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Hi! My name is Juan Carlos Florez, and this is a blog covering a trip by bicyle from San Antonio, TX, USA to Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. I am a practitioner of harmless living. I've been a carpenter-home builder for the past 15 years, I also have a degree in holistic health counseling, and am on this journey to continue my learning with an amazonian native healer I met not long ago. This trip, besides being the "greenest" way to travel, is also an initiation, and a pilgrimage. Hope you enjoy my journey!!!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

HELLO FROM TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEX.

OK Here's a little recount of what ive done so far:
USA
Left NY, NY for San Antonio, TX, oct 9 2010, 3058km (1900mi) by bus.
Left San Antonio, TX for Brownsville, TX,  oct 13 2010, 483km (300mi) by bicycle

MEXICO
Crossed the border into Matamoros, Tamaulipas,  oct 18 2010.
Left Matamoros for Tampico, Tamps, oct 18 2010, 500k (310mi) by bus

note: all that follows is by bicycle
Tampico, Tams, to Veracruz, Ver, along gulf coast, from oct 20 to 24 2010, 491km (305mi) one rest day in Veracruz.
Veracruz to Acayucan, Ver to Palomares, Oaxaca, towards Pacific coast, from oct 26 to 30 2010, 430km (267mi) one sick day in Acayucan.
Palomares, Oax, to Tapachula, Chiapas, from oct 31 to nov 3 2010, 480km (298mi).

Total by bus:  3558km (2211mi)
Total by bicycle:  1884km  (1170mi)

So thats the distance so far, tomorrow i enter Guatemala at the Ciudad Hidalgo, Mex-Tecun Uman, Gua. border, and ride hard as far in along the pacific road as i can.


  

2 comments:

  1. Juaniii!!! Me haces falta... Yo disque te estaba escribiendo con el Iphone y resulta que nada de lo que he puesto realmente se ha quedado en tu blog por culpa del Iphone =). Bueno queria decirte que te quiero montones, espero la estes pasando rico. Ojo que llegando a Panama tenemos que hablar para que te veas con mi family (Si quieres). Ahh y me gusta el videito que pusiste...Un beso

    Diana

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  2. Juani compraste guitarra??? Como que my new companion???

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