ZZZZZOOOOOOooooooooommmmmmmm........ All the way from Palenque to San Andres Tuxtla with only one stop, at La Venta. I wanted to stop at La Venta because I'd heard that it was the home of the Olmec people. There's not much to see now, I mean, it's been like 2500 years since they were around. Anyway, here's some photos.

Figurines in the museum in La Venta. These pieces range from 1500 BC to 600 BC.

Me, with a big plastic head. (I mean that thing beside me.)

View from the summit of the only hill in the whole world.

Bikers info, "nuttin". Flat, straight, hot, fast, good road. Tolls at Villahermosa $17 pesos, La Venta $50 pesos, Minatitlan $13 pesos, Acayucan $122 pesos.

I took the secondary road from Minatitlan (or as my buddy Paul calls it Mini-tit-land) to San Andres Tuxtla. It was okay, at least it had some curves. Once I got past Acayucan, the traffic dropped off a lot too.

Next, Veracruz