Rough couple of days...

We left Monterrey after spending two awesome nights there with our host: Jon. As we were leaving it was as if the rain gods had decided to unleash all they had on us, there was torrential rain, lightning and lots of thunder. Needless to say we were very wet, and the roads were very slick which led to Shaun taking a spill at about 35mph (55kph). We were stopping on the side of the road as Chris had forgotten to latch his helmet up after we had refueled, the moment Shaun touched the brake his front end slid out and the bike went down in a shower of sparks as metal scraped on the road. Unfortunately none of the cameras were rolling, but Shaun came off spinning and got right back up with only minor whiplash and some torn riding gear. The bike fared reasonably well; mechanically it is fine, the side cases however, are fairly busted up. Word from the wise: invest in good metal cases or pelican cases.

After that, we continued on to Real De Catorce: a old mining town in the mountains near Matehuala. It sat abandoned after the price of silver plummeted in 1900, and was rediscovered and is now a popular tourist destination. We stayed at a quaint hotel that cost $11 each. After getting our gear sorted there we went for a hike up to the top of the mountain to check out the sights. Once again the rain gods laughed as they dumped everything down on us and we ended up spending about an hour huddled under an archway, playing heads up charades, waiting for the rain to pass.

The next morning we packed our gear up and headed back down the 24km cobblestone path that leads to Real. Another bout of bad luck struck Shaun as he was packing his gear up, a bungee strap sprung loose and hit him in the face luckily not taking out and eye... just a tooth. Another word from the wise: don't trust bungee straps, they are out to get you! So when we get to Mexico city Shaun will have to go to a dentist to get it fixed. Continuing on the road to Queretaro we encountered yet again more rain (just cant seem to get enough of it) and after a long ride ended up at our couchsurfing host's place. Ricardo has been nice enough to let us into his home, shelter us, and give us lots of good info for the road ahead. We are very grateful for Ricardo's hospitality! Tonight we are going to rest up, put all of our bad luck behind us and wake up to a sunny morning (hopefully). 

TLR2015 out.