Friday 18 November 2011

Coatzacoalcos to Ciudad Del Carmen

So of we went from the windy Coatzacoalcos to the stunning city of Ciudad Del Carmen. Google Earth it...stunning with huge rivers/lakes surrounding the city. We started of, believing the Mexican weather channel of plenty rain etc...nothing but a helva hot day...see the temp meter on my bike.

Byron wou goed doen om ons vir 'n vinnige afsluk dingetjie te laat aftrek nadat ons +/- 2ure op die pad was. Sy goeie daad het ons egter vinnig aan die stert gebyt. Ons beland in 'Marabastad...x10. Net Mexicane waar jy kyk en die verkeer staan doodstil. Die gevolg, al die fietse begin warm raak want ons kry nie beweeg nie en dit is 37 grade+

Sweat to the bone and we of to the best part of the day....Del Carmen. Mexico, has got problems, but water ain't one of them. We rode for 100's of kilometers alongside swamps/lakes/wetlands, call it what may, but these guys got more water than Nigerians got scally tricks. The scenery was better than NaGeo best films....green all the way. Pragtig man!

Del Carmen, lyk op die kaart amper soos 'n eiland en ons het ook 'n 3,5km brug oorgesteek om op die 'eiland' te kom. More se roete oor verskeie brue ens, lyk selfs beter.

Our overall feel of the Mexicans, especially as we take our journey down to Belize, is that they are friendly people and try to communicate when they got the chance, although 98% of them can't understand a word, neither speak da english. One thing for sure, they got nicer bakkies/pick-ups than us.

So, ek gaan slaap, my compadres is almal al in droomland. Hou julle op hoogte van more se vordering. Kyk ook na ons dropbox link...laai meer foto's daarop.





Cheers vir eers.

2 comments:

Nic van Zyl said...

Howzit guy's. Look's and sound's amazing.Are the tracker's operating yet. Regards from all here,Byron we had lunch with yvonne on saterday all's good, olive keeping her busy!Don't see other comment's or is it only me?

TONY HEATH said...

What's happened to you guys????
No word for a while now.Hope all is well.
Remember to keep a journal on the way if you don't manage to post.It's amazing how much one forgets otherwise before putting pen to paper!