Riding a motorcycle in Mexico City
With the Metropool approaching fast, my nerves grew also. I love riding a motorcycle, but I prefer quiet roads, well paved and the sun in my back. And Mexico City probably offered none of that. On the maps, I saw…
How to get from Puebla to Cholula Mexico for free
I took a day trip from Puebla to the famous Cholula to see the cathedral build on a pyramid with the volcano Popocatétepl in the background. And I did not know you could get there for free. First my photos,…
Travel Photos: Campeche in Mexico
I loved taking photos in Campeche, all the culture and color. and living in the streets with its small cafes and restaurants eating by the sideway curb. It was all so colorful and so relaxed. Campeche is a fortress kind…
What To Do (and Not to do) at a police checkpoint in Mexico?
Lots of stories going around about Mexican (Police) checkpoints. Some good, most not so good. I kind of worried when I started riding a motorcycle in Mexico, preparing for a big trip to the other side: would I be safe?…
Travel Photos: Merida, Mexico
Finally our #FromPuebloToPueblo motor trip through Mexico has started. We traveled from Cancun to Merida, no highway no toll. Just riding from village to village, from pueblo to pueblo. For we believe this way we see the real Mexico. Our…
Motorcycle Road Trips: Samar-Leyte Bridge
A while ago I had the pleasure of riding in the Philippines. I used two motorcycles: The Yamaha SZ 150 and the Kawasaki Dominar 400. I rode huge parts of the Pan-Philippine Highway. And with that, I crossed the awesome…
I almost gave up!! RoadTrip to Bacalar.
I am the kind of person that can go really low when things go wrong. I am a glass-half-empty kind of person. When the glass was full, I drank half of it, that was good (or not??) and now it…
Travel Photos: The best Quiet Beaches in the Philippines
With growing tourism in the Philippines, it becomes harder and harder to find those unspoiled beaches or your private beach moments. Most beaches are so crowded that every selfie you take or every photo includes strangers or belongings of strangers. …
Reflecting on solo travel and loneliness
It is about enjoying the status you have right now……. A random line I read on the internet as I research the topic of being single and longing for touch. I long for touch, but I am also enjoying the…
Riding a motorcycle through Cancun
Riding a motorcycle in Mexican traffic is a great experience. More than in the Philippines traffic is organized here and people do seem to have a sense of how to behave and the capability of managing a car. We ride…
Let’s visit Francisco May in Mexico
We are on this epic road trip through Mexico, we call it: From Pueblo to Pueblo, simply because we ride roads that not many tourists travel. We love to explore, we love to meet the local people and discover the…
Day trip to the Maya Ruins of Ek’ Balam and Coba
We took our bikes for a ride from Cancun through Yucatan to the impressive pyramid of Ek’ Balam and after that all the way to Coba Archaeological site passing through the historical city of Valladolid. An awesome trip. It took…
Riding from Playa del Carmen to Cancun
All along the highway, the work for the Maya Train is starting. Replanting trees and road works. We drive from Centro Maya in Playa del Carmen, to the hotel zone in Cancun. We paid a visit to the motorcycle shop…
Is Cancun nice?
This blog contains a collection of videos of Cancun. It is not about the Hotel Zone, but the real Cancun, where your hotel staff lives. The streets, the shops, the houses. I walked, rode, and lived in those areas on…
