Ocsingo, Mexico, 15/1-2007
Route: El Camaron - Std. Domingo Tehuantepec - La Ventosa - San Pedro Tepanatepec - San Cristobal de las Casas - Ocosingo
El Camaron is located in a valley, so when leaving I had to drive over a new mountain. Then from S. D. Tehuantepec the road is totally straight for 41 km where it then enters Juchitan. Not excatly as Norwegian roads. This area is flat, and then the road continues in another straight line to La Ventosa.
On these straight roads it is quite usual to be three cars at the side of each other when one is passing another. The road however is just made for two, but there are approximatly one meter shoulder on each side of the road that can be used when some extra space is needed. However, when two lorries or a bus and a lorry is passing each other there are not much room for traffic in the opposite lane, and this can be a bit scary in the beginning. Then it is just to use the road shoulder and make you as little as possible.
From San Pedro Tepanatepec the road is again going up in the mountains. From San Cristobal to Ocosingo it is a lot of indians living along the road in small cottages. Since they live spread, not in small towns, the road is crowded with lots of ´topes´which is bumps in the road to prevent people to go to fast. It is often gravel close to these bumps since the lorries looses some of their cargo when going over these. So, on one of these bumps I had an little accident, but no big deal.
The indians is often dressed in traditional clothing. These are hand sewn dresses which are very nice to look at. However, I did not take any pictures of the indians, since some think that you steal some of their soul if you take a picture of them.
Ocosingo is a little town. I found a nice hotel just a block from the marked place. It only costed 150 pesos and the standard was good. I also got my laundry done here.
The bed was only equipped with a very thin sheet, so I was a bit afraid for that it would be a cold night again, but Ocosingo is close to the rain forest, so the temperature was no problem.
El Camaron is located in a valley, so when leaving I had to drive over a new mountain. Then from S. D. Tehuantepec the road is totally straight for 41 km where it then enters Juchitan. Not excatly as Norwegian roads. This area is flat, and then the road continues in another straight line to La Ventosa.
On these straight roads it is quite usual to be three cars at the side of each other when one is passing another. The road however is just made for two, but there are approximatly one meter shoulder on each side of the road that can be used when some extra space is needed. However, when two lorries or a bus and a lorry is passing each other there are not much room for traffic in the opposite lane, and this can be a bit scary in the beginning. Then it is just to use the road shoulder and make you as little as possible.
From San Pedro Tepanatepec the road is again going up in the mountains. From San Cristobal to Ocosingo it is a lot of indians living along the road in small cottages. Since they live spread, not in small towns, the road is crowded with lots of ´topes´which is bumps in the road to prevent people to go to fast. It is often gravel close to these bumps since the lorries looses some of their cargo when going over these. So, on one of these bumps I had an little accident, but no big deal.
The indians is often dressed in traditional clothing. These are hand sewn dresses which are very nice to look at. However, I did not take any pictures of the indians, since some think that you steal some of their soul if you take a picture of them.Ocosingo is a little town. I found a nice hotel just a block from the marked place. It only costed 150 pesos and the standard was good. I also got my laundry done here.
The bed was only equipped with a very thin sheet, so I was a bit afraid for that it would be a cold night again, but Ocosingo is close to the rain forest, so the temperature was no problem.
posted by Øyvind Thiem at 6:37 PM
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I will be over in 5 days or so. See you then.
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