Mexico City to the Mountains... Motorcycle Diary of a Girl Traveling SOLO [Vlog 02]

Good morning. I am taking off to Hidalgo, to the mountains. I'm excited and I'm gonna get a warm beverage right now and I'm packing up and I'm headed out. I'm excited. This is kind of start of 2.0. All right, I am on my way. Bye bye Mexico City. That's not a good angle like that. All right. Today's ride was a simple one, but when you live in the unknown, when you book nothing in advance, even the littlest things can have a feeling of great adventure. All right, it is a little bit late. It's like 1 something. That's a little late to be on the road, but you know it's okay. I'm not going too far. I'm going about three hours to a place called Peña del Aire and it's supposed to be beautiful. I'm going to camp. Let's find a beautiful place to camp and stay dry and have a beautiful ride. How much is it for a coconut? 40 pesos the coconut. 40. Okay, one for me. What? How is the motorcycle? Yes, yes, yes. Less than two hours. Yes, yes. And the mountains? Yes, yes, yes. Are you going on vacation? Yes. My life. All on the motorcycle. Do you like to travel by motorcycle? Yes. But is the motorcycle big? Yes, it's very heavy. It's heavy. Yes. Yes? Maybe when I come back. Yes, when you come back. Grab the boat. Yes, every day? Daily, but early. Yes, at five o'clock. And in the morning, less air. Less air. Right now, a lot of air. Yes, yes, yes. I think another one for the water. Another coconut? Yes. Another one of these? Yes. I arrived there at 5 p.m., which is much later. I usually plan to arrive somewhere at noon, or two, or three. But today was a day that was much later than usual. And that's okay. For a few reasons. I had to take more time in the morning. So anyway, I'm going to try not to have too long, if it's up, and go. Okay. Thank you. See you later. Hello, how are you? Magna? Villano? Okay, so it's decision time. Change a plan from the original plan set out this morning, which was to make it to Pena de Aire and camp there. And in the mountains, in a beautiful place. However, my day started a little late. I got on the road a little late. And now it's about 4 p.m. And I just started to head, I realized I was headed up into the mountains. And I should probably get gas before I go into the mountains, because oftentimes there are less little, or no gas stations there. So I turned around and just got gas. And the thing is, the skies are looking gray. The wind is picking up. And I think it's going to rain. And I'm quite sure that I will hit some dirt roads on my way into the mountains to the area that I wanted to find some camping. And late afternoon, I mean, by the time I get there, it would be like 5, which on the motorcycle is ultra late. And if it rains, rain, dirt road equals mud, late, rain, setting up camp. None of that sounds great or fun. So I think I'm going to make a decision and find a place here to stay the night, like a little motel or something that has parking, really anything that's affordable and has a safe place for my bike. Those are my parameters on nights like these, where I kind of have a quick change of plan. I'm just literally laying my head down. And then I'll get up super early in the morning and in the morning is when winds are calm and hopefully good views. So that's my plan. So now I'm at this gas station. And I'm in a weird part of the city, I think. I'm in Pachuca. So I'm going to do some research on the phone as to where I can find a spot. And hopefully quick because I'm feeling the wind and the cold and the clouds and the rain potentially coming. So okay, let me shut up so I can find something. At this point, I quickly look for places to stay. I check out reviews and bookmark places to go see which feels best. Turns out, I found a highly rated hostel just four minutes away from where I happened to stop. Which was really great because it looked and felt like the rain was coming soon. Hola! Actually got in touch with someone and even though they weren't there, they gave me the code to get in. So great. And then the plan is that tomorrow I'll get up, go to bed super early tonight. I'm going to get up super early and head to the mountains. This is perfect. Much better than pushing myself and arriving in the mountains so early. It's 5, 5.30, maybe even 6, way too late. Maybe getting caught in the rain. All of that. I went with what felt the best and what felt not. It's not about what is most cautious or most logical. That is not what I do anymore. It is always for me about what feels the best. And sometimes what feels the best could be to say, okay, let me go straight to the campsite and hope for the best. This time what felt the best was find some place here. It's all about the inner guidance. And this place is just perfect. That was so easy and flawless and I always love to have a nice place for my bike. So I'm so always appreciative of just an easy place to bring in my bike. It's so nice. And that is coming true and comes true. So yeah, I'm gonna eat a little something and do a little computer work. Well, this is the end of vlog number three. And what I want to say is as I figure out this whole vlogging thing, what I hope I can eventually convey is this feeling of magic that I feel on the road. I know it's cheesy to say, but there's another way I can put it. It's a feeling of everything coming together in right time when you put your focus in the right place. It's a beautiful and powerful thing and I hope I can find a way to convey it to you throughout my journeys. So thank you so much for watching and thank you so much Casa Ali for letting me stay at your beautiful place. See you next time.