Cycling:
From Ruiz to Yago on hwy 15D.
Learning:
- that about 0,5 kg of fresh cheese in Ruiz can cost only 25 pesos
- that 5 kg of oranges in Yago can cost 20 pesos
- that even though motorcycles (and Ruiz was almost as full of them as roads in India) and cars are dominating the world, there are still old rancheros using horses to bring their products to the market (which is not only romantic but maybe also practical with that horrible pavement)
- that hospital can be also in a train
- that people in Yago are hospitable too
- that two Slovaks with fully loaded bicycles in the village where tourists don't usually stop are quite an attraction
Living:
~ left Ruiz after saying goodbye to our new friends (we traded our hand made key chains from cactus wood for beaded bracelets made by local Indians called Huicholes), with full belly after amazing breakfast and full panniers (after we did some grocery shopping, cheese and vegetable are significantly cheaper here than on Baja)
~ saw another tarantula on the road (we didn't know they were active during the day)
~ on the road to Yago (not very far from the exit from 15D) is purificadora which gets it's water from strong spring which springs (isn't this English funny?) under lime rocks and is guarded by Saint Mary. Now it's little spoiled by all that concrete around, but in the past this must have been magical place
~ we were surprised how busy Yago was. People and cars were swarming in the main street full of merchants and small shops
~ during the lunch break on central plaza we were surrounded by local junior baseball team, all the kids were very curious about our bikes. Few people stopped and asked us about our travels, always shocked when we told them where we came from and where we go. In one moment there were maybe 10 people around us, they probably don't see people like us very often here.
~ one man offered us room in his house where we can stay overnight if we want. Later we met him again passing mango orchard on the horseback. This time he told us that next time we should come in summer and we would have as many mangoes as we want :-)
~ rest of the day we spent on the bank of local river, close to the railroad bridge. Here we realised how cool the healthcare in Mexico was, when Dr. Wagon passed by - something like hospital in the train :-).
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