Travel

Havana – Playa LargoBirds chirp, wheels turn and the city comes to life. Gatito awakens and looks over her Havana Balcony at a black and white 1953…

HavanaHavana, what a fantastic city Gatito thinks. It’s big, spread out, home to several million. Old Havana hugs the coastline with its long ocean-front…

Cancun – HavanaNo expectations. It’s the best way to travel and often insurmountably difficult to attain. Too often you enter a country with a…

CancunFrom the time of Adam and Eve it has always been that that which is forbidden is all the more viscerally desired. Human nature perhaps, our drive…

San Cristobal – CancunIt’s early. 6am. Dawn breaks with the chirp of birds and the flutter of winged creatures. The night’s rain subsides into an early…

Oaxaca – San CristobalA big toe grips the cobblestone. An arm brushes a wall. A drop of dew is deposited on a forehead. A glint of light reflects off a…

Puerto Escondido – San CristobalI came around a big wide bend on the toll way at a steady 140 kilometers per hour. Bam! The bike goes sideways, my heart…

Xalpa – Oaxaca.The road winds lazily up a mountain pass. The peaks that surround are tall and rotund, dry and dusty. Wind whips by and peels off a layer…

San CristobalSan Cristobal is amongst the most beautiful cities I’ve been lucky enough to see. It’s calm, collected, and serene. Yet, for some reason, it…

11:00am, Wednesday May 2nd - Teotihuacan to 10:00pm, Thursday May 3rd - Oaxaca.Look Deep. What does this mean? Is it to stare passionately into the eyes…