 I just got dropped off in the middle of nowhere hoping that I'm in the right spot and then I saw this I know I'm in the right spot John Mira, hi Mira So good to see you. You're squeaking How you doing to see you? You made it. I made it long day Oh So happy to see you. I'm so happy to see a bull of you. How'd you sleep? Can you let me sleep a little bit longer? I've only slept for five hours. I went to bed light. Nope, you don't care, do you? Check it out. I'm in Mexico. Finally. I was supposed to be here in January But I uh bailed on that trip at the last minute. I had everything packed up. I was ready to go but it just didn't feel right And uh, actually I felt burnt out. I felt incredibly exhausted both physically and mentally and so I took a break and uh I feel much better. I've had more than two months off and I'm feeling recharged and rejuvenated both spiritually and mentally and I'm ready and I'm in my favorite country in the world now And uh besides recharging my heart and soul. I also fell in love I found my dream girl And I didn't know if it was ever gonna happen, but I found her. We found each other And it's the most amazing feeling I've ever had Okay, enough about the love stuff. You guys want to watch a biking video, right? Well, let's get to it It's so good to see you. I love you so much. I missed you. I missed you. I missed you here Come up here. Yeah, give me a hug. Give me a hug. Yeah, there's my girl. Let's go find dad Let's go find dad. Okay, john, where are you? Oh, oh, there he is How you doing, man? Buenos dias. Buenos dias. What have you been doing since the last time I saw you riding bikes? You just did Baja now you're in the mainland. Yeah, we just hopped the ferry Mira got luxury service She had her own cabin So it's been pretty good. Yeah, you're eating mexican cereal. Yeah, mexican cereal Mexican coffee. Yeah, maybe columbian coffee You ready? Boom. Oh, you caught it too fast. You're like a canadian hockey goalie Hi, I love you. I'm so excited to run around mexico with you. And there's my 600x all dressed up and ready to go Of course opinion and gates right there everything is Strapped on and ready got water And we got our Mira. Here we go Turn this up. Are you feeling john? I'm feeling excited high five. Let's do this. Yeah, man. Let's do it Mira. Yeah. Yeah. I want a high five too. Here. Come on. Yeah, there we go. There's my Mira high five Oh, there we got this. Let there be light Okay, we've made it to the streets of mazalón step one and I don't think I've told you but we're riding the trans Mexico route so we're gonna we're gonna be heading east up into the mountains Out into the state of Durango Durango And uh, we're excited because there's there's our boy and our girl right there And uh, yeah, it feels so good to be in Mexico I love this place and you can see john also has a gopro. He's filming these adventures for his youtube channel What is it? It is omni tiara. All right. We will link that right here So people can follow you around the world. You're riding all the way around the world That's right seven continents mostly dirt mostly with Mira And uh, we can really use your support. So just subscribe hit that button. You know you want to Yeah, yeah, and subscribe to my channel too. Okay for all of you non subscribers hit the button Oh and join patreon Mexico can be loud join patreon if you feel like supporting my content This is where I put all of my heart and my soul. I absolutely love sharing these stories with you also all patrons get early access to videos Videos with no ads, which is very cool And the satisfaction of knowing that you're keeping my channel alive. Thank you now back to Mexico All right, looks like john and Mira are ready to go. She's in the back of the Back of the basket already Yeah, yeah, it's adventure time. Isn't it it's time to go have some fun on the streets of Mexico And you see these really awesome sunglasses. These are my good luck charms for this ride These are actually the Amelia boon signature gooder sunglasses called the queen of pain So I have a little piece of her with me on this ride Oh, no We've only been riding for 13 seconds and I'm already so psyched. Whoo. Viva Mexico And before we get too far down the road I always got to start off every adventure with my good luck chant No crashes. No flatties. No whammies The smell of the ocean the salty air Makes me feel so good. I have not seen The ocean since Baja 2020. It's been over two years. Oh, yes Yes Hello, it's been so long. I'm so glad to see you Ah Feels good I love the taste of that salty water. Oh, it feels good. Oh, look who came to join me Mira Hey Hey Mira, you want to play in the beach for a second? You want to play in the beach? Okay Dad wants us to get back on bikes Whoo I love it. Me encanta el mar. Okay. Now it's time for stop number two Frioles, this is my favorite gas station in Mexico. Oh, so tortillas All right, and these are my favorite Mexican treats the príncipe John. I got beans Yeah, I'm surprised and where do the beans go in the bean holder, of course Now this temperature just makes me feel alive. I love warm weather, especially after a cold winter You just breathe easier, you know, everything feels good All right, one more quick stop. There's so much good food On the corner of pretty much every street and so I'm getting some nice warm beans little fuel for the day And I promise we won't stop anymore. We can start riding I'm so excited. I'm like, oh, look at that. Oh, look at that squirrel Look at all that fish It definitely felt smells fishy in here We are actually looking for a little boat To go across the water just a tiny little boat ride Hey I love open-air markets They're always so fascinating and interesting and everybody's usually pretty lively And I don't know how we're gonna fit our bikes on this boat, but we'll figure it out Only 20 pesos for the ride It was only about a 10-minute ride, but that was a great boat ride Viva Mexico! There we are. Oh, yeah, there's some dirt and what we like for the off-road boys Thank you dog. There's definitely lots of dogs barking your ears here So Mexico is very famous for a lot of things, you know, like tequila and mariachi But they're also famous for these bumps called topes and they're speed bumps And they are everywhere all over the country to slow down drivers And and bikers, but you cannot miss a tope anywhere in Mexico And they're usually pretty aggressive. Those ones were kind of mild, which is nice. We're just going to pretend we didn't see that This is definitely where the route goes And if you're wondering we've downloaded the gps to our bike computers That is how we're navigating We're not just guessing which roads to take It is all Out there and set up somebody has done this before You're like a bird feeding worms to its young. Yeah Not really tunneled, but who cares? Oh, this is the birthplace of Olé If you're all wondering how I Came upon that song is because I used to go to soccer games here in Guadalajara When I lived here in college And the entire stadium would sing Oh Olé And the energy was just so fun when there's 80,000 people out there singing the same song our shoulder on the road But we've also lost about 90 of the traffic Which is very nice It was a little hectic this morning There were some rowdy roads we were on but now We can breathe easy. It's nice and quiet and chill And you might be wondering. Hey, why aren't you riding on dirt? I thought this was a bike packing route It is indeed, but it is half dirt half pavement the entire route is and the entire way to Durango, which is 200 and some Kilometers is all on this paved road. So no dirt for the first few days So this right here is what I call Mexican Gatorade and when I rode home from Honduras in 2005 This was like a special occasion drink. These are a lot more than like the coax and the fantas but they have rehydrating You know electrolytes and stuff. So we're just gonna Chug these. They're nice and cold So good to see you again to be traveling with you. Yeah Come on potato chip. Is that what you want? Yeah Go buddy Going with us All right, John, where were we headed? I've done this before. Yeah, we're headed way into the mountains So if you look over my right shoulder way up on the horizon Uh espinosa del diablo spine of the devil runs right along that crest up there So it's a pretty famous road around these parts and that's where we're headed. Is it tough? I think there's some steep sections, but it's beautiful That's the main thing beautiful twisty turnies switchbacks and it might be uphill, but at least today We have a tailwind. That's good. That's good It's friday, right on every friday. There's always a tailwind. That's just how it works when you're riding bikes Isn't that right? Do you experience the same thing out there? Fridays are for tailwind any town called copala So we want to stay in this town and I just asked the kid over here at the restaurant where we can camp And he's like just right over there right here. And I'm like, what do you mean in this house? He's like, no, I just camp like right here on the the porch He's like the the owner's not here, but he says it's cool. So here we go. We're going to camp right next to central park How do you feel about that john? I think it's pretty awesome. Yeah, it is pretty awesome. Yeah free place to stay restaurants right there Yeah, we've got like the church right there And look bathrooms. This is great. This is five stars, baby right here This is pretty cool. So that's where we're camping right there And this is our dinner table right here. Not bad, huh? Pretty good. Great first day, buddy. Yeah, man. I love it. And we're eating huevos rangeros for dinner Usually it's a breakfast food, but it's the only vegetarian thing they had everything else had meat for la cena So we're going with beans and tortillas and a little bit of salsa So It is 7 30 on a friday here in copala And it's pretty quiet I really enjoyed today, you know, we didn't sleep much last night But I woke up excited because mira was jumping all over me And we got the bikes together and we hit the road and it's been a long time since I've been on a bike trip You know, it's been a long time since I felt the excitement of starting a new adventure And especially a new adventure in a place that I love so much and that's warm and Has copious amounts of frio les went about 60 miles, which is a great first day and I'm feeling very grateful to be here For this opportunity that john and mira invited me along once again to share the experience And uh, it's just uh, it's a nice feeling because back in january when I was feeling burnt out. I didn't know if I would get Excited again for bike trips, you know, I didn't know if it was going to come back You know, I was truly worried about that And uh, it seems to be back at least for a little bit, you know, because I definitely do I miss Amelia a lot You know, I haven't been in love in a long time and this is some real love And uh, I miss her so, uh everything is amazing except for that fact that I really Miss Amelia and I think it's just a good sign That I I love her so much that I I miss her this much, which is very cool. It's been a long time And uh, I'm grateful that she's in my life right now Every day I look up into the sky and I'm like Amelia. I love you. I send out love shout outs to her She hears me My phone doesn't have reception here. So I don't really even get to talk to her I text her through john's phone. He has reception Anyway, I'm blabbing on about love But uh, I'm happy to be here and uh, I'm excited for what's to come Mira's got her little pad She does john's got his air mattress and his new pillow Hey Mira, thank you for another beautiful day. Buenas noches. Buenas noches johnny mira Oh, I love it. This country makes me happy