Team Equipt's "Central America Expedition"
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medicfernando
Adventurer
WOW! Thats all I can say! Oh and cheers, or salud!
Sean VHA #60013
Adventurer
Love reading your trip reports and updates - keep it up :coffeedrink:
Power Wagon Okie
Explorer
Great thread! Hope the rest of your trip is safe and fulfilling! Can't wait to see future updates!!
RMP&O
Expedition Leader
Totally awesome pictures! Just stunning! Makes me so wish I wasn't sitting at my pc right now!!
Great write up, awesome pictures and better then any of that.....it is simply prefect to see somebody just get in their truck and go for it plus get off the beaten path. So many people don't go because of fear. It is really awesome to see you toss that aside and head south. Even better that you are a vendor.
Funny but what better way to learn not to park under the coconut trees then to take a hit? It is also good to see I am not the only one who loves Zacapa. I like it so much I made my local liquor store start special ordering it and stocking it on the shelf. Problem is at $60 a bottle I can't afford it often these days. However, not many people buy it here in my small redneck town, so it is almost always on the shelf!! I doubt you will find it now since you are in Mexico but if you ever get a chance to try the 50yr stuff do it! It is even better then the 23yr stuff. And if you get a really wild hair, try a shot in a dark beer like a Guinness or a Belkin. It may surprise you just how good it is, although be careful, it is potent and doesn't taste like it.
In Sayulita there are a couple of RV parks, usually full with snow birds. However there are a few other places to camp, right on the beach, just ask around and look before you buy! I liked Sayulita but if you are a surfer it leaves things to be desired. When I was there the drainage ditch in town reeked of sewage and was also dumping directly into the main surf break. Hopefully that has been taken care of by now. Also hopefully you have driven up the Mex 200. IMHO, it is one of the best stretches of road to drive in all of Mexico. It easily rivals the HWY1 in California, maybe better.
Cheers to you guys!
Great write up, awesome pictures and better then any of that.....it is simply prefect to see somebody just get in their truck and go for it plus get off the beaten path. So many people don't go because of fear. It is really awesome to see you toss that aside and head south. Even better that you are a vendor.
Funny but what better way to learn not to park under the coconut trees then to take a hit? It is also good to see I am not the only one who loves Zacapa. I like it so much I made my local liquor store start special ordering it and stocking it on the shelf. Problem is at $60 a bottle I can't afford it often these days. However, not many people buy it here in my small redneck town, so it is almost always on the shelf!! I doubt you will find it now since you are in Mexico but if you ever get a chance to try the 50yr stuff do it! It is even better then the 23yr stuff. And if you get a really wild hair, try a shot in a dark beer like a Guinness or a Belkin. It may surprise you just how good it is, although be careful, it is potent and doesn't taste like it.
In Sayulita there are a couple of RV parks, usually full with snow birds. However there are a few other places to camp, right on the beach, just ask around and look before you buy! I liked Sayulita but if you are a surfer it leaves things to be desired. When I was there the drainage ditch in town reeked of sewage and was also dumping directly into the main surf break. Hopefully that has been taken care of by now. Also hopefully you have driven up the Mex 200. IMHO, it is one of the best stretches of road to drive in all of Mexico. It easily rivals the HWY1 in California, maybe better.
Cheers to you guys!
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Dave Bennett
Adventurist
you guys are so going to be ready for the Maya Rally in December....it's almost not fair...
x2! :sombrero:
benedmonson
Disabled Adventurer
Team Equipt's "Expedition Mundo Maya"
I have a little unexpected time today to post some more of our trip. We had to stop into Palenque to get both of our dogs feet looked at. It appears that both Dezi (11 year old lab) and Jackson (5 year old border collie) were bitten by something in the grass at Laguna Bacalar. The vet doesn't think that it was a spider or scorpion, but a small type of rodent maybe??? Anyways not good and they are both being treated now. It's funny that we always end up needing a vet while in Mexico and they always seem to be very pretty and well trained in their field
After Bacalar we decided to go and visit several more Mayan Ruins in the Yucatan. Up to this our total ruins visited on this trip was 9. We could've ran this number way by visiting very minor structures with little or no information, but we all agreed that we wouldn't participate in "Ruin Bagging!" So we set our sails for the Tulum Ruins and what would come to be a disney like atmosphere, not recommended!!! We got there early, but since they are so close to town so did all the other thousands of visitors. I've never seen so many guys walking around with no shirts on and the girls were all in bikinis. Now I love a girl in a skimpy swimsuit, but come on.........
The only possible shot to make this place look cool and not visited. I do love this coast line!
The other view is like shooting an MTV pool party! Seriously....
Trying to isolate the ruins here and keep the thousands of visitors out of the pic is very hard to do!
The ruins at Tulum are somewhat impressive and the fact that they are right on the beach is really cool. The story goes that they were built on the beach to help boats navigate the reef. The boats would line up with the lights that appeared in the towers and would navigate the reef without harm.
This guy had it going on and posed for my camera before calling for an Iguana Union Break.
Lots of stories behind these prints....
Upside down baby, this was seen lots of places and I assume that it had to do with birth.
These guys were everywhere around the ruins.
A vertical of the above image.
In all really cool ruins with way too many people!!!
The dogs are back and have been treated so off to San Cristobal De Las Casas via a really cool off-road route thru the mountains.
I have a little unexpected time today to post some more of our trip. We had to stop into Palenque to get both of our dogs feet looked at. It appears that both Dezi (11 year old lab) and Jackson (5 year old border collie) were bitten by something in the grass at Laguna Bacalar. The vet doesn't think that it was a spider or scorpion, but a small type of rodent maybe??? Anyways not good and they are both being treated now. It's funny that we always end up needing a vet while in Mexico and they always seem to be very pretty and well trained in their field
After Bacalar we decided to go and visit several more Mayan Ruins in the Yucatan. Up to this our total ruins visited on this trip was 9. We could've ran this number way by visiting very minor structures with little or no information, but we all agreed that we wouldn't participate in "Ruin Bagging!" So we set our sails for the Tulum Ruins and what would come to be a disney like atmosphere, not recommended!!! We got there early, but since they are so close to town so did all the other thousands of visitors. I've never seen so many guys walking around with no shirts on and the girls were all in bikinis. Now I love a girl in a skimpy swimsuit, but come on.........
The only possible shot to make this place look cool and not visited. I do love this coast line!
The other view is like shooting an MTV pool party! Seriously....
Trying to isolate the ruins here and keep the thousands of visitors out of the pic is very hard to do!
The ruins at Tulum are somewhat impressive and the fact that they are right on the beach is really cool. The story goes that they were built on the beach to help boats navigate the reef. The boats would line up with the lights that appeared in the towers and would navigate the reef without harm.
This guy had it going on and posed for my camera before calling for an Iguana Union Break.
Lots of stories behind these prints....
Upside down baby, this was seen lots of places and I assume that it had to do with birth.
These guys were everywhere around the ruins.
A vertical of the above image.
In all really cool ruins with way too many people!!!
The dogs are back and have been treated so off to San Cristobal De Las Casas via a really cool off-road route thru the mountains.
nwoods
Expedition Leader
I wasn't going to bring this up, but since you went there, both your thread and James & Lauren's thread have been remarkably sparse in photos of appropriate beach wear.....
cruiseroutfit
Well-known member
Keep the updates coming
John forward me the addy Wednesday night and the parts went out DHL Express today (Thursday). They should arrive in MX Saturday or Monday. Now... more updates!
John forward me the addy Wednesday night and the parts went out DHL Express today (Thursday). They should arrive in MX Saturday or Monday. Now... more updates!
benedmonson
Disabled Adventurer
Keep the updates coming
John forward me the addy Wednesday night and the parts went out DHL Express today (Thursday). They should arrive in MX Saturday or Monday. Now... more updates!
Kurt you are a ROCK STAR!!! Our rigs will appreciate the new parts.
RMP&O
Expedition Leader
x2 on that one! Goes to show with the right contacts you can get anything anywhere in this day and age.