I agree that most long distance buses are overnight, so if daytime
travel is a priority then one must probably take shorter bus rides. If
you are planning a trip, the details of the trip plan can dictate long
bus rides or shorter ones, so it is ultimately your choice. If you want
to go from A to B, you always have the choice of an overnight stop in
between, there are so many interesting places in Mexico there is always
an option. If the only direct bus between two points is overnight, one
can take a morning bus to an intermediate city, and change buses there.
There are always choices, as Spock said.
The other downsides of night buses, besides security concerns, are that
you do not get to see the countryside, and end up trying to sleep in a
reclining seat in a moving bus rather than a hotel bed. In most of
Mexico, I would have no hesitation to take a night bus, but there are
some regions, generally in southern Mexico, where that may not be as safe.
Richard
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> And while we're at it, Richard, how do we avoid night bus travel in Chiapas
> as you so strongly recommend? Long distance busses out of Oaxaca and
> Palenque where all overnights, with no possibilities of seeing the
> countryside and seemingly risking hold-ups. I have to say I travelled
> through two nights and slept without a care in the world.
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> Louisg |