Update Day 29, 375 Miles

February 8, 2008

It was a sad day. Even though most of the people here were freaks it was still nice just to hang out and do nothing. I know, I do nothing at home but, here no one told me I need to get off my ass and do something.

I left the hotel at 9am and finally got out of town about 30 minutes later. In my few days off I must have forgotten how to ride and navigate because I made every wrong turn possible trying to get out of a town that is no more that a square half mile. Anyway once out of San Pedro it was a tight twisty road that turns back on itself about 50 times as you rise out of the valley. It was a little rough for the first part of the day but I survived. It was really nice once on the main road as the temperature was cool and the sun was shining. As I got near the border of Mexico the elevation dropped and the temps increased.

By the time I reached the border at 12:45 it was 95 degrees and I was not looking forward to waiting in lines. As I got to the border and the building to exit Guatemala it was very crowded with people but lucky for me they were just locals. I took 5 minutes to exit Guatemala and another 10 minutes to enter Mexico. That’s right, I said 15 minutes total. I could not believe it but I was not going to question in either.

From the border it was bout an hours ride to the town of Huixla. Here it was time I had lunch. As I rode along you could smell all of the food cooking on the grill by the side of the road. I stopped off and had some great Chicken Asado and actually got to have some real hot sauce with it now that I am back in Mexico. After lunch I made my way towards the town of Juchitan and arrived as the sun was going down at 6:30.

I found a decent hotel, checked in, took a shower and hit the town. I found the town square which is where all the activity is in every town here. I walked around for a little while and finally decided to eat some tacos. It was some kind of meat but I can’t be sure what it exactly was but it was good. I tried to do some updating but every place was closing down for the evening and so did I.

Update Day 28, 0 Miles

February 27, 2008

It was another day of lounging around in San Pedro. All of the other days here have been full of sunshine but not today. It is clouded in but not like it was going to rain. Around noon I took a 20 minute boat ride to Santiago, another town that is obviously on the lake. It was supposed to be a tourist town but I did not care for it too much. The only thing that was very touristy was the line of local souvenir stores that lined the street as you get off the boat. I did go up to the town square and it was full of locals. I tried to get a picture of four men sitting on a bench dressed in the local attire but as soon as I brought my camera out they took their hats off and covered their faces.

Later on that evening it was dinner and a movie. On a recommendation I skeptically went to watch Little Miss Sunshine. Much to my surprise it was a very funny movie.

Pictures will have to wait as the computer I am on is a piece of crap.

Update Day 27, 0 Miles

February 6, 2008

I am still in San Pedro at Lake Atitlan. It is nice to just sit around and do nothing for a little while. I am not sure on when I will be leaving but it will either be Thursday or Friday now.