Yesterday morning I hit the road to pachuca, some 55 or so miles from Mexico city. There was a lot of stopping for directions, a lot of chatting, a lot of wrong directions, and a whole lot of riding. I got two flat tires within the span of 10 minutes, which drove me a litle crazy, but gave me an opportunity to rest in the shade. Right now I´m in an internet cafe where two small boys are play fighting and the decibles are reaching uncomfortable levels. Pachuca is a pretty fresa city where everything costs a whole bunch and there are a lot of snazzy looking things to buy. There were, however, some awesome earrings that were cheap that I wish i had bought. There will be more. There are so many places to visit. I find myself wishing I could write my blog entries as I was riding my bike because in that mindset I have so many great things to say. Tomorrow I´ll start recording my thoughts with my nifty voice recorder. I have an awesome collection of Mexican noises to sare with you all when I get back. I didn´t bring the cord for transferring my sounds t the computer. Should have thought of that. This morning I woke up, had some breakfast, and stretched a bit. I got a pretty late start, somewhere around 9:30 is when I left. I think I needed to just take my time though. I got a pretty silly sunburn on the outsides of my calves and on the backs of my arms. Somehow I forgot those places existed. I did use sunscreen, and oh man am I glad I brought it. I hit the first section of mountains today and it was awesome. Super super super awesome. And beautiful. And exhausting. I climbed from 6562 feet in Pachuca, to 8727 feet in Mineral del Monte in about 2 and a half hours. I hung out in town for a while, and then got on to a really sweet descent down into Atotonilco. Good thing I´ve got sun glasses, I must have been hit by a hundred bugs. That´s the story of te last 2 days. I´ll conjur up some more inspirational and ethereal words for the next post. And now for the photos.
to Pachuca
In the mountains to Mineral del Monte
Cactus
At a rest stop where you can pray to the virgin Guadalupe
Alley way in Mineral del Monte
An unusual house outside of Mineral del Monte
Omitlan
Borregos
My 10 dollar hotel room...the light actually makes it look nice. It´s really quite terrible.
plant. Como se llama esta planta?
2 comments:
Hey Anne! What happened to your Spot thing? It says you stopped and haven't restarted. Great photos!!! You look happy. Have fun.
It has a really terrible interface and it doesn´t like to refresh. You can check it out here though:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0szlu6mPnTpSgqisiQatkhcgUnZckSXJO
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