Last Tuesday while we ladies went for lunch Eric took a ride up to Celestino Gazca. He went north on the free road and then came across to Estacion Dimas, got onto the toll road going through an army check point which is not normally there but with all the cartel nonsense the army was sandbacked in with troop carriers. Makes you feel really safe! North on the toll road took the Celestino exit over top of the toll road and into the village. He road down to an area by the water and parked the bike. He took a walk to look at the beach and see if he could find a restaurant. When he got back to bike and was getting ready to leave a car pulled up at high speed and four guys jumped out. Turns out they were young guys and they started walked really fast towards him...first thought oh, oh what's this about. When they got closer one guy started saying photos, photos. It turned out that they wanted photos of the bike. Eric said " no espanjol" but one on the young guys spoke perfect English and said they'd like some pictures of the motorcycle. He had grown up in California and was sent to live with his grandmother in La Cruz when he was young.
It turned out they had just finished their graduation with the robes etc. in La Cruz and were heading to the beach. The guy second from the left spoke perfect English. Eric showed them how everything worked and it was really interesting to them as the Tiger is run by a computer screen. There are lots of small bikes in Mexico but most of them aren't sophisticated. They wanted to get pictures of themselves on the bike so Eric said " sure, go ahead." They also wanted to know what it would cost. Eric said the way it sits about Triumph Tiger 900 is about $20,000. US with all the boxes etc.
They're all checking their phones to make sure the photos of themselves are good. The little guy on the right was too short to touch the ground on the bike. They wanted to know if Eric knew any Spanish and he said " comida" which means lunch and they all had a good laugh. They wanted to know where he was from and he said 🇨🇦 Canada. They likely don't see many Canadians and certainly not this year.
Eric had shrimp tacos here with great big shrimp inside. Lunch was a bit slow as they had a wood fire to boil the shrimp. It was pretty well the only place that was open.
You just never know who you'll meet when you're out on the motorcycle. Just a real nice group of young guys who like motorcycles. They were surprised that Eric was out riding by himself.
He went back the free road and came back through Marmol to the toll road wind so he didn't have to pay the toll. Always a new adventure.
You never know what to expect. They look like a good group of boys.
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