We really dislike topes (TOE-pays) which are road bumps. They are all over this place. A quote from the area president: "These Mexicans really like their topes and baches (BAH-chays, which are potholes). Buy good, wide tires."


Here some Mexicans, who love their topes, are building one in broad daylight on a federal highway. Could that possibly be against the law? Oh yeah...what law. I wondered that the heck they were doing. Mom said that they were setting up for a roadside restaurant. Sure enough, we came back through a week later and there was a little shack, a roadside restaurant where they sell those chili-fied tacos. You have to slow down for the topes, so you can't miss seeing the restaurant. And there are always locals selling fried banana chips, juices of lime and oranges and pineapple and coconut, and they sell a lot of Coke with lots of caffiene, too. You gotta make a living.