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Mexico safety
Forget the state department bulshitins, just go .And dont,dont´,dont try to do the entire trip by tollroads. You will miss most of the good stuff, and eventually all the toll roads dump you back onto the same roads with the Libre traffic . You will be paying through the nose just to bypass the interesting towns, not really the pont of a trip , is it?
Right now I am back in Mexico and spent the whole day just exploring the back highway between Galeana and Matehuala- great scenery and not a toll road.
Crossed into Mexico from McAllen by way of the new Free Trade Bridge which is not a very good set up being open only between 6 and 23 hours and they do not have enough wickets to serve car trafffic. It was pugged with a load of missionaries so I just went to the 24/7 Reynosa terminal after checking into a hotel.It was a breeze .
Just use common sense, don't tie yourself into unrealistic timeframes or reservations, drive with care and get off the road before dark and don't try to cover Ironbutt distances in a day. You wil have a great time
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Originally Posted by Sjoerd Bakker
.........don't tie yourself into unrealistic timeframes or reservations, drive with care and get off the road before dark........
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Take this advice.
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On our three thousand mile, month long, trip through Mexico a few years ago we found the Mexicans to be friendly, helpful, honest and curious. We had a great time. There is less random violence in Mexico than the USA. (But they do tend to ignore traffic laws, like stop signs, more than Americans, so stay alert.)
On the "libre" roads there are "topes" (pronounced TOE-pays) at each end of every small village. These are speed bumps from hell. Slow down!!! We actually saw a man standing on one selling bread in one village. Traffic slowed down to about 1 mph to cross it (so did we) and at that speed he was able to make sales to drivers as they went by. The "libre" roads are the old highway and the "couta" (toll) roads are like American Interstates but are very expensive. Like many places in America the old highway is more scenic but also more crowded and much slower, unlike America the couta is costly where an Interstate is free in most of America.
If you get the chance, ride the "Devil's Backbone" between Mazatlan and Durango. It is a hundred plus miles of sharp curves. Watch out for trucks with their tail end in your lane on the curves. It also goes from 9,000 foot elevation at the Durango end to sea level at Mazatlan. Great Road!!!
Enjoy Mexico!
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Useful information
I'm not pushing "Sanborn's" insurance, but if you go to their website, it's set up with ton's of useful information that you can download. Veteran traveller's may want to take a look-see too. Just Google "Sanborn's Mexican insurance". Smitty
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