Zapote de Tizupan - 100 km west of Playa Azul

Annoyed with our previous strategies for avoiding (or rather not) the heat we made the decision to wake up at 5am to be on the road by 6 to beat the heat. We are a little out of practice so we were on the road by 7. The terrain was brutal but we managed to get through many hills. The altitude stayed under 230meters but it was so steep in places I gave up and walked. We are used to about 6-7% grades and some were up to 11%. Then there were the gulches so for a while it was like northern California. Just awful. At least we got 3 good hours in that were cool enough so not to exhaust ourselves right away. We were able to get water fairly early in the day which was good since we had about a half litre. The road wasn't too busy either with just a few cars and big semis and for the most part completely uninhabited. There were people walking on the road but we wern't really sure where they came from or where they were going. With the lack of services we ate through most of our snacks and were quite hungry when we finally reached a town at noon. The one restaurant that was open luckily had a nice assortment of juices and pop so I think we each had three drinks. They unfortunately only offered two meals; eggs or bistek, which is sort of like a beef stew that you eat with tortillas. Little bit limiting but it was quite yummy. Uschi then learned from a couple of ladies that there was a beach coming up that had a restaurant and a small store just 3km down the road. That sounded great since it was stifling hot out and we were beat from the hills.

On the beach there were really nice palapas for rent and camping. The sign coming into the property was very americanized saying in english 'rv park and camping'. I was excited to say the least. The camping was 50 pesos per person or under $5. There store was nothing special but had what we needed, and the restaurant was a little on the expensive side so we cooked instead. We rode about 48km altogether including Rigel doing switchbacks on the steep climbes.

The next morning at 5am Dave and Uschi thought it would be nice to stay an extra day and after some thought and it being 5am we agreed to go back to sleep. We spent the day reading, painting, catching up on the blog and eating coconuts. Rigel made more electrolite drink for me from coconut water, salt and a giant jug of orange fruit drink he found at the store, tastes pretty good. Unfortunately after 6 days my digestion is not back on track.
Hoping for a slightly bigger town tomorrow so we can stock up again. Apparently people here only eat chips..

Looking steller