Ciudad Valles to Jalaca

We only drove perhaps 150kms yesterday due to getting a very late start and driving on winding roads with very little opportunity to pass slow moving vehicles. On top of that, there are little towns along the road every ten or twenty clicks and that means you have to slow down to about 40kms. When we planned this trip, we kind of forgot that not all highways have a speed limit of 100, but I still find it hard to believe that most secondary highways have a speed limit of 60 most of the time, and 40 through any town. It makes travel kind of hard.

BUT, we stayed in Ciudad Valles last night and enjoyed ourselves by walking around the streets and checking out a very large market, stuffing ourselves with various food items, and then packing it in early.

Today we hit the road earlier and managed to get in a good five hours of travel time, but still we perhas got 200kms down the road. We were on a VERY twisty road through the mountains that we thought would take one day to travel, but it will take two. The corners are crazy and you can only travel at about 50. On top of that, you have the little towns and their huge speed bumps, and the getting stuck behind slow trucks.

Regardless, we found a neat little hotel in a large town named Jalaca and we are settled for the night. Tomorrow it will be an even earlier day and we will hope to finish the last of the scenic route through the mountains. Our goal is to hit the monarch butterfly reserve where we will stay the night and see the butterflies the next day. Eventually, from there, we will go to Guadalajara.

No photos today as we are in an internet cafe and have no wireless access with our own computer. More to come soon.