I agree with your warnings even if though I tend to accept more risk. But as
I had to travel to 4 different places in only 14 days, I had to accept night
busses and miss all the scenery between Oaxaca and Tuxla Gutierrez. Only
much slower 2nd class service was available in daytime.
"Richard Ferguson" wrote in message
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> 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.
> >
> > Louisg
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