Mexico City to Cuernavaca Bicycle Trail

This 40 mile paved bicycle trail along an abandoned train track bed in Mexico will eventually connect Mexico City with Cuernavaca. When the last segment is built the trail will stretch 80 miles between the two cities. Copyright © Antonio Suarez About the Trail From Mexican trail developer Antonio Suarez of Consultoria Balam: "We have design and built an incredible 40 mile long trail over the abandoned train track connencting Cuernavaca and Mexico City, and the best of it is the forest areas. We have another 40 miles to build but no budget to finishing connecting the trail to Cuernavaca City. This is becoming an attractive destination for inline skaters, but very few of them know about it. We are promoting many other new trails in Mexico, including a seafront trail in Mazatlan that we believe will create an inline skating boom in that town." Articles About Mexican Ecotourism and Consultoria Balam Consultoria Balam Wins Ecotourism Award Antonio Suarez and Juan Carlos of Consultoria Balam, were awarded the 2004 Colibri Ecotourism Achievement Award awarded by the Palneta Ecotourism Journal for their 10 years of work promoting responsible tourism in Mexico. Rural Mexicans Learn to Make Ecotourism Pay This National Geographic News article by John Roach highlights the work of Juan Carlos Ibarra and Antonio Suarez in promoting ecotourism in Mexcio. Mountain Biking Trails 10 Miles from Mexico City Article Excerpt: "The paths of San Nicolas Totolapan in the Sierra Madre are less than ten miles south of Mexico City's busy streets. The hillsides remain more or less as they were when the name was just Totolapan, a Nahuatl word meaning Place of Wild Turkeys" Can Communities Develop Mexico's Eco Travel? A May 1999 article by Juan Carlos Ibarra of Consultoria Balam. Excerpt: "In Mexico, the best potential destinations are owned by poor peasants who have absolutely no experience as entrepreneurs, and whose culture is does not promote rabid consumption.". Developing Trail Based Tourism in Mexico In 1999 the International Mountain Bicycling Association Consultoria Balam, and San Nicolas Ejido community members met to discuss developing mountain bicycling based tourism as a sustainable mode of rural income in San Nicolas Ejido, a communally owned mountain reserve near Mexico City. Parque Ejidal San Nicolas Totolapan (Web Site) A 5,693 acre ecotourism park with hiking and mountain biking trails that was developed by Juan Carlos Ibarra and Antonio Suarez of Consultoria Balam. Parque Ejidal San Nicolas Totolapan (Article) A Spanish language article about the pilot project of Antonio Suarez and Juan Carlos Ibarra,development of the Parque Ejidal San Nicolas Totolapan, a 5,693 acre ecotourism park with hiking and mountain biking trails. Contacts at Consultoria Balam Antonio Suarez Mexico City, Mexico Phone (52) 5-849-3705 Juan Carlos Ibarra Valle de Bravo, Mexico Phone: (52) 7-262-0344 Visit Our 12 Skating Forums Forums for discussing aggressive, artistic, beginning, hockey, fitness, recreational, roller basketball, roller derby, roller dancing, rollersoccer, quad skating, slalom skating, and speed skating. Related Links: More Places to Skate in Mexico Skating in Mexico - Main Menu Skating Trails Around the World Translate Any Web Site or Phrase