Is Mexico Safe?

[tricepilot]

Originally Posted by larrylarry75

Entertainment value aside is there a reason for not having this same publication in English?

Because it's a map.

You're not going to be eating a hamburguesa somewhere and complain to the waiter that it doesn't taste like a Big Mac, are ya?

[tricepilot]

In chasing around researching interesting b/w photos of Old Mexico, I found another by Agustin Casasola, but in that process I found a website dedicated to the history of the Huarache.

Here is the link to the Huarache Blog. I think some of you will find it interesting.



Photo by Agustin Casasola

[acejones]

As Tricepilot said; "Its a map".

All you want is place names, road numbers, and a graphic representation of direction and distance. Language doesn't matter. Distances and velocity are in kilometers and kilometers per hour. You do understand kilometers ? If not just take miles and multiply by .6. Thats close enough.

[ChangoGS]

[larrylarry75]

Originally Posted by tricepilot

Because it's a map.

You're not going to be eating a hamburguesa somewhere and complain to the waiter that it doesn't taste like a Big Mac, are ya?

They don't? You sure about that? Jeeze maybe I should stay home, it doesn't sound safe to me.

LL75

[larrylarry75]

Originally Posted by acejones

As Tricepilot said; "Its a map".

All you want is place names, road numbers, and a graphic representation of direction and distance. Language doesn't matter. Distances and velocity are in kilometers and kilometers per hour. You do understand kilometers ? If not just take miles and multiply by .6. Thats close enough.

There's a lot more included in the Atlas than just lines & distances which is why I asked. Didn't mean to offend anyone, was just curious. Kilometers...? WTF are those?

LL75

[MikeMike]

Guia Roji has some errors, use with caution if you are heading off the cuotas and usual routes.

If Eakins comes over I want to keep him busy here for a little while checking out some areas.

[MikeMike]

Originally Posted by going south

Hey Trice: thanks also for the link to Manuel A. Bravo's Pictures!
Two of my favorite thing's old black & whites, & Mexico..... perfect....

Seen this one?

[MikeMike]

Or this one?

[MikeMike]

No?
How about this one?

[MikeMike]

No?
Time for a flashback.

[larrylarry75]

Originally Posted by MikeMike

Seen this one?

That's the Mexico I'd like to see. Damn that's beautiful, thanks for sharing.

LL75

[MikeMike]

I'll take you right to the spot where I snapped that one, Larry.
And if it's cloudy, we'll just go back the next day.

[Sjoerd Bakker]

Originally Posted by acejones

As Tricepilot said; "Its a map".

You do understand kilometers ? If not just take miles and multiply by .6. Thats close enough.

Er .. ah ,, Ace isn't it the other way around ? We'll just say this was a typo slip up
.

If you have one MILE ( or una milla ) then multiply by 1.61 to get the equivalent in kilometers .
This is s o you can explain to a Mexican how far you rode in the u ess of ay .

If you have kilometers known and for some unfathomable reason feel the need to CONVERT it TO MILES
THEN you multiply by 0.6 to give you the mile equivalent

I do not now and will never have a GPS babysitting unit on my bike. I do all my travel with paper maps and remembering routes and landmarks from previous trips and I carry a compass as backup . I am not afraid to chat with a local to ask some questions and directions. To tell me "where I am" I only need to look at the ground under me and that is ... "here' I call this complex inexpensive system my SPS and it has always gotten me home. Even the maps are consulted sparingly and usually a s a bit of planning stimulus along the way
If you need a lot of English printed background information in the atlas then the Editores Quimera road atlas of Mexico is (was ?) one to look for. I haven't seen a new edition the last few years so maybe they quit making them , I don't know. But their road atlas is just as detailed as Roji and it also had nice topographical shading in the latest one I did buy .

[MikeMike]

Originally Posted by Sjoerd Bakker

I do not now and will never have a GPS babysitting unit on my bike. I do all my travel with paper maps and remembering routes and landmarks from previous trips and I carry a compass as backup . I am not afraid to chat with a local to ask some questions and directions. .

Old school rules!!

Who cares where you are, unless you are planning to stay you are not going to be there very long.

Whatever happened to folded up maps to use inside the Levis jacket to block the wind, a ski sweater, a Bell Magnum, Ray Bans, jeans, rodeo roper gloves, Red Wing slip on boots, a Zippo, some baling wire, chewing gum, a few pesos and traveling on $10 bucks a day, etc...?

Oh, wait, that's your modern day KLR pilot. LOL!