Karibea Beach Resort - Prao Gosier

... workshop just outside Juchitan, with a nice shady tree outside and did my service with the assistance of Carlos a young boy at hate MC shop. He got rid of all my waste and supplied some rag!<br>The road had turned a bit boring long and straight and flat, mainly cattle country. I passed my first Mexican wind farm and it was huge. <br>I had been toying with going to Tuxtla Gutierrez to look at the Somidero Canyon but was ...

... j6e kaldale, mille vanniveesoojas vees tunde pikutasime ja soola v2lja ligundasime, koduloomade pidevat seletamist ja t2histaevast nautlesime...peris hea kui massides soola 6lgadel ei ole ja liiva kulje all napib.. Taaskord San Cristobali joudmine t6i vihma, kulma ning minu ninale gripi.. kui homseks pole rahunenud viiakse k2ttpidi tohtri juurde, et minust siga v2lja ajada aga olen kindel, et paanikaks pole p6hjust...kolme p2evaga oleks sigaline mind juba kiiremini maha niitnud..

... Int**essant war auch das alte Marktgebäude. B**eits zur frühen Stunde bieten dort die V**käuf**innen und V**käuf** ihre Ware feil. Die eigentliche Sehenswürdigkeit d** Gegend ist jedoch d** angrenzende Monte Alban. Auf dessen Gipfel, rund 2000 m.ü.M., befindet sich eine d** grossartigsten Pyramidenanlagen Mexicos. Das einstige Kulturzentrum d** Zapoteken wurde ca. 500-200 v.Chr. auf ein** k ...

... not dissapppointed.....Chichen Itza known for it's huge central plaza and stepped pyramid was awesome.......they seemed to have ball games long before we Brits invented football !! but the winning captain got the honour of being sacrificed to the gods not paid fortunes for falling over !! so a pretty long game I guess. We stayed in Merida the capital of Yucatan in a "rustic" style hotel....which we later found out was going to be the norm for ...

... concrete, blacktop, rebar, truck tire recaps, large diameter rope, and any other thing that is sturdy and will reach across both lanes and on to the shoulder. Some are well marked, some are not marked at all! Being on a bike makes going over them at a reasonable speed (faster than most other vehicles) easier than in others. If you hit one of these with out seeing the sign or with out having a sign there, and ...

On to Puerto Arista, a relative metropolis, plenty of shops, some of them even open! Out of high season seaside towns tend to only fully open at weekends when the city dwelling Mexican hordes descend. Found a nice little place near a smelly lagoon and not far from the beach, but sadly, as often happens in Mexico, the workers started banging around at 6am - because it´s really hot later, they start work early but with no concern for their sleeping clients.

Just a stop over in this small town, where a Saturday night is spent drinking until falling asleep in the streets. It was quite funny arriving there so late, everyone just coming to us so drunk and talking to us and then after one hour seeing them sleeping outside. This time has not much apart from good hot dogs, we went to eat them at a stand where they were showing a Mexican boxing game, and i had to stasy the whole 11 rounds and cheer up with the locals...

... here so after getting permission from the local lifesaver we boondocked right on the side of the road under the shade of a huge tree. We also met a local guy Carlos, who offered us the use of his well and it's nice fresh water 50 meters down the lane. Our friend Vern carries a bit of dry dog food and befriends and feeds the undernourished uncared for local dogs as we go along. None of us were prepared for the sight in the morning ...

... and there was his wife and she said she was Darinel´s wife, and his brother looked like him too. Then we had to find Galacion´s sister, but he had no idea where she was and she wasn´t answering the phone. So we called back to the States to Javier for him to call Marilu and then we did finally find them. We slept there that night.

... and head south today, eager to get on to Guatemala. Driving thru Katrina-esqe winds along the coastal roads, we found our way to Arriaga the the Chiapas region under cover of darkness. The plan for the a.m. is to book it down the 4-lane expressway to the border. We're eager to check out Antigua as it should provide plenty of cultcha. There is a nearby active volcano so we may get a shot to see some liquid hot magma. Stay tuned.