WEEK 6 : 7th Dec - 13th Dec 2001

Trip Distance (km) Quote of the Week Country
007522 "When I fight in Los Angeles on Saturday night you can watch me on ESPN and say, that my Amigo." - Dodgy local geeza in Mexico City trying to rip off Martin. Mexico
Mexico City - Taxco - Acapulco - Zipolite

Memorable Moment

Zipolite.
-drinking Pina Coladas from coconuts while watching the sunset from the beach hut balcony
-bodysurfing in the crashing waves
-dozens of shooting stars
-lazing in newly purchased hammocks and reading intellectual novels
-drum parties and fires on the beach
-meeting some cool, friendly people. Hi to the Palapa Katy crew.
-no sore arses from riding
-huge dishes of fresh fish at "Catmonkeys"
-and yes Gus, naked women.

 

Pictures of the Week

Competition

Riding up the stairs into Hotel Mariscal, Acapulco.
Winner: Certainly not the person who must repaint the stairs.

Highlight

Seeing someone else get a shock trying to get the light connection to work in the room, rather than getting one yourself.

Risk Activity

A semi-choreographed triple backward slide down a steep cobbled street in Taxco, all three bikes with frontwheels locked up.
Risk Factor - 4/10, VW driver behind us with nearly burnt out clutch looked angry.

Lowlight

Getting excited about seeing the Acapulco divers and realising we have done bombies from higher than that.

Burn Tally

Zipolite 3: (Martin - sunburnt front and back; Jamie - sunburnt front and back; Boxy - ring burn)