Post Tagged with: "Mexico"

After 5 years of traveling by bicycle we have identified two questions that people tend to ask us to nurture their curiosity. The classic: “Is it dangerous?” Followed by the obliged: “Are you guys rich?” Of course there are a lot of different types of answers to these particular questions. […]

Around 24 years ago, a small group of cycle tourists published a list in the internet of people willing to host cycle tourists in the US of A. As of February of 2017 there are 82,578 members of which 44,669 are hosting cyclists all over the globe. Since then Warm […]

En Puebla, un mecánico ya me lo había advertido. La rueda de mi llanta trasera estaba desgastada y se tenía que cambiar pronto. Le hice caso omiso y sintiéndome el experto en bicicletas que obviamente no soy, me dije a mi mismo, “yo creo que aguanta hasta Cancún, ya que […]

Discovering the Mexican Caribbean by bicycle Country: Mexico From Bacalar to Cancún Lesson learned: Monkeys and jaguars live further away from the highway Most wonderful miracle: turquoise Caribbean beaches Animals we saw: cicadas, butterflies, a baby crocodile, snakes, tarantula, colorful birds, iguanas, dragonflies, salamanders, geckos, chameleons, iguanas, mosquitos, pelicans, seagulls […]

Maya ruins and rain forest – Yucatán by bike Country: Mexico From Escárcega to Bacalar Lesson learned: It’s possible to build a wheel in 1 ½ hours Most wonderful miracle: The seven-colored lagoon Animals we saw: cicadas, a wild boar, peacocks, tarantula, colorful birds, iguanas, salamanders, geckos, mosquitos, and a […]

Mexico: A Great Place to Cycletour Things turned out quite funny. Normally a long tour starts in your home country and when you finish it, you come back to it. For me, this was another story. We entered Mexico (by bicycle of course) in November 2015 through one of the […]

Cycling Southern Mexico – Tabasco and Campeche by bike Country: Mexico From Córdoba to Escárcega Lesson learned: If you drink five liters and sweat six liters you never need to pee Most wonderful miracle: 3000 year old Olmec heads Animals we saw: cicadas, butterflies, frogs, snakes, colorful birds, iguanas, dragonflies, […]

Si eres un un lector nuevo de Tasting Travels, siento la necesidad de aclararte quiénes somos y que hacemos. Yo soy Roberto Gallegos de Tijuana, B.C y viajé junto a mi esposa Annika Wachter de Alemania en bicicleta alrededor del mundo. Pasamos por 30 distintos países en un periodo de […]