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A new and empty road in the Ameca valley
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Sometimes a road becomes a river
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Farmers burning fields
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Being licked by flames as I rode through made an already warm day warmer
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Yes, the sign means what it suggests.
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A quiet riverside road. Paved!
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Vultures. Waiting for me.
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Rio Ameca, about 60 km up the valley from the ocean
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Cobbles, mud, and running water along the road. Pretty common.
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Gorgeous sandy road winding through the jungle
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Even sandier road, climbing into the mountains now.
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Smiling away on my solitary jungle road
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Climbing out of the jungle into the oaks
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The SteepleX taking a break from climbing hard on loose sand
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Beginning to look a bit less enthusiastic
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Continuing to wind through the mountains
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Crazy steep, loose, rutted, dry rocky "road" surface.
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Given that temps were in the mid-30s, the dappled shade was appreciated
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Sign announcing a four-house town. La Cucaracha = "The Cockroach". I kept rolling.
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Mexican cattleguard
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Mexican cattleguard
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Close-up of the cobbled road
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Mur de Cucaracha.
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Me and my friends the cobbles
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Mmmm... 30, 40, 50 km of these, anyone?
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Nice day to be out alone in the Mexican countryside
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Putting on my happy face, about 110 km into the ride
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Feckit, I'm not smiling anymore
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Charlie and me getting all smiley. And why not? Life is good.
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Charlie and me cruising outside of Punta de Mita
