Puebla, Mexico, 13/1-2007
Route: Tula - Coacalco - Elatepec - Mexico City - Texcoco - Teotihuacan - Texcoco - Texmelucan - Puebla
I had a bad night last night. I had forgot to take my sleeping bag to the hotel room and it is quite chilly here at night. My bike was locked in, so I could not get to it without waking the hotel owner, so I just tried to get through the night.
The Tula ruins opened at nine, but I was early up and went to town and bought some breakfast and went up to the entrance where I ate breakfast and checked Scotty for loose screws.
I was a bit dissapointed over the Tula ruins. The ruins in it self was nice, but the total lack of information, and those small cottages that the souvenirs sellers had made was just awful.
My plan was to go directely to Teotihuacan, but I got lost on the way and ended up eigther very near or at the northern part of Mexico city. This town have a bad reputation when it comes to the driving and the traffic there, and now I understand why. It was the most wild driving I have ever experienced, and I have been training my sister in reversing a car so I have something to compare with. The cars were forcing therir way, honking the horns, and lane change without blinking in high speed. I just sniked up behind a big semi trailor and hoped that he was going my way and stayed there. And the traffic jams! Holy, I was near boiled to death in my bike gear and my helmet when we were standing still in the sun.
Well in the end I found my way to Teotihuacan and that was a great experience. Boy, those indians were found of carrying stones. I stayed there some hours and then I headed away from Mexico City. Unfortunantly I also this time ended up in the traffic jam in Texcoco, but then finally I managed to get in direction Puebla.
I drove maybe an hour or so after it was dark to get to Puebla. When I got there it was almost eight o´clock, and I started searching for a hotel.
First I found one motel. They only rented rooms for six hours! Then I found another.
They charged 200 pesos for the night. Tired and hungry I went for it and it was very nice. I had my own garage for Scotty, big mirror in front of the bed, I could see into the shower from my bed and there were porn on the tv! This kind of hotel I had heared about, but I have to admit that the standard here was very good.
I had a bad night last night. I had forgot to take my sleeping bag to the hotel room and it is quite chilly here at night. My bike was locked in, so I could not get to it without waking the hotel owner, so I just tried to get through the night.
The Tula ruins opened at nine, but I was early up and went to town and bought some breakfast and went up to the entrance where I ate breakfast and checked Scotty for loose screws.I was a bit dissapointed over the Tula ruins. The ruins in it self was nice, but the total lack of information, and those small cottages that the souvenirs sellers had made was just awful.
My plan was to go directely to Teotihuacan, but I got lost on the way and ended up eigther very near or at the northern part of Mexico city. This town have a bad reputation when it comes to the driving and the traffic there, and now I understand why. It was the most wild driving I have ever experienced, and I have been training my sister in reversing a car so I have something to compare with. The cars were forcing therir way, honking the horns, and lane change without blinking in high speed. I just sniked up behind a big semi trailor and hoped that he was going my way and stayed there. And the traffic jams! Holy, I was near boiled to death in my bike gear and my helmet when we were standing still in the sun.
Well in the end I found my way to Teotihuacan and that was a great experience. Boy, those indians were found of carrying stones. I stayed there some hours and then I headed away from Mexico City. Unfortunantly I also this time ended up in the traffic jam in Texcoco, but then finally I managed to get in direction Puebla.
I drove maybe an hour or so after it was dark to get to Puebla. When I got there it was almost eight o´clock, and I started searching for a hotel.First I found one motel. They only rented rooms for six hours! Then I found another.
They charged 200 pesos for the night. Tired and hungry I went for it and it was very nice. I had my own garage for Scotty, big mirror in front of the bed, I could see into the shower from my bed and there were porn on the tv! This kind of hotel I had heared about, but I have to admit that the standard here was very good.
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