It is a very quiet Christmas holiday weekend in Oaxaca. Thanks to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, there were no posadas this past week and no festival of the radishes on 23 December. There was no giant Christmas tree in front of the cathedral, and the city did not decorate the zocalo with hundreds of poinsettias this year. While some families had festive gatherings, there were none of the block parties that usually occur over the holidays. So on this Sunday morning eleven bikers gathered at 9 o’clock for a moderate ride to Huayapam and back – a short but satisfying outing. The round-trip distance amounted to 18.5 miles (29.8 kms).
A bright, beautiful day for a ride. 
Cubrebocas are all the fashion! 
Happy to be aboard a bike. 
Pounding the cobblestones on
Calle Garcia Vigil.
Our route to Hayapam
took us through San Felipe del Agua.
A great day to be out in the country. 
Cranking up the road to Huayapam. 
The Sierra Norte mountains in the distance. 
Riding past the church in Huayapam. 
At last a bit of downhill road! 
Struggling up one of the last climbs.