Acatlán

5am: we woke up by the sound of cocks crowing non-stop. As we wanted to be on the road early anyways, we got up shortly after. The landscape we passed today reminded us of Baja California, quite dry, hilly and lots of cactus again. Quite nice actually. The road wasn't nice at all though. It was in such a bad condition that we had to deflate the tyres a little. However, we got all shaken through on our heavy bikes with no suspension which was no fun and quite exhausting as well. We therefore decided to have only a half day of cycling, relax, do laundry and some bike maintenance in the afternoon.
Our hotel was right next to the main plaza. As soon as it got dark, we heard music and went out again. No surprise, there was a parade again. A local school performed traditional dances in scary costumes. We also saw Santa and Micky Mouse - great fun to watch!Read more