by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 23, 2021 | Hosts
While in Vicente Guerrero I was messaged by someone interested in hosting me in Aguascalientes. The next day I received a message from Mario about hosting me in the same city. I replied to Mario that I had a current host but if something changed I would let him know...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 17, 2021 | Hosts
On September 17th I woke up to a message from my Aunt Henny that Iohan Gueorguiev was dead. Iohan was the bike tourer/bikepacker that inspired me that biking through a Canadian winter was possible. My Aunt Henny was the person that I stayed with during the first...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 13, 2021 | Hosts
Through a random stop at a Fresnillo bike shop called Rocha bike shop I was found a host upon my arrival in Zacatecas. Paty would be able to offer me an empty lower floor apartment. There was so much to see in Zacatecas and I had so much work to catch up on that I...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 12, 2021 | Hosts
While in Zacatecas I met another cyclist named Elton. You can read about our meeting HERE. We would find ourselves at a restaurant called La Leyenda. The restaurant was filled with trinkets and amazing works of art. Apparently all left by artists from around the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 12, 2021 | Hosts
Thanks to my host in Torreon Ricardo Mendoza I had a chance meeting with the Manuel Zeek the owner of Zeek GPS. We hit it off pretty good and he was willing to help my bike ride by providing me with a GPS and the ability to track my ride via my website. Part of the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 11, 2021 | Hosts
While exploring Zacatecas I would return to Catedral Basílica de Zacatecas twice for photos. There was too much sunshine coming through the stained glass window in the morning. During my second visit I would run into Elton. Elton had visited Vicente Guerrero and...
