Hola and Bienvenido a San Cristobal de Las Casas. We left Zipolite around 7am yesterday and found ourselves under the welcome sign to San Cristobal around 7 last night. A twisted, windy sinusoidal road that had Derek keeled over in the back seat for the better part of the trip; so Michael found himself in control of the helm for the entirety of the trip. The night before we left Derek had a batch of ‘bad nachos’ which was confirmed to be bad through one of our Swedish friends. His sickness is improving and he’ll just have to hydrate some more. Our trip was also delayed with one Federale check point stop along with three military checkpoints. One military check we had a full search of the vehicle and had one of the soldiers ask Derek if he could have his GPS as a present. He answered with a firm NO and said next Christmas he’ll send one in the mail. So overall counting our losses we made good time for the trip.

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So Derek and Michael Arrived in Zipolite MX yesterday. We drove about 7 hours south from Oaxaca and now we are at a pretty stellar beach with surfing, boogie boarding and some good swedish friends. Today, one of the swedes, Martin, lost his hearing cause someone on a boogie board hit him in the head. Michael gashed his arm while surfing because the wave turned the board dorsal fins agains him and gashed his tricep. Derek came out unscathed, but he his sill mending from a skim boarding incident weeks ago.

So far this beach is pretty hippie with alot of what Derek and Michael like to call "free spirits". A big change from traditional Mexican Oaxaca. We haven't been taking nearly enough pictures but will be today.

Last night we stayed in a hammoc on the beach for 25 pesos with bathroom and shower. This is equivalent to about 2 U.S. dollars. Pretty good! Now we are just resting up for our next long drive to San Cristobal way north of here...a pit stop on our way to Merida and Cancun and eventually Belize.

Stay tuned folks it is going to be an exciting ride!

So we barely arrived safely in Oaxaca due to crazy drivers in mountain passes almost running us off the road. After getting lost several times in Mexico City, we finally made it from Guadalajara to Oaxaca in about 15 hours. According to Mexico road service site this is only supposed to take 10 hours. We call a Mr. Bojangles on that! 1000 pesos later for tolls on roads, we arrived in Oaxaca. We had arranged a free room for about a week through a site called couchsurfing where international people host other international people. When we arrived to Oaxaca, We did what we do best...get lost...but then find ourselves again. We were in Oaxaca without a clue as to where to go. However, our Mexican guardian angel Tania ( a college student in Oaxaca) rode with us in our car to put us on the right path to find our hosts house.

Since that time we have gone fly fishing in the sierra norte mountains on a river called Rio Grande and a lake called lago encantada (enchanted lake). As well as some of the Mesoamericas early villages in Mitla and Yagula.
Sorry dedicated readers, but internet here is less than adequate so you will have to wait for more pictures and videos later.