by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 24, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
With Ali & Diego (Monica was unavailable) The day before arriving in Durango I reached out to a Mexican bike group on WhatsApp called RACmex General. I asked if there was anyone out there that could host me in Durango. Someone in the group put me in touch with...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 20, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Roger is the brother of my Torreon host, Ricardo. I would end up spending a lot of time with Roger most afternoons during my 9 days in Torreon. Roger has a coffee roasting company with ambitions of being one of the ten richest Mexicans in Mexico someday. Ricardo,...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 20, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
By chance encounter, I met Ricardo at the main viewing area of Copper Canyon on July 11. He was at the canyon helping some new cafe owners on their opening day of a cafe that can be found inside the fancy hotel that overlooks the canyons. While I originally had no...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 17, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
August 9 Km’s Pedalled – 123 km’s (State of Chihuahua – 12 km’s/ State of Durango – 111 km’s) Destination – Bermejillo Some Notes – My only excitement for the entire day was biking through Ceballos to discover that the whole town more or less...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 15, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
I biked the northern Baja of Mexico between June 9th to the 20th. These are some of the cactus and tree species I came across along the way. I wrote Mexico Baja Part 1and Mexico Baja Part 2 and Mexico Part 3 during that...
