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Tolls in Mexico
Lone Rider is right on (Bob I'm the one with my buddy who helped you with your flat near PV) concerning the costs of Tolls in Mexico. The Northern tolls were the most expensive as well as the tolls leading to and from Mexico City. I just wrapped up a 6000 miles run and found many of the tolls to be ridiculous. There were times where we would pay about $10 US travel 15 miles and pay another $10! The only time we choose toll roads was when we had no other choice or if we had to make time.

I travelled from Port Angel to San Blas along Mexico 200 which was toll free.

Hope that helps, be safe. Vampyremp
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.........I'm the one with my buddy who helped you with your flat near PV..........
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I'm redoing my repair kit due to those problems. Live and learn.

I still owe you guys a few brews....

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Mexican ?
Make mine a Pacifico please.
My drink of choice in PV

WHY do they automatically give you Corona?

At home in Australia we only had Corona, now Sol is breaking through, but Pacifico wins hands down.

Its like bloody Fosters. Its the only Australian you can find overseas, and no one drinks it in Australia.

I'm in Abu Dhabi now......my kingdom for a VB.
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I rode from the south to the north and I did not pay one cent (or peso) toll. Always stayed on the "libre" roads and they are just as good and a lot more scenic.
There are better uses for that big bag of pesos.

Maarten

Sorry... Just remembered I did have to pay once to cross a bridge, but that was a few peso.
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.......I did have to pay once to cross a bridge, but that was a few peso.
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Mexican ?
Make mine a Pacifico please.
My drink of choice in PV

WHY do they automatically give you Corona?

At home in Australia we only had Corona, now Sol is breaking through, but Pacifico wins hands down.

Its like bloody Fosters. Its the only Australian you can find overseas, and no one drinks it in Australia.

I'm in Abu Dhabi now......my kingdom for a VB.
I am very impartial to Tecate myself. With lime. I guess its a border thing!
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Gotta agree with you, Yuma; of the cheaper Mexican s, Tecate is tastier that the others (IMHO).

If you pay a few pesos more, Negra Modela is a decent dark , as is Dos Equis Obscuro. A few places here have XX Obscuro on tap and it's really yummy.

If you pass through Mexico at Christmas time, check out Noche Buena. They only sell it in December, but it's a great tasting .
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Bruce, the problem with the border is that we don't seem to get much of a variety of s here. It seems that we only get the big Mexican names, and with the Tecate factory nearby, that is our dominant one. However, I absolutely happen to love Tecate, so I don't complain.

Sorry to hi-jack the thread; I will second the toll road from Tijuana to Ensenada which wasn't all too expensive if I remember correctly. Bruce, do you have any toll roads near you?
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Toll roads: my turn to rant!

I hate the highway system in Mexico. The crappy roads are kept crappy on
purpose, random speed bumps every where, and nothing like marking a dangerous curve with a series of hellish speed bumps and slick-as-snot paint.

On the other hand, the toll roads are VERY expensive and once on, it seems there's no way of unless you really know what you are doing.

I paid (5 Oct 2007) about $40 USD to go about 200 km from Tepic to Guadalajara. Not worth, considering you get stuck in construction and one lanes on the TOLL roads, and they still make you pay some places on the "free" roads. Eh? Come again?

It's much nicer and not much slower on a bike to ride the libres. Certainly worth it for $40 or more for a half day's riding.

I think it's all part of the System of the Rich in Mexico that helps keep the poor poor. Not liking this country. Not sure how I am going to deal with even more wealth disparity in other countries.

Poor is one thing, but having wi-fi and cheap cell phones every where, while restricting access to clean water to those who can pay through the nose for it is NOT a good way to run a country.

I'll save more for another rant. Lucky to be from Canada, I guess.

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