Highlight: Igloo Kokolo

Near the town of Tizapan El Alto, Jalisco we did some volunteer work through WWOOF at a sweet  ranch called Igloo Kokolo.. It is located right on the edge of Laguna Chapala, the largest lake in Mexico. Igloo stands is for the fact that all of the structures on the lot are Igloos... and Kokolo stands for scorpion in a native language of the region (alacran in spanish).. Because the land is full of Kokolos... The owner Chavo plans on growing organic food on the lot, and for now work is still being done to get it ready for the food garden.. Most of the structures are built with earth bags & adobe and all of them except the kitchen is covered with concrete on the outside.. We helped Chavo excavate and move large boulders to build some stone walls.. It was hard and fun work!

The entrance..

Some igloos & Palapa

More igloos

Inside the kitchen

Ken, Sunny, and me with Chavo

View of Laguna Chapala from the hammock palapa..

Pedal The Globe: Week X(2) - Tzintzuntzan ==> Morelia, Michoacan!

Pedal The Globe: Week X (1) - Guadalajara, Jalisco ==> Zacapu, Michoacan

Casa Ciclista GDL shoutout! (and some art)

If you cross Guadalajara by bike make sure to check out the "Casa Ciclista" it's a sweet community bike centre for cyclists... 

They host touring cyclists free in their loft for up to 4 days!

Kitchen included! 

Plus you can work on your bike for free, and get free/cheap used parts!

Our bikes just before we headed out of the city..

Random art I saw on the streets of Guadalajara:

Week Occo e Nueve: Sayulita ==> Guadalajara

Ahora  voy hablar mas Espagnol en mis videos!

¡Mas Historia!

Sayulita was very cool... What more can I say? I think we were there at the perfect time, just in between the busy seasons. When it's more locals, foreign immigrants, and the few other groups of random travellers..

Made some cool new friends.. Gavo & Charly (The next two are real photos developed and printed by Charlotte Ernst)

Photo Credit: Charlotte Ernst

Photo Credit: Charlotte Ernst

Riding up from the beach towards Guadalajara was a big climb in elevation.. But luckily a very bike friendly road!

But beware of the cougars..

..and the heat

After we got to the top we had to wait a couple days in some interesting towns like Ameca, and San Isidro Mazatepec for our host, Levi, from wwoof.org to return from a trip.. Then we spent a couple of weeks in the very cool community that he lives in called Teopantli Kalpulli.. 

Sunny and I with Levi's mother Beatriz

We actually didn't do much organic farming on this particular wwoofing experience because Levi's brother Quetzal was opening a new yoga studio, Arbol De Yoga, in Guadalajara. Levi was in charge of putting the garden together. So instead of farming we did a little urban garden construction in the city for a week.

At the end of work week we attended the inauguration yoga session. 108 sun salutations! Aye aye aye is what we were saying a couple days later!!

At the Arbol De Yoga after we peddled to the city from Kalpulli

As I write this we are staying with Ivan, a warmshowers host, in Colonia Americana.. A very cool neighbourhood in Guadalajara. 

A little snap of our ride to downtown today..

Week 7: Arriving on the mainland!

A little late but here it is... La Paz ==> Sayulita

Week 8 is already cut.... Just need to get to some good wifi because its long, and I need my camera to load the last clip.. Problem is I dropped my camera on a rainy night out the car door on the way back from our wooff work. Long story short, a lady found it, and we got connected to her. Problem is she doesn't want to give it back without a hefty reward: $2000 pesos.. Luckily the rancher we're staying with's right hand man, Pablo, lives in the same neighbourhood as the lady, and he knows some of her family.. So we'll probably get it back. Till then we'll have to wait. Hasta luego!