You have reached the Mexico section of our site. We went on a trip for a couple of months over Christmas 98/99, driving in a van (named Daisy) that Fred bought in Boise and that he drove all the way down to Gautemala where he picked Mathias up and then they went back up trough the Savage Territory of Guatemala, Belize and Mexico. Check out our trip reports from the different weeks, or if you have a special interest or just want to avoid all the rock climbing pages then use the links further down. The blue icons appears throughout the stories - again for your convenience if you want to skip all the culture stuff.
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Our Pack list
Map of the Route
The Complete trip report

Week1 - Week2 - Week3 - Week4 - Week5 - Week6 - Week7 - Week8 - Week9

Rock Climbing Cultural highlights
Dec 7 -- Semuc Champey, Guatemala
Dec 20 -- Tulum, Yucatan
Jan 2-3 -- Aculco, Mexico ***
Jan 5 -- Bernal, Mexico
Jan 9-10 -- El Cuajo, Mexico
Jan 12-13 -- El Diente, Mexico
Jan 13-15 -- El Escalon, Mexico ***
Jan 13-15 -- Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Jan 27-31 -- Joshua Tree, USA **		 Nov 1 -- Mariachi party, Apisco Mexico
Nov 20 -- Palenque Ruins, Chiapas Mexico
Dec 5 -- Mayan cave ceremony, Lanquin Gua
Dec 8 -- Man with Pig, Lanquin Guatemala
Dec 12 -- Tikal Ruins, Guatemala
Dec 18 -- The "Mariposa" song, Akumal Mex
Dec 24 -- Mexican Christmas, Playa Mexico
Dec 27 -- Uxmal ruins, Mexico
Dec 31 -- New year's eve, Oaxaca Mexico
Kayaking Caving / Spelunking
Oct 22 -- Surfing the Pacific, Mazatlan
Nov 6 -- Rio Pescados, Veracruz
Nov 7 -- Rio Pescados, Veracruz
Nov 7 -- Rio Antigua, Veracruz
Nov 8 -- Rio Pescados, Veracruz
Nov 10 -- "Xico Creek", Veracruz
Dec 20 -- Surfing Carribbean, Akumal
Dec 24 -- Surfing Carribbean, Cancun 		Dec 5 -- Lanquin, Guatemala
Dec 8 -- Lanquin, Guatemala
Dec 11 -- Poptun, Guatemala
Dec 14 -- St. Herman's, Belize
Dec 15 -- Rio Frio cave, Belize
Dec 27 -- Cueva Xtacumbilxunán, Mexico
Dec 29 -- Cueva Miso Ha, Mexico
Scuba Diving Other stuff
Nov 26 -- Puerto Valleta
Dec 19 -- Taj Mahal Cenote, Mexico
 Theresa's trip reports (excellent)
Fred's first reports (Sep30 - Nov) [1] [2] [3]

The Route (4th December - 3rd February 1999)
This is a rough guide to where Fred and Mathias went - Starting in Guatemala City and ending in Los Angeles
  1. Meet in Guatemala 4th December 1998
  2. The Maya Mountains. Incredible caving in Lanquin. See links above.
  3. Play Del Carmen - good party town. Not too spoiled and this was where we spent our Christmas.
  4. Oaxaca - Mezcal Capital of the World - we spent New Years eve in this nice city.
  5. Aculco Canyon. 80 kilometers North of Mexico City. Excellent crack climbing.
  6. Guadalajara - Lots of different places to climb. We tried most of them and they where all good, but we like El Escalone the most.
  7. Cabo San Lucas - Spoiled Americanized tourist spot. A bit of granite sea cliff climbing in beautiful surroundings (jumping Grey Whales!) but not much to do.
  8. Surfing! Excellent surfing spot midway between Cabo and La Paz. Recommendable.
  9. Joshua Three - we finished of the trip with a few days in this very popular and classic climbing area.
Most of this trip report was created during the trip using an HP OmniBook 300

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