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Originally Posted by rusnak
She's got the upper and lower body strength of a baby. And the same sort of balance as a toddler. Painful to watch. Amazingly bad rider given the mileage she's got on the odometer.
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She's very friendly on her riding thru these countries. She waves to people and that warmth is reciprocated. If you watch the last video I posted she stumbled upon a security detachment of unknown origin. She had cameras mounted on her bike but they were turned off, which may have saved her. She did her homework with her trip planning thru Mexico and talks to the locals about what areas to stay out of and she still ran into an armed group. The captain of the group just waved her thru. He must have recognized her as a tourist and not a threat. Being a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes in Latin country probably helpled.
Since you are such an expert rider, how would you have done going through the same situation? You are alone, unsupported, in a foreign country in the middle of nowhere and you run into a checkpoint of armed men with no uniforms- they're not police or military.
The last time I went diving in Mexico I ran across a group like this with the exception that the guns were hidden. Everything else was there; the security detail, the older gentleman with the mustache in charge, and the VIP. These are people you want to stay away from.
I'm happy she got through Mexico unscathed.