All You Can Eat!

Right when we got back to Mex 200 from our detour to the coast we saw two cyclists coming down the road. We tried to guess who it might be, but were at a loss, since most of our crew from the ferry to Mazatlan was behind us. It turned out to be Davide, who we had stayed with at Tuly's in La Paz and Angela a cyclist from Germany. They had taken the ferry two days after us, and had caught up with us. We pedalled another ~40 km with them, then started looking for a place to camp. We had told Davide about the great concept of the Centro Botaneros, and he was eager to try one, but in the end we stopped at restaurant to ask if we could camp there. They were happy to let us camp out back or even in the open air restaurant after they closed at 8 pm. So, to pass the time we ordered some beer, and it turned out that the special of 10 beers for 170 pesos included all you can eat snacks in the form of seafood tostadas, shrimp soup, spicy veggies and other delicious Mexican specialties. We had hit the jackpot! In the end, we went 'all in' as Davide said, and ordered another 10 beers, for a total of 5 each (these are small beers of 210 mL, but that is still a lot of beer!). After eating as much as we could fit in our bellies and listening to blaring mariachi music, the restaurant closed and we set up our beds for the night. The next morning we rode on down the highway to see what our next adventure together would bring.Read more