The ride from Palenque was fun and somewhat hazardous….narrow pavement through the mountains and its many valleys with the occasional washout. Though the damaged areas may be under repair there is often no warning of the approaching danger; unless you count small rocks placed around the perimeter of the area..loll. Today we rounded a corner at about 40 and met a semi completely in our lane….just happened to be an open gravel area off to my left which I hit at speed missing the truck by no more than a foot, Of coarse the thought was what the……..then I noticed he had no choice, the road was gone on his side to the valley below………slow down and expect the unexpected,,,,,,but a few miles later with the nerves settled we are pushing our riding abilities to new sensations. Mexico, please get rid of the TOPES.
In San Chris for the evening…need fuel no money , got to find an ATM….located one next to the motel Pedro booked us in with the help of Check backpacker who spoke multiple languages…she has been in the city for 2 weeks and we learn that it is a vibrant city of 86,000 and founded in the 1500 hundreds….that old eh.
I dunna Bob about this trip. It sounds very dangerous !! Time for you to come home now, load up your rig and head to Arizona - nice and quiet and SAFE !!
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ReplyDeleteI am headed back home.....my riding buddy has decided its to hard on him and I agree the heat in full riding gear makes things intolerable so I have decided to return as well.... don't want to ride alone so we are taking in a bit more of Mexico and returning should be home 3 rd week of October