2008
MEXICO
Article published in Mototurismo magazine in 2009.
Mexico is often underestimated: everyone knows its immense capital, full of museums and attractions, many know about the Yucatan and its archaeological treasures, some more famous beaches such as Acapulco, Cancun, the ubiquitous Puerto Escondido, but then what? Splendid colonial cities, true pearls of a necklace that reserves surprises even at a first slightly more accurate investigation: incredible natural beauties, one for all the Barranca del Cobre well 4 times larger than the Grand Canyon, accessible by rail, road, even with a splendid dirt road that descends steeply towards its bottom, to reach the magical Batopilas. Mystical places like Real de Catorce, deserts, tropical beaches, very high volcanoes, extinct or still active. When asked to describe Mexico, Herman Cortès simply crumpled up a sheet of paper and placed it on the table: an irregular, crazy topography, a freak of nature that has given rise to incredible varieties of places, populations and cultures today. now accessible to all. And this is another surprise that can amaze the traveling motorcyclist: the incredible geography allows you to create an often very panoramic road network of this jewel called Mexico. How to set out to conquer a country by road and be conquered by so many beauties. Are you ready? Let's go.
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