We enjoyed a relaxing day here and what a gorgeous city. I think I could spend a month or so here exploring the various museums and old buildings.
This morning we walked over to have another look at the Santo Domingo de Guzmán church. An amazing structure and as ornate as any church I’ve seen in Europe – check out more about it here on the Wikipedia.
I spent most of the day working on the computer - writing a program for processing our GPS logs and such – hopefully I’ll be done with it in a few days and our “where are we” page will be better, faster, smarter and better looking.
John spent some time wandering about town and checking things out a bit more. We toyed with the idea of a ride out to see the ruins at Monte Alban but decided that we needed a down day.
We did have a funny moment when we decided that the maid didn’t need to clean the room today – we just needed some clean towels. So John decided to go ask her for some clean towels. I helped him rehearse the Spanish several times and when he felt he had it about right he went out into the hallway to work some magic on the maid (literally about 3 steps away so I could still hear him). When he got out there he locked up and out spewed some of the strangest sounding words I’ve ever heard… something about he only needed 3 shoes with red cheese on them. Of course the maid was confused but he managed to work through it and we ended up with clean towels and a good laugh.
We’re off southbound tomorrow – we have about 10 days to get to Costa Rica – about 2,000 kilometers and 4 borders to get through.
Cheers!
Great Ride, love the Spot page.
Be sure and get your passports stamped going into Guatemala - they check for that stamp in all other Central American countries, something about one stamp into Central America and one stamp out of the combined zone.....
Dan and John
I'm jealous as hell but love reading about your trip. Yes, the topes grow VERY tiresome! We're two up on my 650 Strom and try as I might, I still scrape on the narrow high one's. Thank goodness for the skid plate.
My wife (who is old enough to be your mother) had a massage today and the masseuse (sp?) said to say hello. You were here a few days ago and had a massage at the same place.
We're off tomorrow for Colima and then on to Playa Azul. Not as adveturous as CA but not too bad for my wife's first trip.
Good luck at the CA border crossings - you're in for SUCH a treat
Cheers
Dan & John- Great read.Could you briefly outline your plans as you progress into SA? The Darien Gap,countries you are intentionally avoiding,time estimates,etc.Are the bikes working as flawlessly as I am assuming? Thanks