Bienvenidos a Mexico

After almost a year of planning we are leaving Vancouver, Canada in our 87 VW bio diesel (veggie oil) towards Mexico City. We are going to go to different universities in the largest city in the world to promote the first University river race on the Papagayo River. The Papagayo River is three hours southwest of Mexico City and one hour east of Acapulco, surrounded by jungle and mountains. This river is one of the cleanest in Mexico because there are not many communities that live in the dense mountains. This also makes this river and its valley’s ecosystem unique.

After six and a half days of driving we arrive to Mexico City, exhausted, dirty and smelly. We can’t wait to shower. This means no more driving for at least a day.
We arrived on a Friday with our back suspension broken, so our first stop was the mechanic. If you are driving a VW in Mexico you are in luck. It’s Volkswagen paradise.



We had the weekend to rest and to plan the next couple of weeks. We met up with Alex and Fabiola, the owners of Imagina Un Mundo School and Rafting company, our partners for the Papagayo River Race. We knew the next few weeks were going to be busy, but we had no idea what we were about to encounter.