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From Oaxaca i am starting again solo. Bine again is taking a bus to the coast. There are again a lot of mountains on the way to the Pacific. On the second day, i climb 1.900 meters by bike and spend the night in a small town high up in the mountains. I get a very simple and cheap room, but the view over the mountains is really great. Sunset and -ri...

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When Bine and me started cycling from Valle de Bravo, we had perfect weather and a clear view. Which we often could enjoy because for the first 55 kilometers it is a steady climb. The last 20 km on the highway were not enjoyable, we twice had to leave the road because of fast trucks which nearly hit us! In the forest at an elevation of 3.000 meter...

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Since Zacatecas quite a long time has passed, we did not really got very far. At the moment we are close to the capital Mexico City, in Valle de Bravo.<br /><br />The first days after leaving Zacatecas had been verz nice, dry and tranquill countryside and very nice weather. But this changed then, it got more green, more agriculture, more people, mo...

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I like Mazatlan from the beginning. After leaving the ferry (coming from La Paz) we cycle through the old part of the town. Narrow streets, old houses, small plazas and cafes in spanish style. And also a very nice citybeach.<br /><br />Then we are heading off for the mountains. We take the awesome road to the highlands. The first to 2 days is a ste...

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The first town of Baja California Sur is Guerrero Negro, we stay there for one night. Mainly to have a shower after a long time und to get some stuff fixed. Moreover we use the opportunity to have some local food. Especially all those different variations of tacos and tortas are very good, including the spicy sauces.<br /><br />On the next day we t...

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Supported by "the bible", Mark's Cycling guidebook of the Pacific Coast it was easy for Doug from the USA, Mark from Canada, Bine from Germany and Uli from Austria to find a good and easy way out of San Francisco. The weather got drier now, but still quite chilly during evening and nigth. The coast around Big Sur has been great, the road is directl...

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During awfully bad rainy weather we left - after 3 weeks off the bicycle - Vancouver to enter the USA a second time. This time the Immigration was a little bit more easier. We bot had been very lucky to have a new US entry stamp in our passport.<br /><br />Because of the bad weather we took the shortest route avoiding Seattle - heading down the eas...

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It's quiet a long time ago, since i wrote the last news, and a lot happened since Smithers!<br /><br />With mostly very good weather we cycled along Highway 16 to Prince George. Coming from the north, this is the first place where "remoteness" ended - quite a lot of traffic and villages. What a pity!<br /><br />As the date of the visit of my parent...

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Since leaving Whitehorse we had quite bad weather - a lot of rain and low temperatures. At Junction 37 we started cycling the Cassiar Highway which is leading quite straight south into British Columbia. Along this quite remote and beautiful road we saw some Black bears along the road.<br /><br />The detour to Stewart and Hyder was great. We observe...

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Great cycling along the Alaska Highway heading south. Amazing weather along the Kluane Nationalpark. Bad weather on the road to Haines. Great mountain scenery along the way up north from Skagway to Whitehorse.<br /><br />Then we had a beautiful and unique canoe trip from Whitehorse to Carmacks. About 300 kilomters on the Yukon river in 7 days. Grea...

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We had a beautiful ride from Tok to the border to Canada and on along the Kluane Nationalpark to Haines Junction! Entering Canada was not a problem at all, we got 6 months for staying here, great! The weather was fantastic, we had great views of the mountains. BUT - we had awful headwind for 7 consecutive days. And on the Haines Highway rain, cloud...

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For Bine and me Alaska is clearly one more highlight of our trip so far. Although we saw no sun and had some rainfall every day in the first 2 weeks. As we approached the Denali area, the weather got better and better.<br /><br />Therefore we were able to see the about 6.500 meter Denali Peak, the highest mountain in Northern America, several times...

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Surprise!! Bangkok has been our final destination on the asian part of the trip. After a long flight and some troubles with immigration at the U.S. border we finally made it to Alaska. The temperatures here are quite cool compared to SE-asia, there is 24 hours daylight, everything is 3 to 5 times more expensive than in asia...<br /><br />We are at ...

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