To Tehuacan and Beyond

We hit the Monday morning meat market rush as we left town the next morning. We were passed by hundreds of trucks of all sizes bringing animals to auction. One of the more impressive loads we passed as we weaved our way through an apparent auction on the highway through town was 2 full grown cows in the back of a tiny pickup (the one lying under the other presumed to be dead or near death already). Thanks to a gradual descent we made it to Tehuacan early in the day, navigated the busy streets to find a bike shop and still had time left to push on a little further. The gradual descent continued, but the wind increased significantly making for a challenging ride to Coxcatlan where we were eventually let into an unoccupied house for the night.Read more