moisheh
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ScoundreL:
Now I see the light!!! You were coming from Guaymas and took the so called short cut to Kino. As I have told others : This is a horrible road. Huge pot holes. Not recommended. Much better to go to hermosillo and then pick up the new road to Kino. Have you trashed your GPS yet???
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crandle
Campbell River, BC, Canada
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Moisheh is correct. If you had of done any research or asked other RVers advice about that road, you never would have taken it. In our five months in Mexico (our first trip there), we asked question after question about the routes, RV Parks, everything. Other RVers are a wealth of information as are people like moisheh and Cris who live in Mexico. Use your resources!
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Scoundrel
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Now you tell me......Geesh.
Like I said, this trip was a great learning experience and I have learned volumes and when I return this winter I will be better able to overcome adversity.
I will not however trash my GPS. It is a great tool for locating camp grounds that you will not see on any map. We will however use it as a tool in parallel with current Mexico maps.....
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crandle
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Have a look here for a list of valuable reference materials for your next trip.
http://croftstravels.blogspot.com/2008/03/essential-resourses-for-mexico_30.html
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Melanda
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Very entertaining and humerous!It was very fortunate your wife was able to communicate with everyone or I am sure your situations would have been even worse!
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Scoundrel
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Melanda wrote:Very entertaining and humerous!It was very fortunate your wife was able to communicate with everyone or I am sure your situations would have been even worse!
We both speak fluent Spanish. For some reason she just prefers to do ALL the talking......
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harvestmoon
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One thing keeps calling my attention through all your installments. You seemed to be tied to an itinerary and frequently drove long days. And honestly, if that trip was a trip from hell, I would SERIOUSLY reconsider moving to Mexico. Sounds like you had a LOVELY trip with a couple setbacks. Get rid of the GPS, throw the schedule out the window and travel short days. But truthfully, I really think you should stay NOB. I can't even imagine how difficult you will find life down here (I live in QRoo).
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Scoundrel
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Trying to do too much in the time we had was definitely an error on my part. I believe the reason it felt like a trip in hell was because we could never come up for air so to speak. Nearly every day there was a new issue to deal with or we were still trying to recover from the previous one.
Lucy and I have talked in great detail about how we could have planned the trip better. Some of the areas we pinpointed are:
1) Shorten our drive time.
2) Lengthen our stays.
3) Expect issue to come up and have back-up plans.
4) Have phone cards/cell and numbers to call of people who live in or around where we are going.
5) Get more up to date maps instead of the 2004 version we used.
6) Use the GPS solely for CG locations and use strictly in parallel with maps.
7) Get advice from those in the CG's we go to as to driving conditions and places to avoid.
8) Do not set a strict itinerary.
9) Research better the driving routes.
As to whether we should live SOB or not.....Lucy was born and raised there and once there we have no difficulty with the country, its people or the life style. Living conditions there don’t concern me either. There was a time in my past where I lived in the streets and collected bottles to earn enough to eat. The fact that I’m successful now doesn’t in anyway cause me to forget where I came from…….
Vacationing in Mexico in a RV is much different then living there. I have spent two years in and around Uruapan without incident, but, I wasn’t trying to drive a 35’ RV either.
I don't necessarily agree with all the opinions I’ve read but I do respect them and am thankful for them. Advice whether I use it or not is always welcome especially from those who have significant experience in living/vacationing SOB.
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harvestmoon
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i think the key to living down here (we have been traveling in Mexico since 2004 and living fulltime since Jan 2007) is to let go of expectations. The reason I had concern about you living down here is because you seemed to be so set on your expectations and itinerary. If you can get to a place (geographically) and throw your schedule out the window because you've either fallen in love, just want to explore or are having trouble, you can get to a place (figuratively) where the little nigging items just don't matter. Being, living and traveling in Mexico and having a GOOD time requires that you adapt, change, lose your NOB expectations and REALLY SLOW DOWN.
I think it really helps to look at the journey and not the destination.
Living here will drive you insane if you can't let go.
It looks like you've already identified many of the issues that caused you to see your vacation as "hellish" but I think you also have to realize that you cannot plan or plan for everything. Sheet happens. And then you deal.
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Jonna
Mérida, Yucatan & Akumal, QRoo
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I thought your post was funny and meant to be that way, it showed some real problems that happened but you clearly had a good attitude about it and that's all we can really control. I only have 2 suggestions. One, get an Amiga phone when you cross the border, put $500 pesos on it and sign up for the cheap long distance. I forget the cost but you get 20 minutes to anywhere in Mexico for a set amount and that's a lot less than other options. For $500p you'll get 900 minutes so you can talk anywhere and anytime you have a signal. Most of the country has pretty good signals from small cities and up.
My other suggestion is when stuff happens, just keep repeating to yourself 'ni modo'. 
Jonna
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