PowerCycle

06/04 Other than passing through a bunch of quiet, rural towns there wasn’t a lot to break up the long stretches of road that cuts through the rain forest. The sun stayed behind clouds most of the day so I didn’t have to stop and rest as often but the heat still wore me out. It’ll be nice to get back into some more temperate areas but I don’t think that’s going to be for a while.

The last town didn’t have a motel but one of the guys on the street said this town did. It doesn’t. I was beat so I rode over to the policia and asked if I could camp next to the church. No problemo. The only thing that made me a little nervous was a Friday night baseball game going on in the nearby field. A homerun down the 1st base line would have had a good chance of smacking my tent. Fortunately nothing flew my way.

I did turn out to be a bit of a curiosity for the people who saw me setting up camp. Moms actually walked their kids over to the fence between the church and the baseball field so they could watch me. Some kids were short so they were lifted up so they could see too. I finished my camp stuff, bought some water and sat down to watch the game with them.

WARNING: there’s a picture of a big, dead snake below.

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