… Although back roads are my preferred place of travel, Oaxaca is a very long way from Florida and secondary Mexican roads tend to be beat up, full of speed bumps, sometimes turn into little chicken trails, and generally require a lot of time to go a short distance. The interstates (I use that term loosely here) are almost all toll roads and in the interest of making better time on this dramatically long journey I’d decided to ride them for a while. This brought up the question: should I pass through the bandito toll booth, or take the road around it? I’d come upon these overtaken Mexican toll booths before and always noted how much cheaper they are than when the authorities run them. What the hell, I’d brave the outlaws…
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