Week 128. Leaving Oaxaca Valley. The first part of the week felt like running a marathon, even though we haven’t cycled. We were busy in Oaxaca with running errands, from 7am to 10pm. All of us – Sven, Kira, Tulku and our bikes – had check ups. We fixed our teeth, Tulku got medicine for her infected ear and our bikes got a lot of new parts. Luckily, we sneaked in some sightseeing and visited couple of UNESCO sites. Now we are in Mexican Highlands, on our way to Puebla.

Week 127. Busy week: cycling, sightseeing and check ups! We finally finished cycling the last big mountain and reached Mexican Altiplano. Here we already visited many sights like Hierve el Agua, Mitla and the biggest tree in the world (by grith). We set a base camp in Oaxaca as it’s time for medical and dental check ups as well as mechanical check up for our bikes. Also, we started making videos! One is already online and another one is still being edited.

Week 126. Climbing to the mountains. In order to reach Mexican Altiplano we have to cross 11 mountains. We have already climbed over 10 mountains, so there is only one left. It is the highest, the steepest and with the longest climb. Sven is excited, Kira not so much and Tulku is just happy, because she had her 8th birthday yesterday!

Week 125. Off to the mountains! We’re still not ready (not at slightest), but oh well… On the bright side, the landscape here is very different. Jungles are truly over for a while now, and we are surrounded by blue mountains, yellow grass fields and brown leave-less trees. The air is dry, it’s not that hot anymore and all plants have thorns. Also – cacti! Plenty of them all over the place. We haven’t seen them since Argentina and we are very happy to see them again.