It was pretty humid this morning. But it had stopped raining and the sun came out strong. Usually clear mornings during the rainy season.
We got everything packed and took off for the big first downhill. Still wearing light windbreakers for the chill. More or less descending to near jungle altitudes over about 20 kilometers. At the end of the drop we had breakfast at Francisco I. Madero. Pulling off windbreakers and now in warm temperatures.
We proceeded on to the overlook of the Santo Domingo river and then our banana and pineapple restock point in Nuevo San Juan Chamula.
When we got to the turnoff for Las Nubes the moto guys told us Las Nubes wasn’t really open. But were letting in people for about 15 minutes to take a quick look see and then leaving.
We elected to not ride the 12K in just to then ride another 12K out and proceeded another kilometer or so to the lovely Xbulan Ha campground on the Santo Domingo River. Then, since we had the luxury of the car, we simply left the gear and road back to Las Nubes to take our 15 minutes.
But to our surprise they’d opened the day before. It was pretty unkempt since they’d opened without actually clearning the trails but we got to take an hour or so to tour the whole place.
Returning to the campground we did some swimming and set up camp. Fortunately we had a roof in the campground area because we endured the most amazing lightening and thunderstorm that left us all with ringing ears.
The next day Samuel and Anna had to load up their own gear and continue on their trip of a Chiapas loop. With plans to meet us back in Comitan a within a couple of weeks.
Anna’s comment on departure was that she couldn’t imagine why anyone wouldn’t take this route. And not incidentally hang at our house where we have so many projects going. Truly a paradise.
Here is the ride with elevation profiles and picture locations:
https://ridewithgps.com/trips/56023073