From Escuinapa to fields near San Felipe Aztatán on the new hwy 15D with nice wide shoulder. Land was quite flat, mountains of Sierra Madre Occidental on the left and lagoons on the right.
Learning:
- that camarones secos (dried shrimps) cost 10 pesos for bag and you can buy them everywhere around and in Escuinapa
- that there are still places where there is less traffic on a freeway than on an ordinary highway (because it is free?)
- that local lagoons must be paradise for birdwatchers
- that there are lot of snakes here, the road is paved with them :-(
- that even a farm field can look like masterpiece painting or as we use to say in Czech: “políčka řádně obdělána, holt Mexiko!“
Living:
~ woke up early (about six) with local "bomberos" (firemen), even though they were volunteers, they worked since sunrise.
~ got lost a little in Escuinapa
~ saved one turtle from getting truck-tire imprint on it's back
~ spent whole day on the freeway, barely passed any village, but saw many birds in lagoons and beautiful volcanic rocks and cliffs in the mountains
~ got water from people working at one "caseta de cobro" (turnpike)
~ found perfect place for our tent in the farm fields near San Felipe Aztatán, it was calm, far from highway, right next to the river and open to the east, with the view of small hills and lake underneath
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