Blockade
Like I didn't need more reasons to dislike labor unions.... Mex 186 was blockaded today. Traffic on this only route between Palenque and points east was barricaded causing a huge backup that was stil...
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This is a forum for Mexico travel. I commented upon a blockade that we encountered. I have never written a post critical of Mexico, nor do I hope Mexico becomes like the US. I am a visitor here and remember that at all times.
I did not examine the ambulance. It had lights and siren on. The protestors did not allow the ambulance to pass the blockade, but it did get shunted off to a side road.
No one else got through. Buses dumped the passengers, who hauled their luggage to the front of the blockade. Who knows what happened to them or the other souls affected by the blockade.
I never commented upon any hardship or loss we faced as tourists here, just a report on what I encountered.
It's discouraging to read armchair virtual travelers getting so stoked up on a report from the field.
I did not examine the ambulance. It had lights and siren on. The protestors did not allow the ambulance to pass the blockade, but it did get shunted off to a side road.
No one else got through. Buses dumped the passengers, who hauled their luggage to the front of the blockade. Who knows what happened to them or the other souls affected by the blockade.
I never commented upon any hardship or loss we faced as tourists here, just a report on what I encountered.
It's discouraging to read armchair virtual travelers getting so stoked up on a report from the field.
