Cycling:
From Chapala to San Pedro on the road along the Chapala lake. To the village Mescala it was good asphalt road even with shoulder, not very hilly (about two steep but not very long hills). Almost no traffic. From Mescala to San Pedro is road made from rocks but with two concrete stripes for cars so it is still very good for biking and it is built on a steep slope with “Chayote-yards” on the right and rocks with Cardons on the left, and with nice San Pedro village at the end. This road was a little bit more hilly (small but very steep hills). From San Pedro to interception to Poncitlan was awful, horrible, nasty, ugly, bad, very, very bad and very steep road made from rocks and holes – not really suitable for any mean of transportation we know of :-). Luckily it was so bad only for 3 - 4 km.
Learning:
- that a plant which grows on the branches of trees or eletric wires (locals call it “eno”) is used for Christmas decorations and it grows only during this season.
- that Chapala lake is much nicer from this side than from Jocotepec side
- that Chayote plants look a little bit like grape vine
- that cycling is sometimes difficult and tiring not only for legs but also for arms (pushing our bikes up that horrible road from San Pedro Itzicán)
Living:
~ Piatok cooked scrambled eggs on the water (we didn't have oil)
~ at Valentin's house we updated our blog and pictures on Picasa
~ one more stop in Chapala was in the ice cream shop :-)
~ we saw a huge water plant which pumps water from Chapala lake for Guadalajara
~ there were nice views of Chapala's islands and the road lead us bellow some nice rock walls with Cardons
~ we went to Mezcala for water, which was a mistake, firstly it was far off the road, secondly local purificadora was closed and thirdly we found purificadora right next to the road in San Pedro Itzicán
~ to San Pedro we arrived in the evening during the “golden hour” and it was really golden
~ we didn't stop in San Pedro because the night was getting close and there was still this big hill to climb, but it would be probably worthy because they have some hot springs here
~ our last climb was hard not only for our legs and arms (we had to push our bikes, that horrible road was absolutely not possible to bike on) but for our nerves too, that road seemed to be climbing that hill forever
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