[19/06/2024 – 26/06/2024[ Our last week – whenever you read it As Stefan pointed out, the first part, which for quite some time now, is called “Intro” is no intro anymore, it is the text. So it needs a new title. Here you go, borrowed from John Oliver, with slight adaptions, and at least in my mind it makes sense. So where were we, ah yes Ciudad Madera. Pretty place, on a plateau at around 2000m elevation. The one day…
[12/06/2024 – 19/06/2024[ Intro New day, new week, and the waiting game is young. So the plan is, to continue with the routing we had up to Novojoa. So let´s have some dirt roads first and then get to the Carreterra National 16. The routing went up towards Rosalia, and then we need to reconsider. Anyway first real dirt road in Mexico, and I was both excited as well as a bit anxious. Turns out it was fun. While we…
[05/06/2024 – 12/06/2024[ Intro Idiots will be idiots. As you may have seen on the Instagram reel, letting my tumbling while already standing still, idiot move. However this week, closed with an even bigger misfortune, as we discovered on Tuesday, that you need an EPA letter of excemption to temporarily import a vehicel into the United States. This particular document can take up to 21 days to be processed. Our plan was to cross the border into the U.S, on…
[29/05/2024 – 05/06/2024] Intro This week started of with a cultural walk through Oaxaca´s garden. Only 30 years in existence it holds a wide variety of plants indigenous to the state of Oaxaca. All plants have been transported there (with a 90% success rate) and among other plants, they have the great great (many greats) grandparent of corn there. Sadly I did not ask if, and if so, how long it would take to regrow the wide variety of corn…