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Enjoyed reading about your trip and the pics were great. Thanks for taking the time to share all that.
 
2Tonic said:
Great story and pictures. What camera did you use? The detail and clarity are impressive.

Hey... thanks very much!

The camera is the Nikon Coolpix 5700.

It really does make fantastic pics, and these were just with the automatic setting. Plus, they're scaled and compressed so that they download fast. You should see them in their original glory!

This is a very powerful camera, but there is a significant learning curve for everything except the automatic function. I have mastered things like exposure compensation (but didn't apply it often enough in these pics...) and shutter speed (ditto...) but there is much more to learn.

I have been using digital cameras for about 6-7 years now... and this one is going to the the last one I need for a really long time.

Ian
 
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Thank you for that report, Ian. My wife and I have traveled, extensively, in Mexico, but never by bike. Your report may be the inspiration we need. While traveling the Copper Canyon country a few years ago, by Nissan Pathfinder, we met a couple of Australian guys in Batopilas who were traveling through the canyons on dirt bikes and having a ball.
 
Hall -- a bunch of my friends in the Georgia club went to Copper Canyon with the Pancho Villa Moto Tour people.

While guided tours aren't my cup of tea, all reports about this toruing company are excellent.

Copper Canyon is where I am going next. And Baja. I need to do some camping in Mexico, and from everything I've learned, these are the best areas to do it.

Ian
 
Next Year's Event

Ian, do you know how one can get on a mailing list, or where there's a message board to learn in advance about plans for next year's event? Even in Spanish would be fine with me. This event sounds like a superb centerpiece of a great trip to Mexico that we've been thinking about for years.
 
Ian,

great stuff! A spanish speaking friend was supposed to lead me through some journeys south of the border, but it never happened. You've sparked my interest again.

It might make a nice side trip on the way the national in Spokane. :D

thanks for sharing.

-scott
 
Re: Next Year's Event

WilhelmGGW said:
Ian, do you know how one can get on a mailing list, or where there's a message board to learn in advance about plans for next year's event? Even in Spanish would be fine with me. This event sounds like a superb centerpiece of a great trip to Mexico that we've been thinking about for years.

Wilhelm -- I am not sure whether there is a list, but send Luis Viscarra, the Morelos Club Secretary an e-mail: lvizcarra@emv.com.mx and ask.

I am not sure if the Morelos Club will be managing the rally next year (to be held in Toluca, fairly close to this year's rally in Cuernavaca) but Luis should be able to steer your in the right direction.

Ian
 
KBasa said:
Copper Canyon? Here's an awesome trip report.

That guy's report is one that I've enjoyed many times before... the pics are stunning.

But for all the colorful pics he took, you know... I've always heard that the grass is really very green in Batopilas... but it doesn't look that way in the pics? ;)

What gives?

Ian

ps => the Pancho Villa guys led a tour that included the rally I went to. The people I met that were on the tour were having a real good time!
 
Ian;

What a great trip report. You got some skills man...on and off the bike! Let's do it again next year. Hank and Hardy want to go to El Salvador in February and we need some one to chronicle the deal. Want to go?

Hal
 
7th annual Mexico rally

Ian, you did a superb job of telling it the way it was.( I was traveling with the San Antiono group. )One evening while at the host hotel in Cuernavaca, a lady gave Hank and myself several copies of a vhs that she had made, describing next years 8th annual rally. I am getting copies made of the vhs.
Hal Guledge are I are going to Copper Canyon next week,with a group from"adventure rider"web site. When I return, the copies should be ready andI will send one to you.You gave me your card so I have your address.
Let us know if you are interested in doing the El Savador rally, Feb.5th thru 7th. It's not a sure thing yet for us, but we are planning. Hardy Baker, Marquez, TX.
 
Hardy (the BIG Texan) & Hal -- thanks for the good words! It was great to meet you guys. Meeting folks like you is one of the main reasons I ride. Lookin' forward to seeing that tape.

My partners will kill me if I split for El Salvador, we just landed a big contract and are going to be working like madmen from now until March to deliver.

At the Mexico Rally, I met Nanette, the lady who will be the El Salvador rally coordinator and she made it sound nice. I also met an El Salvadorian guy named Ricardo and he gave me his card... telling me that if I called ahead, he would round up some other beemer riders and meet me at the border for an escorted ride into town. Let me know if you'd like that contact info.

Ian
 
Hola Ian, Muchas gracias for providing me the link to this excellent Ride Trip Report

Thanks for giving me this link, I really did enjoy reading of your Cuernavaca trip! D
 
AWESOME! having just returned from a week in Cabo visiting the mountains and coastal areas in lower quarter I had already decided a motorcycle trip to Mexico is a must do. This just hightens that feeling, thanks for a great report!

RM
 
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