I left Mary´s hotel on thur and headed south , I stopped at Pinotepa Nacional and spent the night in a dive 8 dollars but very secure.














I was out early and made good time untill I got to Zanatepec. I thought I was in Whyoming for a while, very strong winds blowing across the road. I finally stopped at Arriaga at a real clean and nice place 6 dollars.
It was sunny when I left Arriaga and no wind made it to the border then had to go back 22 miles to get my bike cleared out of Mexico, on the way back to the border I stopped at a Sams club for a Hot Dog and a Coke.
I made it through the border and finnaly stopped at Quezaltenango for the night. San Marcos was a hard town to get through. The highways arn´t marked and all the streets are narrow and one way. I finally followed a bus right through, only scarey as hell because the buss drivers are crazy down here. This morning( sun) I did the same thing and could hardly keep up 47 miles an hour on real narrow streets and people everywhere. I wasn´t going to loose that bus. He took me right past a Mc Donalds, Bye Bye Bus I had breakfast and found my own way out.
Today and part of yesterday have been on very winding roads in the mountains. Sat was at 8,000 ft and 11,000 ft getting in and out. Guatemala City is at 5,000 ft. If you have to go through the best time is Sun at 12 Noon. No traffic at all. I am 30 miles from El Salvador and will cross in the morning. I sprang for a 25 dollar room tonight. Checked in at 2 PM.

More later sorry about the pictures.