A few weeks ago I had to travel inland in Mexico from Puerto Vallarta to a small town in Zacatecas. The 600 km road trip requires about 6 hours worth of driving, and instead of taking the highway (which frankly should not be classified as such) we took an alternate path along a main road we are familiar with, is toll free, and only takes about 20 minutes more. This time I decided to bring my compact camera and took random snapshots of what the trip was like- here are the results. My take? You better keep your eyes on the road all the time, watch out for the speed bumps ( I can easily say that Mexico has more speed bumps than any other country in the world- and I’ve visited quite a few), make sure you have a phone with a Mexican SIM card that works but keep an eye out the window cause you’ll see extraordinary things. And if you want your trip to make sense, here’s a perfect Mexico itinerary for your trip.
Have you travelled in Mexico? Did you drive? What situations did you find yourself in, or what anecdote can you share with us? What would you have liked to find more of on the roads? And less? Please comment below, and share this post if you liked it!
Ha — you nailed it! I love Mexico, but I don’t love driving here. Also, I learned years ago that the prime rule for remaining a calm passenger is to never, ever look out the front window.
Just discovered your site & admire it greatly.
lol…a road trip is never something that goes unnoticed here, it is always stressing! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Been to Cuba, I have always want to go to Mexico. Sadly every year there are stories about foreign tourist get injured/died there. Hope the town pictured above are safe
It is safe, as long as you don’t trip!
Very interesting pics, mate ! But the first pic seemed to taken at a place of high altitude, where was that ? The weather seems nice, though. Those spikes are weird !
Pic was taken in a small mountain pass just south of Puerto Vallarta
Didn’t expect that! The spikes on the truck wheels really creeps me out.
I still don’t understand hpw they can be legal. I guess it is Mexico, after all…
Oh my!! Talk about a bumpy ride!! You get to choose from Speed bumps or rocks-and sometimes I bet you got both! Guess you got to see more sides of Mexico! How was the trip overall?
The trip per say was…bumpy! Otherwise it was OK, just went inland to visit in laws 🙂
I don’t think I’ve ever seen rocks ACTUALLY on the road.
Here you have 2 photos that prove they do exist!
Oh Fede! This looks so awesome. I haven’t traveled to Mexico yet, but I want to go SO badly! I had to spend a night there via a layover and loved the short glimpse I had of the city.
It will be a BIG change from what you live in the US, despite being so close!
Love the “nothing is spared” and the Mad Max tires on that truck. Mexcio is a blast!
Mexico is one of my favourite countries, I’m not surprised to hear it was so eventful.
I went to Mexico a couple of years ago on a road trip – we drove about 2.500kms in a tiny car with too much luggage and without aircon. Funny things that happened on the road? Many! A girl drove straight into a tree when trying to drive backwards and we couldn’t open the back of the car for 3 days (then, once open, we couldn’t close it ever again). In Chiapas, kids put ropes on the ground to stop us, we saw their parents “hiding” behind the bushes! We obviously gave them what they asked for (which usually was either to buy something or to give something). At one point we bought a huge amount of bananas only found out that just 2 hours later others stopped us to ask for food.
And what to tell you about those speed bumps…!! most of the time, there was no warning sign, so we used to fly over them!
I hear you Katherina! I have seen kids with ropes too, though not as much lately. Why was that girl driving your car?