Michael dennig (atlas 4×4) suggested me as a referent at the upcoming world meeting in the unimog museum gaggenau.
On saturday the 29th of july 2017 at 4pm i will prsent pictures and videos of our trip from canada to mexico …
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unimog museum / gaggenau / germany
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paso de cortés
After cortés had done a massacre in cholula, he crossed over this 3700m high pass to advance to tenochititlán (today méxico city).
To be grounded up there is not funny, what we could experience by ourselves. In the evening we pulled a pick-up truck out of the road trench (they already had build up their bivouac) and in the next morning our car didn´t start. In the elevation of 12000 feet the motor probably hadn´t enough oxigen and it was night, until help came. A helpful mexican guy had brought a mechanic from méxico city and the starterspray breathed new life into the benz.
xico
because of the height of our rig (12,5 feet ) we hadn´t fit through the arch of the hotel “hazienda xico inn” (operated by a german-mexican couple) but it was great on the parking lot in front and if you arrive by end oktober, you can celebrate the octoberfest. Michael has supported us with many things, and even has organized a mechanic, who searched for a fault in our cooling system late evening . We left the place with the fridge filled up with „bratwurst“ done by a special butcher in puebla.
The small town of xico looks as if it had participated in the competition “our village should become more beautiful”. (ist a popular competition in germany) Everywhere cobblestones, tiny little shops, nice and relaxed people. The Mexicans seem shy and reserved, but every greeting is answered with a broad smile and “¿holá, que tal?”.
The hacienda “san bartolo” in xico has a nice campground also, but the driveway for larger vehicles is not so easy. There is a great view – free of charge – towards the snow covered “pico de orizaba” 18400 feet (the highest mountain in mexico, but still about 50 miles away).
gold medals
I drove to the custom authorites to pick up my three “international automotive media competition” gold medals. The officer was surprised because of the large, fairly heavy package, flipped through the documents and asked me to unpack everything. When the awards were displayed on the table, he scratched his head and asked: “how to get such medals?”
Hmmm, do you have any ideas?
3x gold for “the big trek”
My contribution for the mercedes benz star magazine had won three gold medals !!! ! my article „the big trek“ was awarded in the international automotive media competition as „best of 2015“ and as „best of photography“ i´m overwhelmed !!! thanks to gary g. anderson from the mercedes benz star magazine, to andrew atwood who had made the contact and of course to everybody who had voted for my contribution. The „big trek“ says „big thanks“.
world travelers meeting / 2
You always can trust the german summer, but this time it had rained only during the night. As our truck is stored in mexico city we spent our night in our kombi.
