Down to the plains nearby Magdalena, then around volcano Tequila and town with the same name, to the village El Arenal where hwy 15D played dirty trick on us.
Learning:
- that Mexico isn't only hills but also some plains, like this one near Magdalena
- that Tequila is also name of a volcano, and where origin of this alcohol is
- that there are no more turkey vultures
- that volcanic glass is very common here and locals sell it as opal
- that to change broken spoke on the rear wheel took me almost an one hour (together with unloading and loading up the bike and truing the wheel)
- that the biggest danger can come at the end of the day
Living:
~ two old ranchers passed by on mules while we where doing our morning Tai chi exercise
~ some crazy birds were yelling at each other from one side of the valley to the other
~ our first flat tire since Mazatlán
~ Magdalena is small but long town with central plaza surrounded by crazy semi-trucks traffic, and stands selling polished volcanic glass
~ agave fields as far as you can see are found around Magdalena - we are close to Tequila, the place where tequila origins
~ after Tequila the hwy played dirty trick on us, one side of it was under the construction and all the traffic was in our lane. So with no shoulder and trucks passing us just by centimeters (although only in slow speed) this was very stressful end of the day
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