22 October 2011Today we were joined by Carlos and his son on the ride from San Cristobal to Chimaltenango, a 291 mile day. Departed at 08:00 and did a very fast paced ride to the border. Painless crossing, took about 45 minutes.
Entered Guatemala. Many, many landslides and lane closures. I nearly went down on some wet clay and Dave wasn't so lucky. The bike went out from under him, he banged his head pretty good and screwed up his thumb. The bike is OK and he can still work the clutch, so we went on. Dark by the time we reached Chimaltenango. Couldn't find a 'real' hotel so stayed at a 'Love' hotel as they call them here. We were the only two to spend the entire night. Two beds I might add.
The gal that runs the place made me fried bananas for breakfast. One of my favorite things actually.
We got in at 19:30, pitch black.