Update #22
10 days ago

DAYS 199-212 🇲🇽 TRANS MEXICO PART 1: LOOK WHO'S BACK 🚵

A day after arriving in Guanajuato, I was joined again by Tim, who now turned full Bikepacker, arrived from Germany with his new shiny gravel bike fully equipped to tag along all the way to Guatemala! 🚲 🥳

We took some days to explore the historic towns of Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende with their beautiful colonial architecture, decorated cobble stone streets and tasty street food before heading off onto the Trans Mexico Bikepacking route towards Mexico City.

The trans mexico meanders through the mexican backcountry, taking us from one tiny village to the next one along roads of variable quality 🫠 Especially the first days were filled with many miles of cobbled roads and gravel paths, making me wish I had chosen a mule and not a bike for this trip 😅 But after the weeks of road riding before, it was mainly a welcome change to be back on dirt again!

We soon crossed from the rather wealthy state of Guanajuato into the state of Michoacan - most noticable by the sudden sharp decline in road quality - and headed towards the famous Monarch Butterfly Reserves in the mountains of the state 🦋 Each year, millions of butterflies migrate here from wide areas of North America to stay over the winter. Unfortunately, when we visited the reserve, the weather was not on our side. It was grey and gloomy, and the butterflies preferred to sleep in instead of flying between the trees and colouring them orange.

We spent the Christmas days relaxing in a small local hotel with a very friendly owner, four dogs, and large gardens 🎄. Afterwards, we headed through the mountains to Valle del Bravo, where we camped at the lake shore and enjoyed some sunshine before catching the bus into Mexico City as the year was nearing its end.

And what a year it had been! It seemed unreal to be here after having started in Jasper seven months earlier. But there was still a lot of road left until Guatemala, and more adventurous riding to come in 2025! 🗓

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Warum Mobilität Für Alle
While growing up, I cycled everywhere. School, doctor, jobs, you name it. Could I have taken some form of public transport instead? Sure! But cycling was often more convenient and gave me more freedom.

Now, imagine there is no public transport system. School is a four hour walk away. The next well to fetch some water? Ten kilometers. The doctor? A days march.

In this case a bicycle is so much more than just a convenience. It becomes a necessity. A bicycle gives individuals in rural developing regions the chance to  overcome the barrier of distance, connecting them with education, healthcare, and economic opportunities.

For this reason I want to support the Word Bicycle Relief with my Project 100 Bikes, a solo ride spanning 11.000 km through North America and Mexico.

More about it here: www.laurablaubaer.com/project-100-bikes

10€ already buys the tires, 26€ a wheelset and 147€ one bike. Every donation counts!

Mobilität Für Alle

World Bicycle Relief macht Menschen mit Fahrrädern mobil. In Regionen, in denen Distanz Menschen daran hindert voranzukommen, wollen wir mit einfacher und umweltfreundlicher Mobilität Zugang zu Bildung, Gesundheit und wirtschaftlichen Chancen schaffen. Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der Entfernung kein Hindernis mehr für Bildung und Gesundheit, persönliche, soziale oder wirtschaftliche Entwicklung ist.

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