My stay in Marquila was pretty damn nice. I stayed at a hotel called Las Brisas for 300 pesos which had some really friendly owners. After I got in I headed to the river where people were playing soccer and swimming. I swam and talked to a Mexican family for a while.
I noticed driving through Guerrero that there are all these dudes with guns at all the speedbumps with cans asking for money. I have no idea what the deal was with them but I talked to a guy at the town at night and he said they were friendly. They all just gave me the thumbs up and I rode on.
Marquila had an event going on where they set up a bunch of telescopes to see the moon which was awesome. I don’t think I’ve ever actually looked at it like that before. It was meant for kids but I signed up for it anyways. It was something political as if the governor did it to make people in the small villages like him
Finally after much riding I arrived in Puerto Escondido. Only to find out the person I was going to leave the bike with wasn’t actually here! They were in Ciudad de Mexico, I don’t know how I got that wrong.
The ride from Marquila to Puerto Escondido was a little rough. Lots of road bumps everywhere and big trucks and buses on tiny roads. Lots of police with guns on the back of trucks. They don’t seem to care at all that I have no license plate on the motorcycle. No one has ever asked.
I stopped at a nice place along the way for some tacos and I changed the oil along the way. I saw a big empty bottle that I was able to use to put the old oil in and then put the new stuff in with a new filter. But I started riding and there was oil spraying on my foot. I had to tighten down the bolts to the oil filter more than I felt comfortable but it got me to Escondido. I’m pretty happy about that, but a little nervous about the next oil change.
I met up with some cool couch surfers and we explored around the town a bit and ended up at a Mexican pool party which was really just a bunch of dudes around a pool and we played some cards before going home.
Tomorrow I need to get a covid test and drop off the motorcycle and go back to work!