Repavamientos =
1" skin patch
Money for 2nd inch in contractor's pocket. Look at the tramo municipio going past Sta Rosalia. Roads in the Congo and Nicaragua are in better shape.
Bace (pothole) at Rancho Gavilanes vizcaino/tortugas has existed for three years. a year and a half ago a USA tourist vehicle hit it, flipped, was totalled and victims air evacced to USA.
Three weeks ago a Mexican driver hit it, flipped and was killed. Four days later they laid CONCRETE into an asphalt paved road pothole. Spot patches. Even an idiot knows asphalt surrounding a concrete patch will decompose, causing Devils monument.
Did SCT post signs? Ooooooo not in the last three years? No. Of course not... Locals did. But at night they cannot be seen. Between Chapala and Cataviña is a bad stretch. Both vados at cataviña are rough. Lots of makeovers going on between Vicente Guerrero and Sto Tomas. Rough desviaciones, detours. Dust. Rocks. Ruffles Road Surfaces.
Despite the gossip oompah I still enter and exit at garita 2 the main Sn Ysidro Tijuana crossing. But to cancel a car permit, is to commit to Otay and it is a hassle to find the office and find suitable parking.
I just do not like Mex 3. Too many slow trucks, in-season winery sunday drivers, and one false move in Tecate results in a big fat transito waving his libro de infracciones. Then descend down 194, wait at the CBP checkpoint, continue to Otay Lakes Road which then becomes L Street in Chula Vista.
for longrigs the conventional route through Tijuana ain't cool. The right turn off the border fence road isn't bad but a short block later the left turn can be a real zinger. Intense traffic and they all want to do 60 mph in a 30 kmH zone to save nine seconds to get home and sit on their butt. amber light? Red Light? Shirley you jest. Two years ago I had a psycho JUMP THE CURB, pass me while he traveled on the sidewalk brushing aside pedestrians to make left turn at the no-left -turn-on-red-signal. light. Funny huh? A block further, he parked his car. Cop? Again you jest. It's Mexico.
