Those border town blues...

So were here, in only took four days to get here despite what the lady at the Mexican Visa desk told us. The last two days have been really intense and at this pace were going have more adventures and stories than we can keep track of. After we left Mazatlan we drove down Mex15 headed for Guadalajara and made good time and enjoyed the view. They have a rather nice toll road system here but it gets pricy as they enjoy charging a new toll whenever they feel like it so we often go the long way. Once we got to Guadalajara all the fun stopped, their major cities are a disaster, no signs no lane markers and everyone here makes California drivers look like saints. We drove on through and made our way to the outskirts of Mexico City and planned a route around to the south. As you can imagine it didnt work out like we planned, Bob and I drove for five hours at one point possibly within the same 30 mile radius. Around four or five in the morning we made it out and started heading southeast only to find ourselves on the longest windy mountain road ever. Bob drove it like a champion until we realized that we were low on gas and showed no signs of escaping the mountains. Right as we were contemplating our options we started getting tailgated by this crappy little car who refused to pass us, so Bob pulled over and they stopped in front of us. it turns out that they were two guys from Czech Republic who had driven their little car across Europe, Russia, South Korea, and down through Candada and the States. They told us they were almost out of gas and might need help so we followed them until their car died and then grabbed one of them and headed further down the orad praying for gas. I guess they dont have much use for gas cause its like a 400kilometer zone with no stations and we ended up buying gas off some people for $40 a gallon so we could get both cars to an actual station. The worst times always make for the best stories so we all had some laughs and some cervezas and then parked both cars down a dirt road by a farm and crashed there for the night. Martin and Michael are some cool guys and if your interested they have a site you can check out but it might need to be translated, www.mbkolemsveta.cz . We parted ways and hopefully we see them as we both make our way south to Panama and beyond. It surprised and amazes me that we could run into two guys from the other end of the world on much the same journey as us, and that karma would bring us together in such a way. If we hadnt offered to follow them and help if they ran out of gas we ourselves would never have made it to the next station. We got some great picture with them and more of the countryside to include some great old churches. Ill be sure to post them when we get a chance and we'll be in touch.
Until next time,
Dean