Week 6 | Mexico a Caballo

by Chris MacLuckie | Jun 15, 2019 | 5001, Photos, Reflection, Summary, Travel

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live” – Albus Dumbledore WEEK 6 | Mexico a Caballo Flores Magon to Tuxtla, Chiapas | 79 kms. All 3 riding days featured group riding. I have a love/ hate relationship with group rides, at least while riding Roxy. It...

Week 5 | 5001: México a Caballo

by Chris MacLuckie | Jun 7, 2019 | 5001, Audio, Horses, Photos, Summary, Travel, Video

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things: air, sleep, dreams, sea, the sky – all things tending towards...

WEEK 4 | 5001: México a Caballo

by Chris MacLuckie | May 30, 2019 | 5001, Audio, Horses, Photos, Reflection, Travel, Video

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends” – Maya Angelou WEEK 4 | 5001: México a Caballo La Mesilla,...

WEEK 3 | 5001: México a Caballo

by Chris MacLuckie | May 24, 2019 | 5001, Audio, Horses, Photos, Reflection, Summary, Travel, Video

“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take...

WEEK 2 | 5001: Mexico a Caballo

by Chris MacLuckie | May 18, 2019 | 5001, Audio, Horses, Photos, Reflection, Travel, Video

“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries” – Aldous Huxley WEEK 2 | 5001: Mexico a Caballo Chiche to Huehuetenango, Guatemala As I write this 15 days into our journey north to Mexico, l lie in my hammock wondering if the guard...

WEEK 1 | 5001: Mexico a Caballo

by Chris MacLuckie | May 11, 2019 | 5001, Audio, Horses, Photos, Reflection, Summary, Travel

“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien ROUTE San Andres Itzapa, Chimaltenango TO Santa Cruz del Quiché, Quiché GUATEMALA. 5 days riding: 113kms. 3 days off. Very hilly | Quite hard start. Taking off from San Andres Itzapa two Fridays ago was...

BIG POST- Part 4: Making my Dream Real

by Chris MacLuckie | Apr 20, 2019 | 5001, Books, Photos, Travel, Video

PART 4: MAKING THE DREAM REAL To make this long forgotten dream of shooting and sharing come true I need to up my device game. I’ve been shooting with an old Galaxy S5, the camera is decent but it’s not a pro set up by ANY means! The other day I...

BIG POST- Part 2: Our Next Trip

by Chris MacLuckie | Apr 18, 2019 | 5001, Horses, Photos, Travel

PART 2: OUR NEXT TRIP Roxy and I are heading back on the road in May. We’ll be heading north to Mexico where we will ride around for a year or so. 5001 Mexico a Caballo promises a much different ride from our first one. First off, we aren’t going anywhere...