RoadRunner65, We enter every year at the Lukeville / Sonoyta border crossing and from there we only bypass one toll both by Guaymas. We are in a motorhome pulling fwd with the toad. Are tolls totaled $256 gringo dollars down and the same coming back. YMMV...
Chrispy Hubby and Ms. Mckenna
2002 Discovery 2003 CRV Winter Lo de Marcos/Summer San Diego
rocmoc wrote: Neither source replaces walking or riding a bike down a unknown street before pulling a rig down too narrow or dead end roadway.
rocmoc n AZ/Mexico
This is something all Mexico travelers learn to do very early! Mexican roads are much narrower than what we see in Canada or the USA and when someone decides to park a truck on one of them, they become impassible for RV's.
Unmarked one-way streets and unmarked dead ends are another little trick thrown at you every once in a while.
Mexican drivers are very friendly and will usually forgive you or help you out of a difficult or embarrassing situation but if there is any doubt in your mind do as rocmoc says and go for a walk down the street first.
Thanks rocmoc, I will have a look at that other map book you mentioned. I had not heard of it.
Hi,
Crossed at Nogales last year, druve to Bucerias. Total tolls were 102.00 US dollars. We missed the one toll by going thru Guyamas. A good trip with the only problems being the topes(only if you didn't see them)and on the way back the long line-up at the truck inspection station on the way north. All in all the roads were good with the trip taking 2 days from Bucerias on the northbound trip and 3 days on the way down. Spent New Years Eve in Mazatlan. Hope this helps
Don
Only used toll roads
Going south, once beyond Mazatlan you can miss all tolls by taking the libre through Escuinapa and turning off Mexico 15 before it heads uphill towards Tepic. There are two and perhaps three roads that will get you through to Las Varas that are toll-free. My favourite is the first, that goes through Guadeloupe Victoria, over mostly flat land, completely bypassing steep sections. It can be made quite narrow late in the year by overgrown trees and bushes after the rainy season, has many vados, but fewer topes than in past years we have been told, but brings you through an amazing area very close to sea level. You would then join more traffic as you skirt the south environs of San Blas.
Another road, accessed before the first hill section which would take you through onto the toll road to Tepic, is narrow, up and down and around, but will accomplish the same thing. These coastal routes are scenic, but the last few miles getting onto Mexico 200 have been very rough going as you drive toward Las Varas.
Taking the toll roads going south from Mazatlan you may experience some "sticker shock." The highway is a joy to drive for most of the way usually although much of it is only two lanes, but there are three tolls including the most expensive one on the mainland Pacific coast at 40 dollars (motor home towing). Last trip, in November, a rig pulled off in that area to get onto a free road and encountered a cuota booth charging another fee, just to exit. Occupants I know well went fairly "ballistic" when told they would need to pay to get off too, and put up such a fuss they were finally told they could pass without paying!
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