Category Archives: Bicycle touring

From one tourist site to another, Antalya to Pamukkale

Reminder: Jack’s slideshow (about our bicycle tour in Mexico) at REI in Boulder is coming up on June 13 at 6:30pm. With visits to the old cities of Termessos, Olimpos, Sagalassos, Side, and Perge this spring, I feel like I’ve … Continue reading

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Cyclists in Antalya (and a little cycling too)

I don’t really have any travel stories.  Instead I have some small world stories. I’ve spent a bunch of time wandering around Antalya looking for a place to stay for a month or so.  One day I met Charley, a … Continue reading

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Wrapping up Mexico

Jack sent me off from San Cristóbal de Las Casas with a hug, a smile, a wave, and probably a snicker or two as I set off on my single speed with no pump to find a dirt track that … Continue reading

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Rambling through Tzotzil Chiapas

When Wendy came to Mexico, she brought an Outside magazine for me to take a look at.  Consisting mostly of automobile ads I definitely felt like I wasn’t their target audience.  However, after wading my way through the gear reviews … Continue reading

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Tabasco — a wet, spicy adventure

Water, water everywhere.  Fully one-third of Mexico’s fresh water is in Tabasco.  With water come mosquitoes.  Heaps of them.  So bad that we huddled in the tents during the twilight hour when they were at their worst.  A couple nights … Continue reading

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