Oncoming traffic, cactus and villages! Well, we started our day by leaving Villa Corona very early, after the Pacific Coast, the hot springs just weren’t as appealing anymore! Well, we heading toward Guadalajara, starting by getting on a highway of oncoming traffic (AHAHAHA).. “Honey, all of the signs have writing on the other side!” As we turned a corner, traffic was coming right toward us.. Well, my man Jerry stayed calm and started honking and flashing his lights at the oncoming traffic, he started weaving in and out of on coming traffic… he then saw a gap in the oncoming traffic and pulled a u turn! OH MY GOD!! The funniest thing was that a local had followed us onto the oncoming traffic… There were no signs or arrows. We were ok.. I was scared out of my mind, to say the least! Anyhow, we made it across Guadalajara, without further issues. We took 80 across and up toward San Luis Poto, then connected with 57. All very very good highways. We recommend them. On 57 you’ll find all sorts of locals selling Pottery, we didn’t stop, but it looked interesting.
We are now about 4 hours from the Border, however, we want to go and visit a large Water Fall outside of Monterrey tomorrow, so, we’ll cross the Border on Monday, as scheduled. We’re staying at a hotel/rv/restaurant called Las Palmas in Mathehuala, on Hwy 57, it’s clean, a pool, hot showers, close to many stores. (across the street from Wal-mart) It’s higher end then we’re use to $22/night, that’s 22 days on the Pacific Coast!! However, we were very tired and the sun had set, so, it was a blessing to find it!
The land in the Interior is very very different then the coast, beautiful, but different. The Coast is lush with tall beautiful palm trees majestic rich green mountains, where as the interior is dry with so many different types of cactus! Two different worlds in one beautiful country!
Hugs to all!
Sofie & Jerry

Posted on January 6th, 2008 by jerry & Sofie
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