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  • Bike rental pick-up in Cuernavaca.  A bucolic setting, but just finding the retal HQ was an adventure.  We headed out south on the Pan American highway in a light rain.  The pictures here don't do the time or place justice.  Unfortunately, several roll...

    • Bike rental pick-up in Cuernavaca. A bucolic setting, but just finding the retal HQ was an adventure. We headed out south on the Pan American highway in a light rain. The pictures here don't do the time or place justice. Unfortunately, several roll...
  • AGB makes one of many new friends . . . .

    • AGB makes one of many new friends . . . .
  • Ancient Monte Alban outside the wonderful city of Oaxaca

    • Ancient Monte Alban outside the wonderful city of Oaxaca
  • Relaxing on Monte Alban

    • Relaxing on Monte Alban
  • We met some traveling Dutch in Oaxaca and gave them a ride up the mountain.

    • We met some traveling Dutch in Oaxaca and gave them a ride up the mountain.
  • Atop one of the many fascinating structures on Monte Alban

    • Atop one of the many fascinating structures on Monte Alban
  • The open plain at the center of Monte Alban

    • The open plain at the center of Monte Alban
  • The steps to the top were shallow and steep.  I have never been in a place with such a palpable air of ancient history.

    • The steps to the top were shallow and steep. I have never been in a place with such a palpable air of ancient history.
  • Somewhere on the roads, which were generally quite good, though we encountered the occaisional miles of bone-shaking washboard, missing bridges and of course the ubiquitous topes.

    • Somewhere on the roads, which were generally quite good, though we encountered the occaisional miles of bone-shaking washboard, missing bridges and of course the ubiquitous topes.
  • In the foothills outside of Oaxaca.

    • In the foothills outside of Oaxaca.
  • In the Sierra Madre Del Sur.  The ride through these mountains from Oaxaca to the Pacific stands as the most stunning of my life.  The road leading into the mountains from Oaxaca was the steepest, twistiest piece of asphalt I've encountered.  Once in t...

    • In the Sierra Madre Del Sur. The ride through these mountains from Oaxaca to the Pacific stands as the most stunning of my life. The road leading into the mountains from Oaxaca was the steepest, twistiest piece of asphalt I've encountered. Once in t...
  • Some friends in the Sierra Madre Del Sur

    • Some friends in the Sierra Madre Del Sur
  • At the bottom of the mountains we rode along the coast, stopping in lush and  beautiful Puerto Angel and the surfing mecca of Puerto Escondido, where we met folks who gathered from places like Holland, France, Argentina and the US to ride the Pacific w...

    • At the bottom of the mountains we rode along the coast, stopping in lush and beautiful Puerto Angel and the surfing mecca of Puerto Escondido, where we met folks who gathered from places like Holland, France, Argentina and the US to ride the Pacific w...
  • Packing up to head back into the mountains after a respite at the beach.

    • Packing up to head back into the mountains after a respite at the beach.
  • Taxco, built with profits form the local silver mines.

    • Taxco, built with profits form the local silver mines.