Dec. 30 – Manzanilo to Lazaro Cardenas

Woke to hot water for a real shower – what a treat! Our usual delays and confusion getting out of town; then we find ourselves forced back onto the toll-road to go anywhere south… When we finally get back on mx-200, we have a short ride on down the coast. Then miles of narrow, twisty mountain road; so damn hot I felt weak.

More weird/silly military checkpoints; teenagers in fatigues with automatic weapons.

Cross the Michoacan border, we are treated to a spectacular costal overlook – breathtaking.

But the road is another streach of nasty, curvey madness. Wore us out. Wound up low on gas, low on cash, and had to ride well after dark. Not fun after dark here. But, we stumbled on a hotel for cheap nearazaro Cardenas. No hot water (kinda goes without saying by now), no shower head, no toilet seat; but otherwise a perfectly good room. Quiet, safe parking, and AIR CONDITIONING! Oh boy!

Taco’s from a street vendor ate a neaby crossroads for din-din.

A hard day’s ride for very few miles – oh well. We are both tired. No phone, no chance for internet again.

After we ate, Levi stayed in town sharing beers with some Mexican contemporaries. I crashed early.