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Lowest: 10 degrees and Highest: 28 average (From February to November). December and January are colder in both morning and night. May up to August is rain time (normally)","Mostly Catholic","Telcel, Movistar, At and T, Unefon, Iusacell","Americas",{"visa":36,"sleeping":40,"safety":46,"transport":53,"foodDrink":57,"people":60,"other":64},{"body":37,"updatedAt":38,"updatedBy":39},"A few countries can enter Mexico without a visa.\n\nMexico\n\nCountries with visa-free access to Mexico\n\nElectronic Visa Authorization\n\nVisa required for entry to Mexico\n\nSource: [Wikipedia](https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVisa_policy_of_Mexico).","2021-03-19T16:27:02.000Z","RYFRjpH3DfdWPpRfG9MIFBSPzH33",{"updatedAt":41,"updatedBy":39,"parts":42},"2021-06-02T14:27:06.000Z",{"formalCamping":43,"hostels":44,"wildCamping":45},"Except in tourist places such as Yucatán, there are few official campsites. These campsites are usually geared to campers, and are therefore not attractive for cyclists. Sometimes you can be with families or in villages, always in consultation.\n\nThere are quite a few campsites in Baja California (called \"trailer park\"). Sometimes there is even a patch of grass. In smaller towns along main roads you will often find restaurants with showers, geared towards truck drivers. Usually you can camp behind the restaurant. Camping is also often possible at swimming pools (balnearios).\"","Only the larger or touristic places have accommodation options. There are also hotels along the main roads, albeit at irregular distances. The distance between the hotels is sometimes up to 120 km. If you camp (in villages) staying overnight is not a problem. Bike can be taken anywhere in the room.","Free camping is allowed, but not recommended. Along the road there are few possibilities for wild camping due to (jungle-like) vegetation.",{"body":47,"updatedAt":48,"updatedBy":49,"parts":50},"Campeche is safe in Yucatan; in Chiapas it is certainly not safe. Wilco, however, indicates that the security situation has improved recently. The tourist info indicated that it was also safe in Chiapas.\n\nAs a woman alone it is fine to do but you do need to endure whistling and yelling. However, no obstacles. For the night it's better to of stay with local families.","2021-06-02T14:22:46.000Z","01dRgHcnFiTSprDGCEB4Jxq7iDH3",{"traffic":51,"nature":52},"The Mexicans drive like crazy, but that seems to bother you more as a driver than as a cyclist. The closer you get to Mexico City, the worse it gets. Cycling in the dark is suicide. You can cycle on the highway if there is no other way.","Keep in mind that it can get hot inland. So drink a lot.",{"updatedAt":54,"updatedBy":49,"parts":55},"2021-06-02T14:25:19.000Z",{"bus":56},"Buses are very cheap and luxurious (with air conditioning). The bike can easily be taken in the luggage hold of the local slow and express bus. It is best to board at the starting station; there is sometimes little space along the way. It is advisable to buy a ticket in advance to ensure seats on the long-distance buses. Local taxi vans (the colectivos), if equipped with a roof rack, will also take you.",{"body":58,"updatedAt":59,"updatedBy":49},"The Mexican cuisine belongs to one of the best in the world. You'll find many corn, chilli and tomato based product, combined with chicken. Horchata is a wonderfully cooling drink, made by the owners themselves.\n\n**Markets**  \n\nWhere it's busy you can safely eat, for little and often very good\n\n**Supermarkets**\n\nThere are supermarkets in cities.\n\n**Stalls on the street**\n\nHere too, where it's busy you can safely eat, we haven't gotten sick once in 3 months\n\n**Restaurants**\n\nThere are plenty of (cheap) restaurants. The quality of the food is good. Yummy sandwiches and pastries! And of course tortillas. Vegetarian dishes are also available.\n\n**Drinkable water**\n\nOnly drink bottled water. These are readily available. We always bought 20 liter bottles, there is a deposit, it is much better for the environment and actually also for your wallet, relatively much cheaper.","2021-06-02T14:30:25.000Z",{"body":61,"updatedAt":62,"updatedBy":63},"Generally speaking people are polite, friendly and curious. People can be very empathetic such as the time I got myself in the night in the highway and other fellow cyclist in his car lit up the road for me for about 50km.","2021-04-13T04:12:31.000Z","HvPsyrBnF6X4QOkqmNB7Vffupla2",{"body":65,"updatedAt":66,"updatedBy":49},"**Best time to cycle**\n\nIn December, January and February the temperature is most suitable for cycling. Virtually no precipitation. Temperature ranges from 25 to 35 degrees. In Yucatán it is 25 to 30 degrees all year round. The rainy season is from May to mid-October. It rains a lot, but often only in the afternoon. There are major floods in the mountains. The dry season is of course also the busiest season. The quietest, cheapest and dry time is from mid-October to mid-December. It is very hot in March and April. On the Altiplano it is cool in December and January (about 20 degrees), but dry. 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