Dave,

I have driven a little Suzuki Samurai down to Mexico
City for the Christmas holidays. Drove down with my
wife and kid.  I didn't have a spare tire and I had a
blowout which ruined my tire.  I managed to get to one
of the many tire repair guys, left my car with him,
jumped on a bus to the nearest town, found a Goodyear
tire dealer, bought the tire, got on another bus with
some difficulty, due to many folks traveling over the
holidays, got the new tire back to the tire man well
after dark.  He changed the new tire for me without
much trouble and for not much money.  Then we were off
to Mexico City.  Drove around Mexico City and found a
hotel with no big trouble.  Made our way back without
any hassles, except that some sort of sporting event
was letting out just as we were looking for a hotel in
one city whose name escapes me and we were caught in a
traffic jam for a while.

I drove a Chevy Mini van done to Monterey on another
trip.  The toll road from Laredo to Monterrey is super
nice.  You can go 90 100 mph with no problem.  Traffic
in all the cities is pretty bad and you don't know
where in the hell you are going, but if you keep
trying you can wind up where you want to go.  If I go
again, I might buy a cheap compass so I can keep track
of which direction I am going after I have to make a
whole series of turns that I hadn't planned on making.

Border crossing is a bit of a pain, lot of waiting in
line and getting things stamped and paying a little
money here and there, but not too bad.

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Regards,

Rich Dunsheath
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Bryan, TX (1 hour north of Houston,
3 hours east of San Antonio,
3 hours south of Dallas.
Near Texas A&M)

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