San Blas
Nov 7th
On a gas break we meant a couple of guys on Harleys riding from Montana. They talked us into going to San Blas as a place to spend the night. This port town is has lots of character of its own. For those of you that listen to Maná, this is the town that they sing about in Muelle de San Blas. Pulling into San Blas we got our first taste of real jungle cruzing. The mountains were covered with Mango, Palm and various other trees creating canopies over the road. After pulling into town and establishing our drive in hotel we decided to check out the seen. In the center plaza, there was a chours of hundreds of large birds singing until late in the evening. After some food, we met up with the Harley guys (Roberto y Steve) and they introduced us to the San Blas Social Club where Agustin (The Window Trimmer / Bartender from SF) snuck alcohol into our drinks repeatedly. Thanx Agustin!!! Our hotel in San Blas was quite interesting; they let us ride our bikes into the hotel. The bad part was they had no towels, so they gave use sheets to dry off with. They did not tell us there was no hot water for a shower..Recovering in the morning we met up with the two Montanian Socialists and headed down to Puerto Vallarta. It was an amazing ride through tropical mountains and coastal terrain. We stopped in a small town north of Puerto Vallarta for the best food with the best view of the trip. Steve had shrimp cooked with mango that was just amazing.