I have totally lost notion of time and distance. I just know I have driven 3028 kms from Cancun, and will cross the border tomorrow morning (please, cross your fingers!). Driving-sleeping-driving-sleeping.... I left Cancun on Friday, completely worn out. So much so that I fell asleep on the Merida highway several times, my eyes closing alone, of course for a milli-second, otherwise I wouldn't be writing now. But enough to find myself on the other lane, or on the side. I slapped my face several times, well...., then started to sing aloud: I aaaammm leaviiiiing my jai-ai-ail, fuuuu.... icon_rolleyes theeese baaaastaaaards.... Much more efficient! Then I had to wake up, there was much more traffic and no more highway. Slept after Champoton, then... I don't remember. I won't be able to write a trip report, the beginning is in a dense fog. But the farther I was from Cancun, the better and more relax I was. I started to enjoy immensely the trip around Cordoba. The mountains are so beautiful, the weather great, I felt I was in my beloved Alps, and I love driving in the mountains, not so much with an automatic car though. I had an appointment in Mexico-City on Tuesday, so I slept in the suburbs, close to a subway station. I took it to go to my appointment and back, then on my way again. Tonight I am in Piedras Negras. There is highway almost all the way after Villahermosa (Villafea :wink3: where I probably missed a cuota), and the rest is in excellent condition, seems new (ruta 2010). so I could drive most of the time around 140-150 km/h. I am alone (anyway there is no space for a passenger, the car is fully packed, although after the first topes everything seemed to "shrink", I could see through the rear window, and even buy some souvenirs along the road. I had no problem at all, didn't see the Green Angels anywhere, didn't need them either. I have my spare tire and tools at hand, didn't need them so far. I have been stopped only once at a check point, the guy asked me where I was going, I said Piedras Negras, and asked... oh, could you please tell me where I can find the next Pemex? he told me, then said "go". No other question. I have found extraordinary kindness from everyone I asked questions (police, hotels, any guy on the road). The manager of the hotel in M-C even drove in his car with me to show me the way to my next destination. Here there is no sign of violence or danger, but it is a bad idea to sleep in PN. I wanted to stop before, but missed the cuota, and thus the village I wanted to stop in. Here the hotels are expensive and fully booked. Well.... it is a nice and easy trip, I would have regretted not to do it. Let's see what happens tomorrow, but for me it is the start of an exciting new life :mnm:, hopefully successful, but I still have about 3000 kms more to drive.
Good luck, enjoy the rest of your trip. I've found that it is virtually impossible to fall asleep which driving if you need to pee really badly...so you can torture yourself and try that if you need to. Let us know how your border crossing goes.
Thanks Kathy, please keep in touch. RG, it is terrible but I can stay (I actually did!) all day without going to the bathroom :icon_biggrin:. I think that would have been the good option, although I was in such bad shape that I am not sure. After all those days driving, I feel much better. Go figure!
