Threeweight wrote:
nursecosmo wrote:
No but seriously, the roads down there are better than ever.
Drive down the Baja Peninsula sometime to do a little fishing and camping. Oncoming semi's doing 60 on coastal roads with blind corners barely wide enough for 2 passenger cars, pavement to gravel to dirt then back to pavement again, cows wandering down major roads, people with guns occasionally forcing tourists to pull over for shakedowns, corrupt cops seeking bribes in order to not tear your vehicle apart. Yah, lovely infrastructure they have down there... Gorgeous place with tremendous fishing, and most of the people are friendly and nice, but the government is a mess.
We drove to Pátzcuaro, Morelia via the Pacific Highway and returned by Highway 49. Our Powerstoke had no problems with Pemex diesel. Our camper was searched at an Army anti-narco checkpoint by very polite officers. No shakedown attempts and no threats to our safety. My impression is that the general level of driving skill is somewhat higher in Mexican drivers than Americans. The best driving we observed was while riding in taxis in the tunnels of Guanajuato.
The Pacific highway seemed rather narrow with a huge dropoff to the shoulder. This comes from adding layer after layer of asphalt instead of recycling it.
The autopistas are first rate, but the cost is very high, and the more axles, the higher the fee. One hazard to the uninitiated are the 'topes'. You had better be crawling when you go over one of these, or you may leave your rear axle on the highway.
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