http://ourmexicanadventure.com/long-winding-road/ Playa del Carmen, Mexico Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:08:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://ourmexicanadventure.com/long-winding-road/comment-page-1/#comment-4359 Dazed and Confused | Our Mexican Adventure | Playa del Carmen, Mexico Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:45:30 +0000 http://ourmexicanadventure.com/2006/08/30/long-winding-road/#comment-4359 [...] Mexico is full of surprises. 4 1/2 hours into our drive to Cuautla (previously mentioned in Long & Winding Road), we found ourselves in Mexico City. In Mexico, all roads lead to Mexico City. Avoiding it requires [...] [...] Mexico is full of surprises. 4 1/2 hours into our drive to Cuautla (previously mentioned in Long & Winding Road), we found ourselves in Mexico City. In Mexico, all roads lead to Mexico City. Avoiding it requires [...]

]]> http://ourmexicanadventure.com/long-winding-road/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Our Mexican Adventure » Dazed and Confused Thu, 05 Oct 2006 04:52:08 +0000 http://ourmexicanadventure.com/2006/08/30/long-winding-road/#comment-195 [...] But Mexico is full of surprises. 4 1/2 hours into our drive to Cuautla (previously mentioned in Long & Winding Road), we found ourselves in Mexico City. In Mexico, all roads lead to Mexico City. Avoiding it requires getting off the toll roads and using two-lane highways (one lane each way) usually with no shoulders, but sometimes with potholes. Everyone, and their brother who drives a huge truck traveling at 35 mph, takes these roads. Getting past these slow trucks requires speeding into the opposing lane of traffic to pass. A number of Mexicans seem to have a different sense of spatial relations than we do, as they take chances when passing that make our hearts race. These highways also take us through small towns, which have speed bumps, which have enterprising and daring souls selling items ranging from handmade hats to chile peppers to batteries. It can make for a very interesting drive … but not a drive you make when you’re in a hurry. [...] [...] But Mexico is full of surprises. 4 1/2 hours into our drive to Cuautla (previously mentioned in Long & Winding Road), we found ourselves in Mexico City. In Mexico, all roads lead to Mexico City. Avoiding it requires getting off the toll roads and using two-lane highways (one lane each way) usually with no shoulders, but sometimes with potholes. Everyone, and their brother who drives a huge truck traveling at 35 mph, takes these roads. Getting past these slow trucks requires speeding into the opposing lane of traffic to pass. A number of Mexicans seem to have a different sense of spatial relations than we do, as they take chances when passing that make our hearts race. These highways also take us through small towns, which have speed bumps, which have enterprising and daring souls selling items ranging from handmade hats to chile peppers to batteries. It can make for a very interesting drive … but not a drive you make when you’re in a hurry. [...]

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