Central Mexico to Honduras... Route suggestion please!

[Sylvain Rolland]

Hi, I am know in San Luis Potosi in Mexico after starting the trip in Montreal Quebec last april, and going to Honduras (Puerto Cortes). I am know very confused on what route to take. A lot of people are telling me to pass by Oaxaca and San Cristobal but not sure that it is to mountainous (20 to 25 000 meters) and would add to much time to my trip. I thought of going east and follow the golf coast(13000 meters) but hesitating... Also the Central America part is also a big question mark... Do I past by Belize up to Punta Gorda where there is a ferry to Puerto Cortes Honduras or do I pass by Guatemala and enter by the eastern part of Honduras. But don't worry, I wont be riding trough San Pedro Sula...

Thanks a lot!

[Will Fulford-Jones]

It depends how much time you have. The route you've mapped is the quickest way through the country from San Luis Potosí. It's also the most boring, both in terms of the roads and the towns. (We cycled the part between Coatzacoalcos and Villahermosa, which was fast but dull. I think there's much more of the same on the route you've plotted.) Down near sea level, it will be really hot in July and August.

I would go something like: San Luis Potosí > Guanajuato > Querétaro (via Dolores Hidalgo) > Puebla > Tehuacán > Oaxaca. We went via Mexico City and loved it, but you can go around it if you don't like big cities. If you have plenty of time and like climbing, there's some fabulous riding (paved and unpaved) in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains east and north-east of Querétaro, especially in the Sierra Gorda, but it's not very direct - we treated it almost like a side trip.

From Oaxaca, you could drop straight south to the beach towns on the Pacific coast, either to Puerto Escondido (which we avoided) or the area around Mazunte, then follow the coast heading east. Alternatively, you could follow the more direct route south-east from Oaxaca to Tehuantepec. Either way, the natural route from Oaxaca runs via San Cristóbal, from where you have lots of options.

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Will Fulford-Jones
http://www.contoursofacountry.com

Hi, I am know in San Luis Potosi in Mexico after starting the trip in Montreal Quebec last april, and going to Honduras (Puerto Cortes). I am know very confused on what route to take. A lot of people are telling me to pass by Oaxaca and San Cristobal but not sure that it is to mountainous (20 to 25 000 meters) and would add to much time to my trip. I thought of going east and follow the golf coast(13000 meters) but hesitating... Also the Central America part is also a big question mark... Do I past by Belize up to Punta Gorda where there is a ferry to Puerto Cortes Honduras or do I pass by Guatemala and enter by the eastern part of Honduras. But don't worry, I wont be riding trough San Pedro Sula...

Thanks a lot!

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