So today we rode from the border town of Talisman about 65 miles on the CA2 towards the capital Cuidad Guatemala. Today's ride was the easiest 65 miles if riding on the trip. We literally went 1-2% downhill grade for 35 miles. Had lunch. Went in the internet. Did some shopping. Then we climbed up a hill for 30 minutes and then It happened.
Perhaps the greatest experience of my life on a bike. A giant sweeping downhill through rainforest that lasted 30 minutes. We went down and down and down and were flying at 35mph racing eachother, laughing, and just grinning like school kids. The wind in our hair.
It leaves you with this giant perspective. World peace can happen. Everyone will begin Riding bicycles to work even on the freeway. Television sets will simultaneously blow up all across the world. All those things you secretly hope for can happen when you charging down a hill at 35mph with your friends. But then the next hill happens. You forget about those high hopes. You curse the day you were born. Your legs hurt. Your back hurts.
So are the ups and downs of a day cycling to the end of the world with new found friends who are out riding and chasing their dreams just like you are.
Today's we took 2 swims in rivers. The first at lunch. The second where we camped. We are making dinner now. Pasta, beans, hot dogs, tortillas. I just got a speaker hook up for my iPhone4 so I put on some NPR concerts and we cook and swim and eat and pinch ourselves that we get to wake up everyday and ride and ride and ride.
Ride4water via Iphone4
