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Excitement grew as the signs for Belize approached. Thankfully because I was pissed off Kevin kept stopping to check his compass to see which way was south and I already knew and didn’t want to stop due to the simple fact it is difficult to get going on a shitty bike with your whole lifeContinue reading “Mexico to Belize”

We switched our headlamps on and asked which way was south as we carried our bikes down the stairs back out to the street. Take the first right and just keep going. We had just ate our coffee and taken care of the morning duties, packing, peeing, preparing food. Our wheels hit the road andContinue reading “Bacalar”

I have so many beautiful emotions to describe this town and words will never fully give the proper feeling to what was experienced in Felipe Carrillo Puerto thus, photos will suffice in hopes to transport you into my shoes and give you a glimpse of what I would so far call my favorite place inContinue reading “Felipe Carrillo Puerto”

This post will continue to be updated with thoughts, questions, and any other randomness which has occured while sitting on a bicycle moving the pedals in circles. CJ’s Thoughts: Do you ever feel like a different human while on the road traveling? Tourism is taking over the beauty of the world–good bad? Too many heavyContinue reading “Thoughts from the Saddle”

8:00 Eastern Standard time, we arrived way too early to the airport although not without good reason. First we needed to weigh our bags and distribute the weight accordingly because the one way non-refundable tickets from Indianapolis to Cancun only allowed 18kg (40lbs) for checked bags. After taking Kevin’s 2kg bag of mixed protein powdersContinue reading “Cancun to Playa del Carmen”

Originally, I had planned a trip to Michigan to kick off the new year and spend some time snowmobiling amongst other winter activities before departing for warmer weather (where I belong and flourish). Unfortunately and fortunately the trip had some questionable weather and was called off, then called back on a day later: in thatContinue reading “Florida 2020”