Travelling for a long period on a budget...

[jwhedon]

Here's another question...

Obviously this is all personal preference, but does anyone have an opinion on whether it would be better to travel the West or East coast of Mexico? We're starting to work on our plan & route and wanted to see if anyone had advice or experiences to share.

Thanks,

~ Justin Lake Whedon
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[RVGRINGO]

You will definitely see more ocean and beaches on the west coast. Much of the east coast is low, flat, marshy coastal plain and the highways are therefore inland from the coast for most of the trip.
The west coast offers more mountains and ocean beaches within easy reach of the highway.

[jamie]

I have driven both and I wouldn't want to drive the west coast again. Winding slow roads and millions of topes and tumulos.

It all depends on what you want though. In our case I wanted to see Puerto Escondido because I had wanted to go there 30 years ago.

The East coast is a breeze in comparison. My route was from Palomas, Chihuahua to Chihuahua City and east, south east to the coast and then south to Honduras. Cutting across Northern Mexico wasn't all that great and if I did it again I'd probably cross closer to Matamoros.

The cuotas, if you use them and it's hard not too, are numerous and expensive, it seems there is a toll both every 20 miles . The toll costs will add a fair amount to your budget. They are numerous on both coasts.


Just personal preference but I don't plan on ever taking the west coast again.

There are lots of military checkpoints but most of them seem to be for north bound traffic.