Cumbres, Volcanes y Playas

Calle Matamoras, hotel location.


Garage just around the corner from the hotel where bike was parked for the night.


Rooftop terrace view of the Real de catorze.

Leaving the town of Real de catorze, I had all of 24km of cobblestone to myself. No buses, cars or other vehicles, nothing like a day before. Riding the rough surface at 40mph made it smoother then it was, no more blurred vision and shaky hands as was the case yesterday. I made a quick stop at Cedral for gas and tortas and set my GPS for a quick ride to San Luis Potosi. The night before I've booked overnight place on the outskirts of the town with an easy access to rt70. It took me only a couple of hours of easy riding to reach my destination. I've picked a place on airbnb that offered washing/drying mashine as I was running short on clean clothing. With the laundry done I went to explore Centro of the city.

Airbnb place in SLP $18

San Luis Potosi

La Oruga y La Cebada-great place for lunch or dinner, serving local beer and specialities



Enchiladas potosinas and 2 de Abril pale ale, all local to SLP

Mercado at SLP

So did you prefer riding in the ruts of the cobblestone or in between?

I can’t imagine riding through R14 on wet cobblestone. No surprise you went down.

Pro Tip: enter intersections into your GPS instead of street numbers. Works better down there.

If your GPS can accept intersections, of course.

Enjoying the ride along - keep up the good work, BrassMan.

While I'm sitting on a balcony of a nice hotel in Puerto Angel Oaxaca it's time for another installment of my travels. I left San Luis Potosi late in the morning, heading East towards Xilitla and the famous gardens of sir Edward James. I've planned my rest place in SLP to be on the outskirts of the city to avoid all the city traffic. I rather pay 50 pesos for a taxi then deal with mess involved in the Centro. Out of SLP I took Route 70 which was pretty boring for the first part but it become interesting in the mountain ranges.

Few more images from las pozas

Nice last pics. Where's that? Oaxaca?