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Marlboro miles years3/10/2024 ![]() Another five miles down the road, I meet another roadblock- this one not guarded by police telling me that it's ok, but by an angry man who tells me to turn around. I finally, end up on the highway, right where I'm supposed to be.īut, no, the story does not end there. I drive my Subaru through a small river, making the sign of the cross before doing so. She says yes and wishes me a safe journey. I give an old lady 10 pesos, and ask if this is the way to San Cristobal. I follow them down dirt roads, with people waving old t-shirts, to guide the way. Just about everyone else in Mexico, has a better idea of what to do in this situation so I just follow them. So I wait for another car to come, and then I follow it. But this year is different, especially here in Chiapas and also in Oaxaca, and the protests are just as, if not more extreme than they were ten years ago.īut, wait, in this story, I'm still in my car, next to a downed tree, and a fire. I was in Mexico City about three years ago as they protested in the Zocolo. Teachers in Mexico strike almost every year, right about this time. I came over another hill to see a tree laying across the road, with a small fire burning next to it. I knew as I drove on that something was definitely not ok. I was able to sneak around them, and as I came to a police officer with a road block, and asked him if it was ok, he happily waved me on. However, once I was spit out of the jungle, I came over a hill, only to see that there were miles of semi trucks backed up. I thought nothing of today's drive- it was all on cuotas (well maintained toll roads) and I only had about 7 hours of drive time to reach San Cristobal de las Casas. Absolutely beautiful, and good roads too. The drive to San Cristobal was incredible- once you get into Chiapas State, it's like entering a little jungle. I quit smoking a little more than a year and a half ago.
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