"Irlandes" wrote in message
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> Richard
>
> Your response reflects the conventional wisdom regarding driving at night
in
> rural Mexico. His question, however, dealt with a specific area which
does
> not suffer from loose animals, topes of any kind nor banditos. I think it
> does a disservice to just give the usual canned response not to drive at
all
> at night. It's like the admonition not to eat the lettuce in Mexico. It
all
> depends....
I'd have to agree that there are areas that can be crossed at night,
more or less comfortably. For me it depends a lot on personal knowledge of
the area. Cancun to Tulum, for example, doesn't bother me because it's a
modern highway that's well taken care, well patrolled and in an area without
livestock. And I know where the easy part ends. On the other hand I know
experienced drivers who nearly died because of loose livestock not all that
far from home on the toll road north of Hermosillo. Some of the toll roads
are very lightly travelled at night and quite comfortable. In places where
there's much traffic the drunks, aggressive drivers and people without
headlights can make things very uncomfortable after dark.
My former girlfriend started eating her greens after she saw me "getting
by with it" all over the place. The answer is that the restaurant business
is very competitive and it's not good business if your customers get sick.
Eating where the locals eat works good for me.
Dennis
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