Travel
Or something like that. Or is it the high road and the low road? Anyhow, they both get you to the same place.
Some people suggest that you always travel on the toll roads while in Mexico. But we've learned that's often not the best idea. I guess people have some kind of misguided notion that the toll roads are somehow "safer", although we don't really subscribe to that.
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- Sometimes, It Makes Sense To Take The Toll Road!
Another good day. And, another good overnight spot. With 323 kms (200 miles) ahead of us we were on the road by 8:30am in keeping with our goal of arriving at our destination before 2:00pm. Again, for this journey up the west coast we're staying off...
- We Made It!
(This is a catch up post, so if you missed this morning's, you might want to go back and read it first.) Slept fine at the water park on Sunday night. Monday morning, we headed out early. Pretty much woke up and hit the road. Didn't even make...
- Back In The Mountains!
What a day we had! We drove the old Espinazo del Diablo (Devil's Backbone) highway that runs from Mazatlan to Durango. There is a new toll highway that opened a year ago, but it's very expensive and apparently the road surface isn't in very...
- Back At Hacienda Contreras
Didn't rush out of Colima yesterday. Figuring we would let the morning traffic die down, we left at around 9:00am, and got onto the toll road heading north towards Guadalajara. We've done this route a couple of times before, so we were familiar...
- Ruth's Post - Big Detour!!!
Ruth and Colin's day - Wednesday, December 5 A new day begins and what a day! A little late starting but only about 19km from the border crossing, Colin was happy we drove that first bit last night when the roads were quiet. Anyways on the road...
Travel
You take the toll road, and I'll take the free road
Or something like that. Or is it the high road and the low road? Anyhow, they both get you to the same place.
Some people suggest that you always travel on the toll roads while in Mexico. But we've learned that's often not the best idea. I guess people have some kind of misguided notion that the toll roads are somehow "safer", although we don't really subscribe to that.
Click here to read more...
- Sometimes, It Makes Sense To Take The Toll Road!
Another good day. And, another good overnight spot. With 323 kms (200 miles) ahead of us we were on the road by 8:30am in keeping with our goal of arriving at our destination before 2:00pm. Again, for this journey up the west coast we're staying off...
- We Made It!
(This is a catch up post, so if you missed this morning's, you might want to go back and read it first.) Slept fine at the water park on Sunday night. Monday morning, we headed out early. Pretty much woke up and hit the road. Didn't even make...
- Back In The Mountains!
What a day we had! We drove the old Espinazo del Diablo (Devil's Backbone) highway that runs from Mazatlan to Durango. There is a new toll highway that opened a year ago, but it's very expensive and apparently the road surface isn't in very...
- Back At Hacienda Contreras
Didn't rush out of Colima yesterday. Figuring we would let the morning traffic die down, we left at around 9:00am, and got onto the toll road heading north towards Guadalajara. We've done this route a couple of times before, so we were familiar...
- Ruth's Post - Big Detour!!!
Ruth and Colin's day - Wednesday, December 5 A new day begins and what a day! A little late starting but only about 19km from the border crossing, Colin was happy we drove that first bit last night when the roads were quiet. Anyways on the road...