Today went according to plan, but not design.

Got off to a slightly late start after uploading things to the web while we had Internet, and saying goodbye to Stephen, Eric and Sabrina. We weren’t too concerned, though, as Eric had told us that one of his teachers said it was 5 hours to Palenque, and we’d be passing 300 topes. 300! That was such a high (and precise) number that Kay decided to count them.

Today we decided to hang out in San Cristobal de Las Casas with some other adventure riders - Stephen, who’s currently tooling around Mexico on his KLR (or waiting for parts for his KLR to be repaired, more accurately) and Eric and Sabrina, who are riding 2-up on a BMW F650 Dakar. They’ve been in San Cristobal for a while and know some great spots, from delicious food to interesting and humbling sites to see. Today, we puttered around while Eric and Sabrina spent the morning taking…