George's Spring Trip 2010

Hello All, These pics are from mine and Steves camera and have captions and tell most of the story so far. The WI FI in town is painfully slow and this will probably be the case through Guatemala.

George did a 7 mile hike into the local Mayan Ruins and had a wonderful report and pics.
He was to tired and hot to come with Steve and me into town to upload pics. This uploading is like the other two things I seem to be always seeking...Shade and a place to recharge my batteries.
All is well here, hoping the same for you. Time to jump in the River
Best,
Dan

http://picasaweb.google.com/Digiamo/20100502MexicoBelize42610#

http://picasaweb.google.com/Digiamo/StevesPics#
 
Great pictures and write ups Steve, Danny and George. Really enjoying the ride along. Thanks for taking the time and trouble to post.

Continued safe journey,

Raouf
 
This trip has been great. Your pictures are much appreciated. Happy trails to the three of you. Be safe.
 
The guys are going to enter Mexico in Chiapas State.....in my opinion, the most beautiful part of Mexico. This area of Mexico is very famous for waterfalls. AND....people who steal you blind while you're enjoying the water falls. LOL

NO unattended bikes guys....around/near any ruin sites or water features. (I'm not kidding) There are also many police waiting in these areas to nab tourists smokin' dope. :eek:

http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0505/waterfalls_in_chiapas_mexico.shtml

http://www.turismochiapas.gob.mx/
 
I'm betting on....hundreds of miles of gravel today. Yikes.....and a few river/stream crossings that will be dicey! I hope I'm wrong....I can't wait to hear about todays run...

Update:

Wow...this might be the river crossing they are making for right now!! The border crossing at Frontera Echeverria, Chiapas, Mexico. One thing is for certain....these guys are remote and really, really out there now. This section of Chiapas.....is like another world. Remote. Adventure Riders....will give these guys a gold star after today!

I had to chuckle when George and Danny said (after Steve's review on the map and consulting local Belizians):

1 few miles of gravel, then paved roads all the way to Mexico
2 travel through Guatemala will save a day of riding

http://egghigh.blogspot.com/2007/12/day-33-frontera-echeverria-corozal.html

A little info on the river the guys are currently riding along....
http://www.mayanwhitewater.com/rivers/chiapas/usumacinta.html
 
I've been watching the "boys" pretty closely today. They are really in a remote area. Progress have been very limited today, maybe only 100 miles or so. It seems they've stopped for the evening. It appears they rode to the river (maybe for gas...boats working the river would need gas...and a quay fill station might be where they stopped) and then instead of continuing on to where I thought they would cross...they headed back North and have stopped. Border crossing officials do NOT work full days at these types of crossings. It may be that they've bedded down for the evening to wait for a crossing tomorrow morning. After they cross...they've got a lot of miles to go before they get to any town significant in size (or even a paved road). Villages are what they are encountering now. They are in the bush now....and I don't expect any internet communication soon.
 
I hope the guys are okay. It does look like a pretty remote area for ST1100's. Glad George has a SPOT. Based on the Blog in the post above, I wonder how much riding finesse it will take when they unload on the other side of the river.
 
You guys sound a lot like guys who have never ridden with Danny and George.

I've ridden many miles with both of them...

They'll go places on an ST that I wouldn't go on a Vstrom...

Nuff said...
 
I'm not worried about the guys riding skills....they are the best. Gas, tires....crossings (it's spring...rivers are full)...etc. Not even all of these villages have "gas stations"....and it's a long way between fills.
 
quick update frm blackberry at our stealth camp in a gaot field under a cell tower.I woke o the sound of the Howler monkeys going at it in a distant tree grove.
No blood or broken bones and the bikes are not at he bottom of the river.
Misinformation at the Belize / Guatemala border brought us to roads steadily deteriorating o grapefruit and baseball sized rocks hat lead only to small boats not easily accessible.
Between Steve and me ...six drops and still going. I needed George to ride my ST outs the last drop because I was to shakey and weak. He rode the SOB directely into the field where we are now. We were done for the day.
We are on our way from Tecnica back to El Bethel to atempt a better crossing to a promise of pavement in The relative safety of Mexico.
More later...
 
Hope you guys got some rest and were able to recuperate a bit; also hope the promise of pavement on the other side proves to be true. Good luck and be careful...please!

George, those are great pics of the Mayan ruins!

The Adventure continues...
 
Sounds like you guys will be ready for a vacation from your vacation when you get back. Debra might have to get used to George being around the house for more than a week at a time. lol.

Keep enjoying the adventure while it lasts. And remember, only 9 days till campstoc in WV. You guys still have time to make it.:D
 
Don-STOC237 said:
You guys sound a lot like guys who have never ridden with Danny and George.

I've ridden many miles with both of them...

They'll go places on an ST that I wouldn't go on a Vstrom...

Nuff said...
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Even with the bestest riding skills, which I'm sure they have, riding a 700+lb bike fully loaded with gear is very, very difficult on soft and uneven terrain without knobby tires. All the body english in the world won't save a tip-over and without traction even throttle control is compromised.

Be extra careful in the non-paved areas guys!
 
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