by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 14, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Coming back to Creel from an afternoon of biking and hiking at San Ignacio I biked past Luis selling his jewellery at his little table on the main drag of Creel. Luis quickly waved me over. Luis is both new and passionate about bike touring. Our conversation quickly...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 14, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, Biking & Camping, My Blog
Truthfully, I am not even sure where to start with the Baja. When I first started this bike ride on November 12, 2019 and planned to bike through a Canadian winter, I honestly expected that every minute of every mile would suck. I mean, honestly, it’s a Canadian...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 8, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
I met Mario Munoz of Rancho San Isidro Lodge shortly after arriving in Cerocahui who stopped to ask me where I was going. I said I was looking for some lookout that was supposed to out this way. He laughed and said that it was way up a very very steep mountain quite...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 7, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
July 1 Km’s Pedalled – 31.5 km’s Destination – Tripui Some Notes – I am back on the road. I headed towards the beach just to check out some of Loreto and it was nice to see along the water and watching the pelicans catching fish. Needless to say the day was...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 5, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
June 28 Km’s Pedalled – 69.5 km’s Destination – Loreto Some Notes – I knew that there was risk only sleeping on my tent foot print in the desert. I didn’t even take my boots off and the sand was soft enough so that I didn’t even bother with my sleeping pad...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 5, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Through a young couple on a motorcycle who stopped to met me a week earlier I thought I had a host in La Paz, but last minute that offer fell through. I reached out to David Jajan literally last minute through Warmshowers.org and he was happy to host me. I stayed at...
