Day 342-346, 18-22 June 09: Elections, downhill and to Cancun: World-in-a-Truck

18 June 2009: Election tricks, graffiti & handwork We did a quick tour around the central Plaza in Tlachichuca for some Wi-Fi search and some posing for pictures. I noticed a huge truck unloading hundreds of boxes with a growing crowd gathering around. The boxes contained live chickens and were handed out to the villagers. The magazine [...]

Carinthia Sleeping bags & Down jacket

Carinthia supplied us with a warm sleeping bag. Owner Wolfgang was worried about the cold we would endure in Alaska & Canada, so he personally created a new mix of their ECC Expedition 600 & the even warmer ECC Expedition 800. It weighs only 1200 grams (though our weighed 100 grams more due to the [...]