Guatemala to Alaska and Back - Page 12

GuateRider · 03-28-2012, 09:21 PM

Still impressed fromSir Edwards garden and is genius , the next morning I took off for tha Cascada de Tamul, the biggest of the many waterfalls in Queretaro and San Luis Potosi : 105 m high and (after the rainy season) up to 300 m wide

I rode all the way to La Morena where I had to take a small boat to go 4 KM upriver to get to the falls . In the moment I saw the river , I was it by his beauty and I realized in a second , that no matter how extraordinary human genius can be , compared to nature it will always be insignificant . If the human kind would understand that , we would treasure, honor and preserve nature in a proper way .
These are the boats that take you upriver to the falls

After the first corner the look of the river changed dramatically

Strange rock formation along the river

Twice the river got so strong and shallow that I had to get out of the boat and walk while the guys were pulling the boat with a rope

Several small waterfalls at one side of the river

And then finally after one hourof rowing the waterfall was in sight, impressive

On the way back we stopped at some point and walked a few minutes up in the mountain ; there was a big cave filled with water, perfect for a swimm and to get away from the burning sun

GuateRider · 03-29-2012, 05:18 AM

An other beautifull sunset in Queretaro and in a few hours I'm off to Mexico City to pick up my wife from the airport

MikeMike · 03-29-2012, 05:31 AM

Sunset at sunrise, have a safe trip on the way to get the passenger and give her my regards.

GuateRider · 03-29-2012, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeMike

Sunset at sunrise, have a safe trip on the way to get the passenger and give her my regards.

Thanks Mike. and yes,it actually was sunset

Oaxacuzano · 03-29-2012, 06:02 AM

I am very happy that you are enjoyning Mexico,

Remember: Mexico es tuyo, disfrutalo.

Regards and please keep posting pictures and comments.

nailit2em · 03-29-2012, 06:28 AM

Yes....Nikki will be impressed!!
Very nice

miguelito · 03-29-2012, 09:36 AM

The Sierra Gorda is one of my favorite places to ride in Mexico, and Xilitla is a strange town, and yes kinda ugly at first glance, but oddly compelling nonetheless. Are you heading through San Miguel de Allende?

GuateRider · 03-29-2012, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oaxacuzano

I am very happy that you are enjoyning Mexico,

Remember: Mexico es tuyo, disfrutalo.

Regards and please keep posting pictures and comments.

Mexico has been nothing but good to me so far and so have the Mexicans , like on all my previous trips over the last 30 years.

Saludos y Viva Mexico !!

GuateRider · 03-29-2012, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by miguelito

The Sierra Gorda is one of my favorite places to ride in Mexico, and Xilitla is a strange town, and yes kinda ugly at first glance, but oddly compelling nonetheless. Are you heading through San Miguel de Allende?

I'm not heading through San Miguel , but maybe I will go there just for the day this Sunday or Monday . It will be my wifes call

GuateRider · 03-30-2012, 04:59 PM

Finally last night , my wife Luisa Fernanda, flew in from Guatemala to join me on our journey .
She got off the plane in her riding gear , helmet in her hand . She had some funny stories to tell about security checks in the airport

She is a trooper , she just doesn't know it yet !

GuateRider · 03-31-2012, 07:10 AM

There was something special about my ride back from Xilitla to Queretaro : It would be my last solo ride , from Queretaro on it would be 2 up .

I left Xilitla about 7 am with blue sky and the road soon started to climb up the mountains , the air got cooler and then close to cold , just the way I love it !

Soon I reached Pinal de Amoles , one of the highest villages in the Sierra Gorda , great pine forests all around

On this road there are several old monasteries , all of them very impressive with a lot of architechtural details . The first one I came by , was Mision Landa

From there I went on to Jalpan de Serra , small town with a nice plaza and an other mision, Mision Jalpan

By then the altitude and the cool temperature was gone , but the road,view and riding was still great

I had never had so many cars and even trucks passing me , the view just had me riding really slow and enjoying it.
Pretty soon I came in the are of Penia Miller , the Semidesierto Queretano . Really desert like sceneries with desert like temperatures , 37 C

eddie98 · 03-31-2012, 07:25 AM

Que buena aventura, y buenisimas fotos

MikeMike · 04-01-2012, 03:58 AM

Julio, where exactly was the penultimate photo taken? Looks like my kind of taste in riding, along with the 3rd from last photo.

GuateRider · 04-01-2012, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by eddie98

Que buena aventura, y buenisimas fotos

Bueno saber que las fotos le gustan a alguien !

GuateRider · 04-01-2012, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eddie98

Que buena aventura, y buenisimas fotos

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Originally Posted by MikeMike

Julio, where exactly was the penultimate photo taken? Looks like my kind of taste in riding, along with the 3rd from last photo.

Hey Mike , you must have planed a long ride for today if you are up that early

Those pictures were taken between Jalpan de Serra and Pinal de Amoles (Queretaro)

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

I know you would love this aerea, but even for an "ironbutt" guy like yourself undoable in one day out of Veracruz

03-28-2012, 09:21 PM	#166
GuateRider ^OP Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Momentarily back in Guatemala Oddometer: 1,186	Still impressed fromSir Edwards garden and is genius , the next morning I took off for tha Cascada de Tamul, the biggest of the many waterfalls in Queretaro and San Luis Potosi : 105 m high and (after the rainy season) up to 300 m wide I rode all the way to La Morena where I had to take a small boat to go 4 KM upriver to get to the falls . In the moment I saw the river , I was it by his beauty and I realized in a second , that no matter how extraordinary human genius can be , compared to nature it will always be insignificant . If the human kind would understand that , we would treasure, honor and preserve nature in a proper way . These are the boats that take you upriver to the falls After the first corner the look of the river changed dramatically Strange rock formation along the river Twice the river got so strong and shallow that I had to get out of the boat and walk while the guys were pulling the boat with a rope Several small waterfalls at one side of the river And then finally after one hourof rowing the waterfall was in sight, impressive On the way back we stopped at some point and walked a few minutes up in the mountain ; there was a big cave filled with water, perfect for a swimm and to get away from the burning sun __________________ Guatemala-Alaska-Guatemala

03-29-2012, 05:18 AM	#167
GuateRider ^OP Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Momentarily back in Guatemala Oddometer: 1,186	An other beautifull sunset in Queretaro and in a few hours I'm off to Mexico City to pick up my wife from the airport __________________ Guatemala-Alaska-Guatemala

03-29-2012, 06:28 AM	#171
nailit2em Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2007 Location: KANSAS CITY Missouri Oddometer: 286	Very impressive!! Yes....Nikki will be impressed!! Very nice __________________ Have Kegs will travel!

03-29-2012, 09:36 AM	#172
miguelito Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2009 Location: San Miguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico Oddometer: 482	The Sierra Gorda is one of my favorite places to ride in Mexico, and Xilitla is a strange town, and yes kinda ugly at first glance, but oddly compelling nonetheless. Are you heading through San Miguel de Allende? __________________ 3200 miles thru Mexico and SW US Mainland Mexico via Baja I ♥ La Sierra Gorda/Lost in the Fat Mountains The most fun I've ever had following a cop Essential Spanish Phrases

03-30-2012, 04:59 PM	#175
GuateRider ^OP Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Momentarily back in Guatemala Oddometer: 1,186	She arrived Finally last night , my wife Luisa Fernanda, flew in from Guatemala to join me on our journey . She got off the plane in her riding gear , helmet in her hand . She had some funny stories to tell about security checks in the airport She is a trooper , she just doesn't know it yet ! __________________ Guatemala-Alaska-Guatemala

03-29-2012, 05:31 AM	#168
MikeMike Beastly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2009 Location: South east Mexico Oddometer: 2,425	Sunset at sunrise, have a safe trip on the way to get the passenger and give her my regards.

03-29-2012, 06:02 AM	#170
Oaxacuzano Dromo maniac Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Toluca, Mexico Oddometer: 61	I am very happy that you are enjoyning Mexico, Remember: Mexico es tuyo, disfrutalo. Regards and please keep posting pictures and comments.

03-31-2012, 07:10 AM	#176
GuateRider ^OP Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Momentarily back in Guatemala Oddometer: 1,186	Last solo ride There was something special about my ride back from Xilitla to Queretaro : It would be my last solo ride , from Queretaro on it would be 2 up . I left Xilitla about 7 am with blue sky and the road soon started to climb up the mountains , the air got cooler and then close to cold , just the way I love it ! Soon I reached Pinal de Amoles , one of the highest villages in the Sierra Gorda , great pine forests all around On this road there are several old monasteries , all of them very impressive with a lot of architechtural details . The first one I came by , was Mision Landa From there I went on to Jalpan de Serra , small town with a nice plaza and an other mision, Mision Jalpan By then the altitude and the cool temperature was gone , but the road,view and riding was still great I had never had so many cars and even trucks passing me , the view just had me riding really slow and enjoying it. Pretty soon I came in the are of Penia Miller , the Semidesierto Queretano . Really desert like sceneries with desert like temperatures , 37 C __________________ Guatemala-Alaska-Guatemala

03-31-2012, 07:25 AM	#177
eddie98 Studly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2007 Location: WOODSTOCK, GA Oddometer: 600	Que buena aventura, y buenisimas fotos __________________ 09 DL 650,08 WR250R 09 KLX250S(gone), 03 R6 (gone) 04 WR 450(gone), 01 EX 250(gone), 06 DL 650(gone) , 89 KLR 650(gone)

04-01-2012, 03:58 AM	#178
MikeMike Beastly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2009 Location: South east Mexico Oddometer: 2,425	Julio, where exactly was the penultimate photo taken? Looks like my kind of taste in riding, along with the 3rd from last photo.

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