Teacher on Two Wheels

Week 11 Stats

Start city:  Pijijiapan, Mexico
End city:  Near Taxisco, Guatemala
Total distance traveled:  310 miles (Miles might be a tad off until I reach Costa Rica.  My bike computer has broken so I’m using the kilometer markings on my map to approximate my daily mileage.  New bike computer will be waiting for me in Costa Rica!)
Days on the bike:  7
Average per day of riding:  44
Longest day:  77 miles
Shortest day:  15 miles
Highest speed achieved:  38 m.p.h. !!!  (A trip high, very scary!)

Total money spent:  $53.25
Average per day:  $7.60

Borders crossed:  1
Number of times I puked:  3
Smoking volcanoes seen:  1
Cheapest rate for a room offered to me in an hospedaje in Escuintla:  $2.00 per night
Number of prostitutes that exited the $2.00 per night place as I entered:  2
Number of window-less, fan-less, clean-mattress-less rooms in the $2.00 per night place:  0
Number of nights I spent in the $2.00 per night place:  0
Nights camping:  7
Number of times I watched people dump entire sacks of trash into the forest:  3
Number of times I woke up and discovered my duffel bag filled with hundreds of fire ants all carrying pieces of the bread I foolishly left inside it:  1  (NEVER again will I leave food in my bag at night!)