On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:10:48 -0400, "Richard"
wrote:
>"Alan S" wrote in message
>news:0r6n73l1qtljrrb9bmoi1sdhong354ovm1@4ax.com...
>
>> I've been looking at the bus schedules - but the prices seem
>> outrageous. For example $960 from Cancun to Villahermosa
>> on a "luxury" bus, or $220 from Cancun to Merida. Is it
>> possible those prices are really in pesos, not US$?
>
>Mexicans use $ to denote MXN which go at around 11:1 against the USD last I
>checked. If the price they quote is infact in USD, they'll often write it as
>$100 US or sometimes 100 dll.
>
Thanks, that helps to expalin it. Some of those prices
really did look terrible. Why on earth would they do that?
is it a cunning way to fleece the unwary traveler?
>> Rail seems to be defunct, correct me if I'm wrong.
>
>I last did the research in 2001 before my first trip and IIRC there was one
>line still running, I believe it was from Mexico City to San Miguel de
>Allende but it took at least twice as long as the bus and there was only one
>departure daily.
>
>So for all intent and purpose, yes, the Mexican passenger rail is a thing of
>the past.
>
>Richard
>
Cheers, Alan, Australia
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