'll take the smooth quiet country roads any day. Yeah it was chilly for sure. Happy Cycling, your friends Ron & Petra
Thanks for your videos they are awesome. Can you tell me your location from minute 11:10 to to 13:10 please. I’m currently on a bike tour in mexico and would love to cycle that route, it looks great. Thanks again.
hello and thank you Simonibb. So we left Puebla and headed towards Orizaba. Leaving Orizaba we are on 150 and take a right on "Carr A Valle de Tuxpango" towards Naranjal to Coetzala, to Cuapichapan, and then this is where we end up on rough dirt roads and into the sugar cane fields cycling to Tierra Blanca. Sorry we can't remember the exact route because this is where things get wonky, but I will check with my GPS and see if I saved the route. If so I will let you know and can email you with it. After Tierra Blanca we cycle to Loma Bonita, Minatitlán, Villahermosa, Palenque, and then on to Guatemala. Here is a link to our blog which talks more about this route and our experiences. pedalpowertouring.com/world-cycle-tour-blog/mexico/cycling-from-puebla-to-terra-blanca/ Enjoy Mexico and don't rush through. We spent over 4 months cycling through and loved it. Take care ~Ron & Petra
Are you following the Pan American Highway route or paralleling it via GPS input?
So we've been on some of the official Pan American route since starting in Deadhorse, Alaska, but what we've been cycling on for the past few videos was not the Pan American. However, we do pick it up again in Guatemala. ~Ron
@@PedalPowerTouring ok cool, thanks Ron. I was just wondering. I read up on the history of the route. Looks very adventurous.
Well, First question, Do you suppose the Roads will be improved by the time you get tired of Europe and Asia and head back to South America?
Hola Rudy! haha probably not! We're expecting a lot of muddy roads in South America! ~Ron & Petra 🙂