No Fixed Abode

Back on the road with two new wheels we stopped in Tehuacan. Nestled in a valley and surrounded by hundreds of spindly cacti, we visited...

There are two things I don’t care for being back on the road. The first is eating out every day, and wondering will the hotel have coffee...

It was a hot, crowded Sunday our first day back in Merida. The goal was to find a house, settle down for a few months and pretend to be...

Winston Miera was born on the same day as his English namesake. He had the bald head and spoke English but the similarity ended there....

Coming over the mountain into Tehuacan, Fran realized there was oil all over his shoe. Inspection on the shoulder revealed a damaged...

The days were flying by, I’d no idea how we got to May so suddenly. We were getting closer to Mexico City, that big bad place on the...

After a week in the city of San Luis Potosi, we headed off again to the Huasteca region in the eastern part of the state (also named San...

After a loud night of revelry we left Mazatlan on Easter Saturday. It sounded like it would have been more fun growing up in Mexico on...

Mazatlan became home for a month and a half. We had to stop; we hadn’t had a hearth to call our own since August. During our stay, we...

On the road again, this time with a detour on the cards. We had planned to continue down the center of the country till we reached...

In order to continue down the center of the country, we had to drive back the way we came. We stopped to see Joel and Ixchel again and...

Batopilas is one of the Pueblos Magico and is nestled at the bottom of a deep, narrow canyon. Beautiful is the only word to describe it;...

Before we left town, Fred advised us on several routes and points of interest for the next stage of the journey. Our immediate...

We spent 6 days in the city of Chihuahua. It was lovely to stop for such a long time in one place. Each day started with breakfast cooked...

So, this is it. Dress rehearsal over. Today is the beginning of what it’s all about. With the final pack in America done, we were on our...