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Johan Kruseman
Updated on 6 August 2024
Updated on 6 August 2024
After 7 months in Asia, Mexico took some getting used to in the first few days. In the city, I tried to stop the city bus, but the driver told me I could only do that at a bus stop and drove past. In a big tour bus with only three passengers, I had to sit in my assigned seat so I couldn‘t recline because the only two other passengers had the seats behind me. When I asked if I could sit on the roof instead, he looked at me with confusion. I hadn‘t made any friends.
They also didn‘t allow shoes off for the 8-hour bus ride. And nobody wanted to take a photo with me. The life of a pop star was over. There are some advantages though. The bus goes 100 mph instead of 40 on the highway, there is a highway (instead of a road where cars drive fast), and the air conditioning is set to a comfortable temperature instead of maximum.
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Traveled route: Mexico City, Guadalajara, Tequila, Mazatlán, Los Mochis, Copper Canyon, Bahuichivo, Urique, Batopilas, Valle de los Hongos, Chihuahua, Monterrey, Matehuala, To El Quemado, San Luis Potosi, San Luis de la Paz, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Oaxaca de Juárez, Llano Grande, Guelatao de Juáraz, Cuajimoloyas, Hierve El Agua, Canon del Sumidero, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Cascadas de El Chiflón, Misol-Ha, Palenque, Merida, Chichen Itzá, Tulum, Cancun
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