Up and Up

On the outskirts of Cuauhtemoc we camped with yet another kind family who invited us in for tea and sweet bread and advised us to stay on the toll road toward Ciudad Guzman to avoid the many extra hills of the free highway. We started our day at 900 m, climbed to ~1100 m, then were sad to lose all of our elevation gain on the next downhill, but in the distance we could see the free highway dropping into each gully and climbing back out so we knew we had made the right choice. Maybe the free road will get better one day as it looks like a major bridge building project is underway to span many of the gullies. Regardless, we were happy with the giant bridges and road cuts on the toll road! As we continued climbing we got passed by our friends the Swiss world travelling family, and it was fun to check back in, and thank them again for helping us get back on the road so quickly after Karl's crash. We inched slowly upward toward our destination of Ciudad Guzman at ~1500 m, arriving in the early afternoon after only 65 km, but sure glad to get off the bikes and celebrate by eating some ice cream bars.Read more