"Treemoss2" wrote in message
news:20041025105150.28660.00001390@mb-m05.aol.com...
> OK, give it some thought for your quick trip to Mexico for your 3 week
> vacation, "on the cheap".
> Forget Panama, after reviewing this, that is even farther.
> It took me 10 minutes to do this.
>
> St Louis, MO to Cancun, Mex = 2622 miles = 104 gals gas @ average $2/gal =
> $208.
> That is one way.
> Now it is 1173 miles from St Louis to Brownsville, your quickest route.
> You wil
> be almost two days doing that, what with getting insurance at the border
> and
> considering you don't want to drive at night in Mex.
> Now you have 1443 miles left.
Ya da ya da ya da.
Your numbers are too high on insurance, too low on gas, and you left out
tolls on Mexico's rather expensive toll roads. People who do it regularly
tell me they can drive from Matamoros to Playa del Carmen in two and a half
days. It takes me longer but I do a lot of sight seeing along the way. In my
estimation 3 weeks is a rather short period of time for a driving trip that
far south into Mexico. While cost is obviously a factor for most of us there
are several other things to consider when choosing your mode of
transportation. I've flown and driven to the Yucatan--when I have the time I
much prefer driving--there's a lot to see between here and there. Traveling
on the cheap Mexico's excellent bus system is another choice to consider.
TB
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