Well today we drove from the resort to Nuevo Progreso. It is a border town only about 43 miles worth of driving away. It is a safe place with mostly shopping for activity so needless to say, Marilyn liked it a lot more than I did but I still liked it as an excursion. It is basically one main drag and it is quite repetitive after you go the first block or so. Pharmacy, dentist, restaurant, store with useless crap for sale.....and then it does that all over again for a mile or more. The locals don't mob you too aggressively though which is good. The armed Federales are out in force with automatic weapons and all associated regalia, but are friendly. As you can see, I got two of them to pose with Marilyn
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