Rope block | Warning
Mexico
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- Verified:
- 8 months ago
- GPS:
- 17.10336, -92.14630
- Altitude:
- 1043.1 masl
- Contributor:
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teodorescu.beatrice
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Description
Rope block, with a piece of wood with big nails in it, in the middle of the road.
They asked to give them money, voluntarily :)))
Gave 20 MXN, but i could less
They weren't aggressive.
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No roadblock today. No issues observed anywhere between Ocosingo and Palenque.
Report Check-InNo road block as of today except for some locals trying to sell some stuff. We politely told them we didn’t want some and they let us go.
Very nice road compare from the one from Comitan to Tonina Ruins! Fews topes but they are smooth and well indicated.
Report Check-Innothing there today at 09:44. no signs of anything being here recently, either
Report Check-InNo road blocks or problems along our way from Palenque - San Cristóbal on Sunday - Monday
Report Check-InWe drove from Palenque to San Cristobal today. Checked in with GN and policia estatal in Palenque who told us route is now open and safe. GN told us to only drive during day.
We left Palenque at 11am and got to San Cristobal at about 530pm. The drive was beautiful but not my favorite. About 40km outside Palenque we encountered 4 ropes with people demanding we buy their dried plaintains or pay them a 50p toll. We politely declined to pay or buy and instead gave the kids at the rope a few stickers. After about 2 minutes of holding our ground, they relented and dropped the ropes.
A bit closer to Ososingo there was a bunch of construction with up to 20m delays.
From Ososingo to Guadelupe there are at least 200 topes. It's the worst tope section of road I've driven. There are some parts of the road where there is a poorly engineered and rough tope ever 50m. Its extremely annoying.
However besides the agressive vendors with the ropes near Palenque, we had no issues with safety, corruption, or locals demanding tolls.
This road is passable again. Just check with the local cops and other travelers before you go.
Report Check-InNobody here today. the road was long but beautiful and safe. Lot of work site between agua azul and ocoxingo.
Report Check-InRoad block with people was there today. But it was just one rope. They had it up as they were talking to people going the opposite direction. For some reason lifted it for a moment as they saw me coming and then lowered it after I revved my motorcycle engine. As an FYI (if you’re going north) the road blocks start happening every after Ocosingo towards Palenque. Saw a couple today but no one stopped me. Would recommend road from San Cris to Palenque. Thanks to 2ADVRiders for the tip about the topes. Can confirm that there are exactly one f’ing million topes. I counted.
Report Check-InNo block today... other than the million pinche topes the road was all clear.
Report Check-Inrope block, with a puece of wood with big nails in it, in the middle of the road.
the asked to give them money voluntarely :)))
gave 20 mxn, but i could less
they weren t aggresive, kids were handling stuff like the one in the attachment