by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 15, 2021 | Hosts
Biking down the highway towards Xpujil I ran into a bunch of motorcyclists. A photo lead to some beers which lead to a place to set my tent up for the night. I originally thought I was camping in a backyard but it turned out to a vacant lot that Gary’s...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 6, 2021 | Hosts
In Linda Vista I was coaxed off the road by locals for a beer. It didn’t take long for me to lose count of the number of beers that I ended up having. Good thing the owner of the bar said I could spend the night there. Cico’s brother who originally made the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 4, 2021 | Hosts
On November 4th Luis Antonio pulled his vehicle over. His English was probably the best English that I had heard in Mexico thanks to his 20 some odd years in the US. He noticed my Canadian flag off my trailer and had to stop. He had spent about a year in Vancouver...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 12, 2021 | Hosts
Eduardo was a lucky host for me from Ixtlahuaca near the pyramids in San Juan Teotihuacan which I had planned to visit before arriving in Mexico City. Eduardo became a host thanks to a chance meeting of his son Augustoo on the Baja. I was biking south and Augustoo was...
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...
