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In the summer of 2009, Nicolas Rapp decided to take a break from his Art Director job at The Associated Press to attempt a one-year overland travel around the world in a 1996 Toyota Land Cruiser. He was back in New York in February 2011 after traveling 15 months and 37,000 miles.

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Leaving Monterrey, and northern Mexico

Posted on November 28th, 2009 Nicolas No comments

Matachines wearing traditional dance costumes

We will be leaving Monterrey Sunday morning, and go south direction Tampico. We need to move faster, but were happy be in Mexico, and to eat plenty of great food.

We went yesterday to visit the Basilic of Guadalupe and witnessed one the hundreds of pilgrimage dedicated to the Virgin María.

The upcoming feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe is December 12. This is one of Mexico’s most popular event. She is said to have appeared to Saint Juan Diego near Mexico City between December 9 and December 12, 1531.

I bet we will see more related ceremonies on the road, going through Mexico.

Mustache contest

Mexico Mexico, Monterrey