
Let me tell you, from the moment we turned over to the “lateral” at the entrance to Puerto Vallarta and almost though out the day’s drive, the roadway was made in Hell. Not only was it potted with sink holes large and small, there were those God awful “topes” (speed bumps). Then it was the narrowness of the two lanes, the tree branches hanging low enough to run across the top of the coach, AND the winding twisting up and down mountain roads that we had heard so much about. This was THE toughest drive we’ve had to date and it was only 130 miles. It’s hard to believe but this is also a “Major” highway in Mexico and has a lot of big truck and bus traffic on it as well. Because of a slow truck climbing a steep grade, the traffic behind can be as long as a mile or more. It took us 2 hours to get to a location that we felt was far enough away from Puerto Vallarta and far enough ahead of some of the truck traffic that was on the road before we stopped for lunch at Boca de Tormatlan.


