We Keep Going » juquila http://wekeepgoing.com/blog Touring cyclists. Touring the world. Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:04:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 La Virgen de Juquila http://wekeepgoing.com/blog/la-virgen-de-juquila/ http://wekeepgoing.com/blog/la-virgen-de-juquila/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:54:06 +0000 Jo http://wekeepgoing.com/blog/?p=650 I was still in the sea, watching the sunset, thinking: I could just stay here forever. But we left Puerto Escondido the following day. We decided to make a side trip to Oaxaca city, so we took a bus up the hills to the valley.

On our way there we met these guys
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They’re part of a group making their annual pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Juquila: several days riding from all over Mexico up the hills and many switchbacks to the town of Juquila.
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Most of them were riding old school singlespeeds.
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This is faith. This is Mexico.

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