Velo Freedom

Get on your bike and ride it!

Main Menu

Skip to content
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Equipment
    • My Bike
  • Gallery
  • Homepage
  • Interesting Links
  • Route
  • Where Am I?
  • Why Blog?

Category Archives: Mexico

Across The Tropic Into A Different World

May 14, 2011by fanwaar 1 Comment

For the full photo diary for this part of the tour please click here A couple of days ago I entered Zacatecas, my seventh Mexican state, then yesterday I crossed […]

Read Article →
Mexico, On The Road

Happy Hauling Through The Heart of Copper Canyon

May 6, 2011by fanwaar 5 Comments

For the full photo diary of my trip to and through the Copper Canyon click here Seven days, 225 miles, 21,366 feet of climbing… doesn’t sound like anything particularly out […]

Read Article →
Mexico, On The Road

Urique… Rest & Recouperation

April 27, 2011by fanwaar 3 Comments

Nearly eleven months ago I was writing about being Stranded in Fairbanks, Alaska. The last couple of weeks I’ve been close to stranded in Urique, Mexico. My two month hiatus […]

Read Article →
Mexico, On The Road

Over The Hill & Far Far Away

April 12, 2011by fanwaar 2 Comments

You couldn’t script it… there I am about two-thirds of the way down the gnarly 2,000 metre descent into America’s deepest canyon and in perhaps the most aggressively remote spot […]

Read Article →
Mexico, On The Road

Bye Bye Baja

April 5, 2011by fanwaar 3 Comments

For the full photo diary of Baja California please click here Twenty-six days ago I crossed over into Mexico, since then I’ve had eighteen days that involved at least some […]

Read Article →
Mexico, On The Road

Fix Up, Look North

April 4, 2011by fanwaar 1 Comment

Readers of my last post will be aware that I had let the stench of disillusionment leak into my psyche. I have retrospectively named this slip towards negativity my ‘blue […]

Read Article →
Mexico, On The Road, Thoughts & Impressions

Bad Roads, Boredom & Baja Belly

March 28, 2011by fanwaar 4 Comments

One of the overarching themes of this tour seems to be that there are positives to be found in every situation. My personal outlook has switched full turn from full […]

Read Article →
Mexico, On The Road

In Mexico and Still Alive!

March 13, 2011by fanwaar 4 Comments

Virtually every account by cyclists moving through the USA and south into Mexico talks about how Mexico’s reputation for being an extremely dangerous and lawless hell hole fails to hold […]

Read Article →
Mexico, On The Road

Post navigation

← Previous 1 2 3

Posts By Territory & Category

  • Alaska
  • Canada
  • U.S.A.
  • Mexico
  • Central America
  • Cuba
  • Colombia
  • Ecuador
  • Peru
  • Bolivia
  • Chile
  • Argentina
  • On The Road
  • Thoughts & Impressions
  • Things To Think About
  • Day Rides
  • Gear
  • Hikes
  • Background

Archives

  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • September 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010

POST CHRONOLOGY (NEWEST FIRST)

  • Friends in high places: Hiking the Welsh 3000’s
  • Fell Wandering
  • Pennine Way(s)
  • Counting forwards, counting backwards & counting lucky stars
  • The road to a new rhythm… Illinois through Wisconsin to Michigan
  • Argentine Tierra del Fuego: Lightly bumping the buffers
  • Chilean Tierra del Fuego: The warm fires of Gaucholandia
  • Peachy, Beachy, Patagonian Business
  • A towering Paine in the pampa
  • Glacier Perito Moreno… Big, blue and built like a brick shithouse
  • Seek and you’ll probably find… Spinning dirt to El Calafate
  • Monte Fitz Roy… A mountain worth waiting for
  • Austral acceptance & a nod to ‘normality’
  • Operation Austral Avoidance Pt.2: Valle de la Luna
  • Operation Austral Avoidance Pt.1: Paso Las Pampas
  • A mishap and a mission: Riding to Futaleufú. Hitching to Puerto Montt
  • How do I roll? A look inside my ride
  • Snaking south: A Lakeland adventure
  • Dust Guzzlin’, Monkey Puzzlin’ Perfection
  • Pedal(s) to the metal
  • Loving Santiago… Loving Cities

Blogroll

  • 'Contours of a country' with Will & Ruth
  • 'Off Route' with Knut and Skyler
  • 'Steeling Away' with Sam
  • 'While Out Riding' with El Gilberto
  • Anna takes you on 'a thousand turns'
  • Bicycle Nomad aka Banff To The Bottom
  • Bikepacking.com
  • Don Miguel (aka Mike Howarth)
  • Finding 'these places in between' with Cherry
  • Harriet & Neil are 'Pikes on Bikes'
  • Nick's Bike Tour
  • Paulie G's 'The Ride South'
  • Sarah & James' 'Big Sur'

Flickr Photos

DSC02957
More Photos

Enter your email address to follow Nathan's travels and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Follow Velo Freedom on WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Velo Freedom
    • Join 137 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Velo Freedom
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar