Driving six thousand kilometers, across Mexico from La Paz to Playa Del Carmen sounds daunting but it is easy and fun. Our journey started by taking the ferry to Mazatlan. The ferry crossing takes 12 hours and it was smooth sailing with great food and great service.
The ferry leaves in the evening, which allows you to eat and then sleep for the crossing. Waking up in time to see the approach to Mazatlan. From Mazatlan we drove on the toll roads to Guadalajara and met up with Juan Pedro from Azul Sin Limites to ensure we had all the spares we needed for the Rebreather course in Playa Del Carmen.
We did our best to avoid Mexico City, but due to the toll road being closed, we had to drift in to mexico city for what we hoped would be a few hours and turned out to be almost an entire day with a little…..as Obi Wan Kenobi would say “an Imperial Entanglements”….Once the police had been dealt with we continued on to Cordoba as our next stop. From Cordoba we made it to Merida for the night and arrived in Playa the following day in time for lunch.
If your planning to drive across Mexico, ensure you always try and use the toll roads, your journey may be a little expensive, but your save DAYS in travel time!
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About Luke Inman
Originally from Great Britain, Luke is an award winning Lighting Cameraman, Photographer and Adventurer. Luke is passionate about Shark Conservation and about being underwater!
He has filmed above and below land for the BBC, The BBC Natural History Unit, National Geographic, Lucas Films, Castle Rock Entertainment, The Monterey Bay Aquarium, Warner Music, Discovery and Animal Planet.
He has photographed diverse subjects for various publications, commissions, editorial and advertising from living legends like golfer Gary Player to mystical archeologically sites deep underwater.
Luke is a very accomplished Scuba Diver. He has been a PADI Course Director for over a decade; he was one of the youngest Master Instructors to ever have been invited to become an Instructor Trainer.
Luke has been diving and teaching technical scuba and rebreather for 14 years. Luke was part of the original dive team to start using military grade rebreather equipment to tag pelagic hammerhead sharks for conservation and research. It was these expeditions that led to the successful creation of www.adoptashark.com and to collaboration with UC Davis in California and the National Park Service to come up with a structured outline for using rebreathers in scientific research.
Luke has been a consultant for both PADI and IANTD Central America regarding training issues for Scuba diving. Luke has worked as a trouble-shooter and fixer for various productions and expeditions in North and Central America, pulling off some amazing victories against Latin American bureaucracy and preventing many a Producers and Editors heart failure.
After graduating from the University of the West of England (Business & Marketing) Luke attended the London International Film School. Luke has settled in La Paz, Mexico and now holds both British and Mexican Nationalities.
Luke´s favourite part of his day is walking his dogs.
