Riding into Chiapas

Feeling recharged we left the next morning with 2 new friends: Justin from Canada and Julian from Columbia. We bought a few delicious mangos in Tapanatepec and headed back into the hills, excited to be heading towards cooler climes. It was a beautiful climb out of the valley of mango farms on the 190 Libre - we even passed a large tempting lake soon after the summit, but didn't need to swim as badly as we had in previous days so we opted to ride on. Once again a tailwind picked up in the afternoon and we sped along over rolling hills to Cintalapa where we decided to try staying with the Proteccion Civil as they had a nice open hangar just outside of town. We checked out some roadside restaurants, but everything was closed at 6 pm (meal times are different in Mexico, and we keep forgetting that it's hard to find a meal in small towns around our Canadian dinner time), so we ended up coming back to the hangar and cooking a simple dinner with an audience before going to bed in the first cool evening we have experienced since our return to the coast.Read more