Shower situation is a common question among our friends at home as well as new acquaintances we meet on the road. Before we launched, Steve and Kunal said that on the previous rally, as long as everyone stinks, nobody would notice and nobody…
Time: 22 Days Distance: 4,047 miles Odometer: 310,334 miles Nogales Kilometer 21 is the final checkpoint before entering Mexico proper. There, travelers, truckers, and other law abiding citizens clear customs and stamp passports. The inspector …
The streets of Los Mochis didn’t appear to be the sort of place foreigners like ourselves should be wandering around at night: the streets were empty of pedestria…
Mazatlan is one of those dots on a map right up against the coast. Coastal dots are tricky because they could either be pleasant like San Francisco or miserable like Baltimore. Luckily for us, it turned out to be pretty nice. Mazatlan was the perf…
Our stay in Mazatlan was pretty arbitrary. Mike was seriously ill, so we decided to rest until he recovers. Some teammates were displeased with the first motel we stayed in, for our sick teammate’s comfort, we moved into [Hotel Belmar](http://www…
We arrived in Guadalajara Saturday afternoon, determined to solve the intermittent acceleration issue plaguing the Jeep since day one. Finding help on a Saturday afternoon wasn’t easy, but the two guys who looked like they were hot wiring a pickup…
圣诞时分，救护车的后轴坏了，几番周折修好车已是元旦过后。沙漠中我们一路西行，夕阳退下，灿烂的晚霞隐去，弯弯银钩自笔直的公路上升起，瞧见新月的喜悦足以消除长途跋涉的疲劳。 放眼望去视野无限空旷感觉只要车一直前进，没有到不了的地方。 待夜幕完全降临，漫天繁星数不胜数，陶醉在自然风光中我们被塌扁的肚子带回到红尘凡事。就这样，旅途仿佛很简单，一路看…
OK, how do I do this without seeming preachy… Let’s start with Coca Cola. Coke in Mexico is about 10-15 pesos for 600 mL. More often 10 pesos. Now I’m sure most reade…
Today is lunar New Year’s Day, and I started the day by telling my teammates that one way or the other, I’ll have fish on New Year’s Day. We’ve been on the road for 40 days, traveled roughly 4000 miles, according to our original itinerary, we shou…
So, you think you’re a capitalist? You live in the United States, High Temple of Capitalism, where the wisdom of the market is all-knowing, and where you might cause less offense by calling someone’s mother a slob than by branding her a socialist….
Oaxaca is the sort of place that attracts tourists and I’m not talking about the average tourist. I’m talking about the cultured traveller who reads a proper paper ne…
I’ve heard that when it comes to Mole, Oaxaca is the place to be. Armed with Martha’s language skills, we marched into the Market near the main square in search of the best mole the place had to offer. Earlier in the day, we had asked locals about…
“The wizard doesn’t choose the wand,” Mr. Ollivander tells Harry Potter. “The wand chooses the wizard.” Change “wand” to “restaurant,” and you’ll have some idea of our experiences over the past few …
Garbage trucks haul refuse from houses to landfills. At least thats what I thought. High up in the mountains, far away from city centers, they are instruments to stop injustice perpetuated by evil corporations. ![oaxaca_sign](/img/2014-panamerica…
“Money Money Money”, repeated the short pudgy man who followed us all day long from Mexico to Guatemala and back to Mexico. The sun was setting after a long day of trying and…
The morning of February 9, we woke up at 8AM ready to cross the border at Ciudad Hidalgo. After trying and failing to cross into Guatemala the night before, the team was determined as ever to maximize our chances to enter the country. The team col…
We entered Mexico through Nogales on January 9th and exited at the boarder of Ciudad Hidalgo on February 9th. Mexico is a beautiful country with various climates and terrains. We drove through desserts, beach towns, plaines, and mountains. Our…