Flores and ...Rain?!

The shortest route to Flores turned out to be a dirt road - 10 km shorter than the alternative, which seemed like reason enough to go that way to Holly - so we got to ride another bumpy road, much to Karl's delight. This, however, allowed Karl to finally stop and take a picture of a 2 dimensional dog - a sight we saw multiple times each day as we rode through Mexico. We passed through San Benito and Santa Elena and crossed the bridge to the cute tourist haven island of Flores. We rode most of the one way streets backwards and then when we finally got going in the right direction found the waterfront drive to be flooded, but none of this seemed to matter on the laid back island. We enjoyed a lazy lunch and even swam in the lake as the heat increased, but after we bought a few groceries and prepared to leave town the skies darkened and we had to pull out our rain gear for the first time since November in central California. The rest of the afternoon ride east towards Belize was a wet one, and the narrow highway felt a bit more dangerous with the addition of rain, which had become so unfamiliar to us.Read more