What a different day than yesterday. Still in the mountains, our route dropped 1000 metres in elevation today, and the final 57km was flat. We started in the high mountains, of course, and the views were even better than yesterday... without all the suffering, to boot. There wasn't much climbing (at least, compared to the past 5 days) and we rocketed along. A 25km descent in the middle was particularly sweet. Not quite a rest day, but not far from. The only thing that hurt us was the Sun... by the time we were riding along the flats towards Coyuca de Catalan the temperature was over 30C. Hot! And no coastal breeze to cool us down... but soon enough...
Tomorrow will probably be the penultimate ride of the trip. As far as I can tell, its about 180km from here to the coast, with little to nothing for services along the way (towns, drinks, accomodation, etc). This wouldn't be SO bad if we didn't have to go over the Sierra Madre del Sur mountain chain separating us from the coast. Its 1400 metres up, then 1800 metres down. Spread over 180km. Bring it on!!!
WARNING: for the remainder of the trip contact will be spotty... a 300km stretch along the Pacific is rumoured to have no Internet. So, don't freak out if the blog goes untouched for a day or two!
On the way down. That blur going around the corner is Tim
Tim and his Big Head
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