Driving In Mexico: Down At The Border
A small series of photos that I took while driving down the road in Mexico.
As we got close to Miguel Aleman we came across this military checkpoint. The van driver saw that I had my camera up and very quickly let me know that taking pictures here guaranteed that EVERYONE in the van would have an up close and personal chat with the Mexican authorities and their machine guns so I fired off a quick snap and put it down. This is the result.
Contrary to popular belief Mexico does guard it's border with Guatemala. I'm not sure how stringent that enforcement is but they are making an effort and I applaud them for that.
In Puerto Chiapas Mexico we signed up to take a tour outside of the port area. We went to a place called Miguel Aleman
GOOGLE MAP COORDINATES:
14.558926371866079, -92.21688314383077
right down on the border of Mexico and Guatemala. Miguel Aleman is a company town but the people who live there own the company. Their main revenue stream comes from growing and packaging bananas for export.
Well, when we went to get on the tour van the driver stopped me and told me to stand back. I wasn't sure why at the time but I'm glad he did. Once everyone was in the van he opened up the passenger side and asked me to sit there. He gave me a front row seat and I let him know I appreciated it.
The next few photos are all taken as we drove to Miguel Aleman. They may be a little blurry because I was shooting through the windshield. There might also be some blur on the bottom of the photo because he had his dash full of papers and I was getting a bit of a reflection off them. I didn't want to move them, might have messed up his filing system!
Driving In Mexico: Down At The Border
A small series of photos that I took while driving down the road in Mexico.
As we got close to Miguel Aleman we came across this military checkpoint. The van driver saw that I had my camera up and very quickly let me know that taking pictures here guaranteed that EVERYONE in the van would have an up close and personal chat with the Mexican authorities and their machine guns so I fired off a quick snap and put it down. This is the result.
Contrary to popular belief Mexico does guard it's border with Guatemala. I'm not sure how stringent that enforcement is but they are making an effort and I applaud them for that.
In Puerto Chiapas Mexico we signed up to take a tour outside of the port area. We went to a place called Miguel Aleman
GOOGLE MAP COORDINATES:
14.558926371866079, -92.21688314383077
right down on the border of Mexico and Guatemala. Miguel Aleman is a company town but the people who live there own the company. Their main revenue stream comes from growing and packaging bananas for export.
Well, when we went to get on the tour van the driver stopped me and told me to stand back. I wasn't sure why at the time but I'm glad he did. Once everyone was in the van he opened up the passenger side and asked me to sit there. He gave me a front row seat and I let him know I appreciated it.
The next few photos are all taken as we drove to Miguel Aleman. They may be a little blurry because I was shooting through the windshield. There might also be some blur on the bottom of the photo because he had his dash full of papers and I was getting a bit of a reflection off them. I didn't want to move them, might have messed up his filing system!