And here’s a series of photos, again from the car window, of things that demand our attention. This when driving in a cut-out through crumbly rock. I don't think that there's much we can do to avoid a rock if it decided to fall on us, but we can be aware that there might be rocks on the road ahead.
Topes. These are the most fearsome things on the Mexican roads. Usually they are marked, but sometimes they pop up and try to claim the suspension. They are also known as sleeping policemen or speed bumps. We have to take them at idling speed. Actually, I think them clever. They are much more effective than stop signs which everyone would simply run. You ignore these not at someone else’s peril, but at your own.
This was the first time we were stopped and inspected. We were passing from Chiapas state into Campeche state. They were reasonably pleasant fellows and the one with the gun liked our Wyoming license plate with Devil's Tower picture on it.
The first of the high water as get closer to Villa Hermosa. This was the closest the water ever got to our wheels.
And pictures, again from the car window, of the part of the city that we could see while staying on the highway, which is elevated. Those are flooded cars at the lower right of the picture.
The water was almost to the second level of the houses. It's not draining away, much like New Orleans.
I'll try to get some more updates tomorrow. Tonight we are in Campeche and within a short day's drive of Merida. We're also beyond the flooding.
