San Cristobel to Cordoba-Sept 30 12

 

What a great ride this am through the mountainous terrain i . Weather was sunny and with the cool mountain air the riding was superb. Looks like some kind of plum…..this vineyard is on about a 65 degree slope and is typical of the corn fields etc. Also noticed men spraying the ground with AGENT ORANGE. These areas where void of grass etc.

 I used the go pro from here but I haven’t figured how to load it to the blog.

Once we reach the valley floor, we went through a large city called Tuxtla Gutierrez with the intent of picking up part of the Pacific coast 200 hwy but Pedro said we were going the wrong way and diverted us to 145 hwy which in hindsight looking at the map shouldn’t have been as it was not on our Mexican Map and this was a toll hwy at least 4 years old.Two hours later we realize we are going in the wrong direction as the few signs that appear have the names of places we visited or passed on the East Coast……to late to back trac so we continue on and pick up 180 D west towards Mexico. By 7pm we are in a heavy downpour and forced to pull over for a 1/2 hour. Tonight we are in Cordoba another vibrant city……..O…in the 6 hours this afternoon we spent over $ 1000.00 pesos in tolls and that sucks……