The scenery and food has changed throughout Mexico, i love fresh hot corn tortillas with fresh cheese and fruit for breakfast, here in a mountain town we found interesting comida de sheep stomach stuffed with mince and chilli and sausages
We have been in Mexico since the start of May, but tomorrow we cross a border and enter the country of Guatamala.
Mexico has had some ups and downs (including the mountains).
Culture shock in the beginning, a different palate of smells, tastes and sounds were greeted with an´ï can handle anything¨ attitude, which soon had to give way to reality as the heat and spice and car horns wore away my tough cactus spikes.
Mexico has a vibrancy which you have to adopt to find contentment here, which has been very interesting for me. The people are upfront but relaxed and laid back at the same time, infact they love nothing more than to relax and have fun with friends and family after a long day at work or on the weekend, and boy do they work hard here.
Family is such a strong unity here, it is the single most important thing (after music), and we have had the opportunity to witness family unity and even experience it first hand on many occassions, the hsopitality we have been given has been amazing at times, i remember a friend told me once that when he was travelling by bicycle, that the less people have, the more they give to you, and i am definitely witnessing this first hand now.
Travelling by bicycle introduces us to so many people, it becomes overwhelming sometimes, sometimes at the end of the days ride i get tired of the whistles from the people yelling hey gringo, but i try to keep it in perspective and think to myself as if it was the first time id heard it for the day, not the hundreth. When we do stop and talk, we start to draw peoples glances and sometimes straight out curiosity, most people look from afar and continue on, but a lot of people also want to talk and ask questions of where were from, where we¨re going etc, and even approaching us to ask if we need something, so all in all i can say that Meican people have good hearts, and are very kind and welcoming.
We have not devitated much from the main routes, we could spend years here climbing mountain ranges and volcanos seeing everything from desserts in the north to tropical jungles in the south. So its little wonder then that we have seen some prosperity here in Mexico, but to be honest, there is a feeling of injusticer here. After talking with the local people, a common theme is evident in the tone of their voice, that here Mexico is so well endowed with sun, water and soil, and yet there is little prosperity from the local people. This is an opinion based on some kind of image people hold of a life in a different country like America, Australia or Europe, which as some of us know has its good and bad points, but all in all, i can say i havent seen poverty here, but nor have i seen excessive affluence, it seems people in the country side have food and shelter a plenty, though they might work hard for it, they definitely are living a simple but happy life, and it has been a pleasure to see and meet these people.
So we say goodbye to Mexico now, and say hello with an open heart and mind to a host of countries in Central America.
For me Mexico has been beautiful, interesting, hot and hard. Ive tried to talk to as many people as possible (a lot of people are speaking english here which helps).
We havent met other bike travellers until recently. weve met 2 groups, one was a convoy of riders entertaining local people and kids with circus and music, and the other was a family affair with a 3 year old boy in tow, who seemed to be spreading the voice of love and happiness, also through music. The links for their respective blogs are below if you want to take a look.
http://www.zarmalouloux.we.bs/
www.tricletas.blogspot.com/
love aidan, and mucho gracias to all we have met in Mexico who have helped us on our journey, asta luego.
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