I’ve never been particular into Diego Rivera so I didn’t get around to seeing his famous murals during my first sojourn in Mexico City. However, glowing reviews from my erstwhile cycling companions, Jeff and Jason, who I caught up with briefly in Puebla, prompted me to make the effort when I returned to the DF [...]
Also tagged city life, df, mexico, off cycleAnother inexplicable roadside attraction.
Also tagged canada, on the highwayI have pretty limited access to internet while I’m cycling about in the wilderness. I try to post when I can but it is always easier when I am somewhere for a few days and I am currently riding down the Cassiar Highway which is pretty remote.
At the moment my posts are about a week [...]
Johanna who I met in Talkeetna, where she provided me with a shower and a bed for the night in her hotel room, sent me off armed with her Anchorage phone number and the promise of a welcome there from her husband if she happened to be still away when I arrived.
It was thus that [...]
Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances, I spent my summer solstice above the Arctic Circle camping beside the airstrip in Coldfoot. A party, attended by all the young seasonal workers of Coldfoot and neighbouring communities, and which I had no desire to go to, was underway at the not-too-distant river. A constant stream of [...]
Also tagged alaska, arctic, camping, dalton highway, midnight sunThe thing that I found fascinating about the Dalton Highway is the sense of community that exists on the 414 mile ribbon of mud, gravel and occasional asphalt that traverses the arctic tundra and mountains north of Fairbanks.
There are very few permanent residents on this road. The main settlements are work camps – mostly to [...]
I am going to back track a little in my travels to add a post about Denali National Park. (For my attitude to linear narrative see my post on retro-blogging.)
Denali National Park is one of Alaska’s wilderness areas that is relatively easy to access and consequently it receives thousands and thousands of visitors during the [...]
Let me state this clearly: I tend to retro-blog, that is; make posts long after the events described have occured. I also tend to edit and add to previous entries, so you can’t be sure that what you’ve already read remains the same.
It is always a struggle for me to create a coherent linear narrative [...]