ABOUTUS
MEET THE RIDER
Hi, I’m Antonia, a solo rider making my way down the Pan-American Highway, with Mexico as my favorite stretch of the journey. Since 2019, I’ve explored the country on two wheels, logging over 55,000 km through mountains, coasts, jungles, and pueblos, and it feels like I've barely scratched the surface.
Tacos y Topes is where I share what I’ve learned along the way: the practical stuff (border crossings, road rules, insurance, itineraries) and the fun stuff (tacos, hidden towns, and the occasional motorcycle mishap). I’m not here to tell you the “one right way” to travel, because there isn’t one.
Instead, I hope these posts give you the confidence, curiosity, and tools to find your own way of exploring Mexico, and maybe even see a side of it most tourists never do.
Mexico itself is the real star here: bright, colorful, alive, authentic, and magical for those who choose to be embraced by it. To everyone else? The resorts will keep them busy.
These days I split my time in Mérida, Yucatán, where I’m opening a coworking space for digital nomads when I’m not out chasing tacos, dodging topes, and finding the next great ride.
"Sometimes it takes a motorcycle to really see the world."
-Lois Pryce, motorcycle adventurer and author
MEET THE EDITOR
Hi, I’m Anne-Marie — a lifelong word nerd with a day job in instructional design. I help edit this site to keep things clear, useful, and full of the joy that life on the road brings.
Here for the travel, the people, the sentence structure, the occasional well-placed pun—and to support Antonia and other badass women who write, ride, and roam.
Brit by birth, Canadian by choice—meaning I’ll happily apologize and queue up to do it. Away from the laptop, I like to chase mountain air: hiking, climbing, snowboarding, or just forest bathing. All balanced, of course, with the occasional goblin-mode day.
