Riding through the Jungles of Chiapas, Mexico

On our second or third day of non stop bicycle riding from Comitan, Chiapas, en route to the Guatemalan border we came across a construction site shortly after the sun went down on our hopes of finding a campsite before dark. At first I thought there were some minor road repairs taking place, but I was totally wrong. A river had washed out some of the road we wished to cross. A huge tractor was scooping up a bunch
of dirt and filling in the road while a growing line of cars facing both direction waited. After the tractor smoothed over the road they started to let cars pass. We squeezed our way through the cars one by one on our eight fully loaded bicycles and stopped after passing the work site to wait for everyone to get back together. After parking our bikes on the side of the road we suddenly heard children crying and
people screaming through the rumbling of the tractor and the other vehicles. The group ran without hesitation to find that the road that had just got packed in and that we had just crossed started to give in again and a passing pick up truck had fallen partially in the dirt . All passengers were safely evacuated from the truck as we hurried over. When I got to the scene people started yelling at me in Spanish and English saying they wanted to use my light and that they needed a large chain that was in the back of their truck. Without thinking I quickly jumped into the back of the truck which was halfway off the road trying to find a chain. Shortly after throwing everything around frantically, I found the chain and then carefully jumped out. They connected the chain to the tractor and the tractor pulled the truck out… Watch the outcome