Where are you now? OFFICIAL MAYA RALLY In Progress thread!

[Christian P.]

More pictures - all credits to Bryan Dorr at www.ExploringElements.com

Him and Anthony from www.overlandnomads.com are doing a phenomenal job documenting this adventure.

Ponce had arranged to close the street for a couple hours so all the teams can enjoy this great area of Guanajuato.



A (partial) group picture in front of the theater - next time we will all see each other will be a few hours before the world ends!



One of the first activities of the Rally is a drive up to a summit next to Guanajuato - several teams made the drive.

 

[dangerbus]

wow. for the slowest team we are getting a late start from GTO!

Yesterday was a blast with the policia convoy through town and then the Offroading at the GTO center above the city

read and see more pics of the madness here
www.thedangerz.com/maya-rally-gto-offroad/

 

[Project510]

GO TEAM ASTRID!

 

[NorCalLC]

Great pics and trip report so far, keep it up and have fun everyone.

 

[Exploring Elements]

Crazy Ride So Far

Not much time at all to check our post on here, but been dropping stuff on FB, Twitter & Instagram. You can see most of the content on FB at: https://www.facebook.com/ExploringElements. #teamAstrid is charging hard and collecting points. 12+hrs on the road today. Bacalar here we come!

 

[Christian P.]

Lot of great pictures from Ponce here. This guy has offered a tremendous help to the Rally - it wouldn't be as successful without him.

A huge thanks again Ponce.

Jose Manuel Ponce, alias the Minority Racer (www.MinorityRacer.com)

http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...ally-Picture-Gallery-Consulting-fees-optional

Presentation session at the start of the Rally:

 

[Christian P.]

Again, all credits to Ponce. Our Guanajuato experience would not have been the same without him!

 

[dangerbus]

Team 31 (theDangerz) checking in from Puebla.
Mostly just driving today after spending much of yesterday getting lost in the forests around the Mariposa reserve.
Ended up sleeping in the forest next to a ranch in the middle of the reserve after a few "interesting" moments with the senora who lives on the ranch.

Read the rest of the story on theDangerz blog

 

[Christian P.]

Great story Bryan - I like that part:

The rest of the maya rally teams likely used their GPS to seamlessly guide them and the vehicles they are caravanning with into the safe harbour of a campground with a baños, wifi and hot water. They probably didn’t get lost, they probably didn’t almost run out of gas or have a stressful conversation about where to hide the van for the night. We definitely chose the road less traveled
and we must confess that this time it turned out perfectly. In the amount of time it took for sunset to fade from golden orange to black we went from crazy northamerican throat cutters to welcome guests. We may or may not see any butterflies today, but that magical transformation in the heart of the reserve we wont soon forget.

 

[RMP&O]

Great story Bryan - I like that part:

x2!!

Keep it coming folks, it is cold here and I am jealous!

 

[Driver-Navigator]

Some local coverage that Christian linked to from somewhere...

 

[dangerbus]

Mostly just driving for us yesterday trying to make sure we finish.

Team Astrid caught up with us (passed us) as we passed over the hills in northern Oaxaca (amazing considering we have no phone and hadn't heard from them for 2 days).

They had a bit of trouble getting started...
Is that a push from the Danger team?? Surely worth some selfless sportsmanship points from the judges!!:wings:

 

[technichen]

The 3 Amigos Team (Ross, Enrique, Stephen)
Checking in from Zihuatanejo. This place is an absolute must visit!

 

[RMP&O]

Hey if any of you are headed down the Mex200 I highly recommend a stop in San Juan de Alima and Playa Azul. San Juan de Alima is better!

 

[Christian P.]

Well we just did the unthinkable. And we survived.

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We drove at night through Mexico City. Yep, the big giant dangerous city full of corrupted police officers. That one.