Sauls Bicycle Ride San Cristobal Chiapas Mexico - December 2006
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Chaipas Map Chiapas Map with many details Various Bike Touring Mexico sites BikingYucatan Biking_Tabasco_&_Chiapas Biking_MexicanPacificCoast Mexico Bus Schedule and Reservations 1^st and 2^nd class Mexico Bus Schedule & Res			12 fly SEA-LAX after work dinner near LAX and fly out at midnight – would use vacation days 13,14,15,18,19,20,21 Seattle, WA (SEA-Seattle Tacoma) to Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico (TGZ-Llano San Juan) Depart: Tue 12-Dec-06 at 6:20 PM Arrive: Wed 13-Dec-06 at 8:05 AM UAL	13 Arrive 8:05am Get a hotel near TGZ and take bus to see Sumidero Canyon – cost $10-40 More Sumidero Canyon Lodging will be about $50-75/nt Arrivals – AM Daria, Saul PM Susan	14 Take Bus to San Cristobal $4ea 2.5 hrs Or a taxi $60 1.5 hrs Lodging $4-$20/nt Chiapas Info	15 Tour San Cristobal 10km SE of town famous caves Las Grutas de San Cristobal Around San Cristobal Also see Museum/Hotel Restaurant Casa Na Bolom More Casa Na Bolom Other Chiapas area photos Chiapas photos Arrival – AM Kurt	16 Bike Tour MTB ride with Penguinos Pinguinos Bike Tours 40km 5 hrs start at 08:15 Catch Bus to Palenque after ride 14:30 bus gets there at 19:00 Palenque Lodging runs from about $6/nt for smaller hotels to $30/nt for luxury
17 See Palenque, Agua Azul and Misol Ha Palenque Info More Palenque Palenque Agua Azul Agua Azul and Misol Ha Misol Ha 08:00-11:00 at Palenque, 13:00 - 16:00 for falls Then bus to Ocosingo 3 hrs Arrivals – PM - Kim	18 Ocosingo See Tonina Ruins about 12km Tonina and other Mayan ruins Tonina Ruins Catch bus to San Cristobal approx 2hrs Lodging – SC same places		19 Bike Tour Pinguinos Bike Tours 08:00 start? Drive to Teopisca ride to Comitan	20 Bike Tour Pinguinos Bike Tours 07:00 start Las Margaritas Ruins at Chinkultic	21 Bike Tour Pinguinos Bike Tours El Chiflon Waterfall	22 – PWMMI-WFF Bike Tour Pinguinos Bike Tours Villa Las Rosas and van ride back to SC arrive 15:00 catch bus SC to Chiapas de Corzo or Tuxtla/TGZ 75min ride $3ea or taxi $60 total for 5 From 16:10 to 20:15 buses run about every 20min after that about every 40.	23 Seattle Riders fly home TGZ-SEA 8:30am, 11:45am or 1pm flights get to SEA around 11pm – stay in Chiapas de Corzo the night before
Stuff to Bring: Passport, $$$, Camera, Copy of Passport and Copy of other ID, Route Map, Headlamp, Water Bottle(s), Camelback, cell phone, radio or gps Toiletries (Contacts, toothbrush & paste, floss, soap/shampoo, etc.) First Aid and pharmaceuticals - Aspirin, band aids, athletic tape, Neosporin, Benedryl, Imodium, Ibuprofen Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) or Levofloxacin (Levaquin) if diarrhea with blood, Iodine water tablets, tweezers, needle and thread for stitches. Swimsuit – if you wear one Biking Shoes, Pedals, Helmet Biking shorts, jersey, windbreaker/raincoat, fleece, tights, gloves, socks Hiking shorts, shirts, sandals or running shoes or hiking shoes Longer pants and shirt suitable for museum or church or restaurant Batteries or charger for electronic devices Tools – pocketknife, alien, tire levers, patch kit Immunizations At a minimum: Hepatitis A, Typhoid, Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) Tetanus-diphtheria Malaria – non resort travel, Rabies – cycling if no med – treatment summary if not immunized – Clean wound, Get Human rabies immune globulin immediately (HRIG) Need 5 does of rabies vaccine (PCEC,HDCV, RVA, PVRV or PDEV), one does each on days 0.3.7.14 and 28. The HRIG can be hard to get and is critical – if you’re immunized you don’t need the HRIG and you only need the day 0 and day 3 vaccine				San Cristobal Lodging La Casa De Jose Josefa Ortiz de Domuez 32 a, Centro Hist Posada MexicoReal de Mexicanos No. 16, Barrio de Mexicanos Tel. (01 967) 674-0525 E-mail: backpackershostel@hotmail.com Casa Mayambe Number 4 Diego Dugelay Casa BabylonAvd. Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez 54/a Hotel Posada Jovel $40/60nt www.mundochiapas.com/hotelposadajovel Back to Saul's Home Page Lodging Worksheet CDC site Travel Med Site In Seattle UWMC - Travel Medicine Clinic (206) 598-4888 Virginia Mason Travel Medicine (206) 583-6585.		Tuxtla Gutierrez Lodging Bonampak Best Western Hotel Arecas, Tuxtla Gutierrez Boulevard Belizario Dominguez Km 1080 or 108? 961.602.5925 Fernando Av 2 Nte Ote 515 961.613.1740 Regional San Marcos C2 Ote 176 at Av1 sur 961.613.1940
						Chiapas de Corzo Lodging – about 10 miles from Tuxtla Gutierrez on the way to San Cristibal – nicer architecture than TG Hotel Los Angeles, .. 961 61 60048 $20/nt Hotel Cieba 961 61 60773 $60/nt
						Ocosingo Lodging Rancho Esmeralda in Ocosingo approx $10/nt per person t( 919) 673 0014 info@ranchoesmeralda.net Hotel Tierra Maya - 2a Oriente Nte. No. 12, Ocosingo.. Tel. (919) 673-0917. anfsalinas@hotmail.com