Tonina, OA

Before leaving San Cristobal, I decided it would be good to take Vandrew for a test drive.  there were some Mayan ruins relatively close by, and there was some interest from people in the hostel to go and visit, so we planned an excursion to Tonina.

I started by taking a test drive with Javier to make sure that the brakes were functional, and then we packed myself, Carmel, Paola (she arrived the day before, met her in Puerto Escondido), Chuy (arrived with Paola), Rachel (American, met in San Cristobal), and Natasja (Dutch, met in San Cristobal) into Vandrew and we were away on our day trip.

The road from San Cristobal to Tonina were very windy, potholed, and generally quite horrible.  The 100km google said would take us 2 hours, took closer to 2:45, and we arrived at the Tonina ruins just after 3pm.  The benefit of this was, because it was so late, we only had to pay half price.  The drawback was they closed at 5.

We had a decent enough roam over the ancient site, and it was a good way to enjoy the company of new friends and old ("old friends" referring to someone I've known more than two days)\

It's okay, there's an escalator around back...

A view from the top

On the way back we stopped for a meal together, and all in all, it was a great day...I just didn't enjoy the drive.

at all.



....but at least the brakes worked!