Didn't get started until after 10am although we were up by 8. We had to buy more ice and pack the cooler again as there is a state inspection between Tabasco and Campeche states and they will take any meat. The road is not good along here either, lots of work being done on it but it is full of washouts and potholes. The rivers are really high, the remains of flooding can be seen and there are a lot of projects going on along the river banks. This area is very low and has many huge rivers and lots of wetlands anyway, now much of the land is under water or has just dried out leaving red mud behind.

Around 3pm we stopped and noticed that the tow bar had broken again. It broke right behind where it was welded in Guadalajara. Back to driving separately... there is a trade off on which vehicle you drive. If you drive the jeep, you can smoke (we don't smoke in the RV) but there is no air conditioning. Probably the only good thing about our smoking is that we stop every hour or so and while we are outside smoking we walk around the rig. That's how we've found the breaks in the tow bar before the jeep disconnected.


The road across the bottom of the Yucatan peninsula is 2 lane with little shoulder and big trees lining the road. The lanes are narrow and if there are a lot of trucks it can be harrowing. We were lucky today, there was little traffic and we didn't stop until about 7pm. We made it as far as La Selva restaurant where we have stayed before. It was good to see Demetria again and we had a good dinner and spent the night parked in front. Tomorrow we will go on to Chetumal, find our friends land nearby and see about getting the tow bar welded or reconstructed. Chetumal is only 4 hours from Akumal so we are almost there.