Day 33 11/28/2021
Odometer 27,415 – 27,714 —— 299 Miles (5014 Miles Total)
Puerto Escondido – Cintalapa
5014 Miles in 33 days. I can’t believe I’ve moved this much in the last month. Those are some big numbers!
Rolling out of bed this morning at 6:30 am was dumb but we had to get on the road early so I didn’t overheat on todays ride. My bike is packed to the max with Lilly and her things which means I can’t quite take any of my winter riding gear off and stick it in the top box where I normally have room. We were planning on having a 4 hour ride to Salina Cruz and hang there for the day at the beach and then finish the rest of the 5 hour ride the next day to Arco Del Tiempo.
I somehow managed to stick my riding boots and pants in the top box and was stuck with just my winter jacket for todays ride. As we were leaving today we saw about 10 other guys on bikes heading out as well in the morning but these guys had a support car with them. So lame! No sense of adventure!
We were on the road by 7:10am and had a 4 hour trip in front of us. It hit 90 degrees fairly quickly. The ride was nice, most of it by the ocean and then as well through the mountains on some more twisty roads. The scenery went from tropical to desert like once again which I didnt like. I had a feeling we weren’t going to like Salina Cruz and would have to continue to Arco Del Tiempo.
When we got to Salina Cruz the place was a deserted city for the most part. It was interesting to see the look on Lillys face. I said to her, All you guys ever see on instagram is the good stuff but this is what my ride is usually like. Hours and hours of riding to get to a spot that wasn’t as pretty as I thought it would be or the middle stopping point was kinda creepy with no food to be had anywhere. We decided to search for food as it was 11am and we haven’t eaten anything yet to discuss what we were going to do since this city was not fun to be in.
We eventually found a place for some delicious tacos, horchata and another coke. We decided to finish off the drive to Arco which was another 5 hours. Wish we could have figured this out before we left Puerto so we could have spent another day there but its just the way life goes on the road! We filled up on fuel and got back on the road. We were fighting 30-40 mph cross winds which was super annoying for the first 90 minutes. My helmet was nearly getting ripped off my head from the wind grabbing my visor on my helmet.
4 hours later we got to the destination as we shaved a lot of time of the GPS ETA. We ended up stopping at Lillys Uncles house in Cintalapa where we got some home made food. We went out to exchange some money since we were both out of it. We got a little tour of the city and their ranch that they own. They hooked us up with a tour guide for Arco. I cant wait to show you guys pictures tomorrow of this place were going to go! It’s going to be a 10 mile hike in the jungle with some repelling involved in a huge gorge with a clean blue river flowing through it. We’re still waiting on final word if we’re able to get permits to do the hike. If we get the permit we’re gonna be up at 5am to do a 1 hour motorcycle ride up a nasty dirt road to start the hike at 8am and we will hopefully be back in our hotel room by 9PM. Its gonna be a long day!
