by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 3, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Claudia is a member of the local bike group and hosted me my last evening in Sombrerete. Her daughter Areli and her family also live in the house. Areli and Juan along with Roman joined for the first 21 km’s headed towards Fresnillo. With Areli, daughter...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 3, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Channa Ayala of Sombrerete was determined to make sure I had a great time in Sombrerete. She fed many times at her restaurant. She is also a member of the mountain group that invited me to bike to the top of Cerro Sombreretillo. Channa was nice enough to lend me a...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 3, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
I first met Roman biking into Sombrerete. Roman was driving a flag truck behind me. The next day, Roman gave me a 3-hour, 19 km bike ride tour around the city. Later that afternoon, we joined other members of the Sombrerete Mountain bike club and biked to the top...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 2, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Arriving into the downtown center of Sombrerete within seconds there was a guy from Sombrerete al Dia News Company interviewing me on Facebook Live and within moments the Municipal Presidencia (I am assuming that means the mayor) was greeting me. After that I was...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 1, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Arriving in Vicente Guerrero Ben introduced himself very quickly and offered his place as long as I wanted to stay in VG which ultimately would be 7 nights at his place. Ben would also create a blog post advertising my jewelry for sale. I would end up setting my...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 31, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
August 25 Km’s Pedalled – 82 km’s Destination – Vicente Guerrero Some Notes – Today was another amazing day thanks to some of the residents of Durango. Today I am biking with 4 guys (and Adrian who joined us about halfway) from the NOPAL Bike Group...
