motosouth: We are almost to Gautemala

Hi everybody! We are in San cristobal in the state of Chiapas. It has been an amazing week or so since we last posted. The ride from Oaxaca to Zipotle was the best stretch yet, perfect windy roads from 9000 feet down to the ocean. We spent a couple nights in Zipolite which was nice but kinda touristy. On the ferry across from Baja we chatted with a surf photographer and he recommended a beach near Huatulco and we spent a few days surfing there. Miles and miles of beach and maybe just a couple people around...and the surfing was excellent. We rented a cabaña next to a wetland which was full of storks, egrets, and spoonbills. The roosters were nocturnal in this town, and would get in to shouting matches all across the valley intermitently throughout the night. Pepe, who we were staying with, told us how he and some friends years ago would go on rooster hunts late at night when they were drunk and got hungry. The roosters kept quiet that night. It was hard to leave that place.

Now in San Cristobal, at 7200 feet. Its beautiful here, crystal clear high mountain air. We spent yesterday changing oil and running errands, so we are goign to see the town today and head to Palenque tomorrow, and then to Guatemala! Going to miss Mexico...

Alex and Finn, who we have met up with three times now. Hoping to see them again in Guatemala and maybe Costa Rica.

waiting...

Paul waiting for the waves

Paul dropping in!

las cascades, way up in the mountains not a soul around.

our morning comute to the beach

A church on the ride from Oaxaca to Zipolite

on the beach. the atv tracks are the marianos looking for sea turtle eggs to bring to the sanctuary. We saw a turtle laying its eggs one night, amazing!