Mexico has been known as a tourist attraction for
only thirty years, but in those years much has been done to
attract the visitor. During the last five years forty-five
thousand miles of roads have been improved or constructed.
Three highways now slice Mexico from the bordor to Mexico
Gity,. the Central Road the easiost to travel, the West Coast
Road the most scenic, however on this highway you must be
prepared to ford the occasional river and cross othor rivers |
by means of the trestl6 bridge, but this slow, slightly pre-
carious journey allows you time to sec and know the curious
Mexican peasant.

Gas and oil prices are omazingly low, however a
large expenditure of a trip by car must go into compulsory
insurance which can amount to as much as a dollar a day.

But if it proves too expensive you can travel Ov Ouse ib ts
there you sec Mexico. Busos attempt to hold to their sched-
ules; at least the first. class.ones offer a schedule, how-
ever using it seems worthless unless you use Wednesday's
schedule on Thursday. But the servico, except for tho sched-
ule, is comparable to Canadian bus lines and at one third

Ge Cost.

And if you want leisurcly travel, have patience
in your pocket and a large insurance policy take a short run
On a second or third class line. If you are a fortunate one
and have a seat, you can contomplate through at least one
motor failure, gaze at the scenery for two hours ag you travel
thirty miles and if you wish, scream at the rooster above your
head, or scold the goat who ate your lunch.

Train service too is improving but as yet they
still run haphazard with lines running the longest distance |
between two points. I think the best way to describe their
Service is with a story that te togsed humourously about
Mexico: |

It seems there was an American talking to a
Mexican about the unsurpassed rail service in
America, .te said “Why, 1.havo @anner in San
Francisco, go to bed on the train and wake up and
have breakfast the next morning in New York."

The Mexican replied "Why, that's nothing.
i can have’ dinner in Mexico City, 6 to bed 6n the
train and wake up the next morning and have break-
fast again in Mexico City."

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