Drive times to coast if anyone is interested

I drove from the Providencia area of Guadalajara to Barra de Navidad this morning via the toll road through Colima, a drive I make frequently. I got a late start and left the house at 9:15 and arrived in Barra at 12:47. I made the last toll both at Cuyutlán at 11:42 (2 hrs 27 minutes) and the Manzanillo by pass at 12:04.

There were no delays for construction and highway traffic was light with few big rigs.

Thanks for the update, we'll be heading back to the beach sometime soon, well after it cools down a bit. We missed the drive from Manzanillo up the coast last visit.

Gracias! We're heading to Barra next week. I was thinking it would take more like 4 hours.

seisdedos wrote:I drove from the Providencia area of Guadalajara to Barra de Navidad this morning via the toll road through Colima, a drive I make frequently. I got a late start and left the house at 9:15 and arrived in Barra at 12:47. I made the last toll both at Cuyutlán at 11:42 (2 hrs 27 minutes) and the Manzanillo by pass at 12:04.

There were no delays for construction and highway traffic was light with few big rigs.

How fast were you driving most of the way?

Seis, what kind of car do you drive?

Today I drove my wifes SUV. My personal ride is a Toyota Tacoma.

seisdedos wrote:

There were no delays for construction and highway traffic was light with few big rigs.

Is the construction "done" between the climb out of the Sayula flats and Colima City, or did you just get lucky? (I know that terminology is bad....but when I drove it late last winter it was a slog.)

Thanks for the info!

So, Seisdedos, my, at one time hero, has taken to disclosing drive times fom Guadalajara to Barra de Navidad. A pedestrian drive for old fart U.S. midwesterners and Canadian Tim Horton cinnamon roll ingesting morons . A destination unworthy of even the lowliest beach freak. How embarassing. Dawg no longer has anyone to even look up to now that Seis has sold out to Frozen Tundra Maple Syrup goobers.

Rosa Venus wrote:

seisdedos wrote:

There were no delays for construction and highway traffic was light with few big rigs.

Is the construction "done" between the climb out of the Sayula flats and Colima City, or did you just get lucky? (I know that terminology is bad....but when I drove it late last winter it was a slog.)

Thanks for the info!

It is 4 lane from Guadalajara through Ciudad Guzman and nearly to the decline into the barranca of Atenquique. There is another 10km stretch that is finished where the current 4 lane ends but not yet opened for traffic. No real construction going on. Road beds are finished. A few very small areas where guard rails were still being erected. Just past the toll both at San Marcos they are busy building 2 new lanes but no major traffic interruptions.

hound dog wrote:So, Seisdedos, my, at one time hero, has taken to disclosing drive times fom Guadalajara to Barra de Navidad. A pedestrian drive for old fart U.S. midwesterners and Canadian Tim Horton cinnamon roll ingesting morons . A destination unworthy of even the lowliest beach freak. How embarassing. Dawg no longer has anyone to even look up to now that Seis has sold out to Frozen Tundra Maple Syrup goobers.

This was a theme touched on recently and thought some people might find it helpful. And also to show how full of shit johnnyajijic is.

Not really any different than your driving instructions to Chiapas except mine lacks your tedious and tiresome personal anecdotes which you find so interesting but everyone else just skims over looking for a tidbit of useful information that more than likely doesn't exist.

seisdedos wrote:

Not really any different than your driving instructions to Chiapas except mine lacks your tedious and tiresome personal anecdotes which you find so interesting but everyone else just skims over looking for a tidbit of useful information that more than likely doesn't exist.

The only problem I have with hound dog's driving instructions is that they usually require a detour through Alabama.

viajero wrote:

seisdedos wrote:

Not really any different than your driving instructions to Chiapas except mine lacks your tedious and tiresome personal anecdotes which you find so interesting but everyone else just skims over looking for a tidbit of useful information that more than likely doesn't exist.

The only problem I have with hound dog's driving instructions is that they usually require a detour through Alabama.

And France and Africa and India and San Francisco and L.A. and Oakland.................

Thanks for the highway update, seisdedos, and for the laugh as well.

seisdedos wrote:

hound dog wrote:So, Seisdedos, my, at one time hero, has taken to disclosing drive times fom Guadalajara to Barra de Navidad. A pedestrian drive for old fart U.S. midwesterners and Canadian Tim Horton cinnamon roll ingesting morons . A destination unworthy of even the lowliest beach freak. How embarassing. Dawg no longer has anyone to even look up to now that Seis has sold out to Frozen Tundra Maple Syrup goobers.

This was a theme touched on recently and thought some people might find it helpful. And also to show how full of shit johnnyajijic is.

Not really any different than your driving instructions to Chiapas except mine lacks your tedious and tiresome personal anecdotes which you find so interesting but everyone else just skims over looking for a tidbit of useful information that more than likely doesn't exist.

Why the remark? I never mentioned driving times to Barra as I have never been there. You must have been driving 100 mph or Barra is closer than Manzanillo.

I did say that it takes 5.5 hours to Manzanillo on our tour bus from Ajijic, but I'm sure I could have made better time since bus drivers cannot drive.

johninajijic wrote:
Why the remark? I never mentioned driving times to Barra as I have never been there.

Why the reply?

Why participate at all in this thread?

Some of us might be interested in knowing how long it takes to drive there under current conditions, which you admit you have never done. Recently or ever.

johninajijic wrote:

Why the remark? I never mentioned driving times to Barra as I have never been there. You must have been driving 100 mph or Barra is closer than Manzanillo.

I did say that it takes 5.5 hours to Manzanillo on our tour bus from Ajijic, but I'm sure I could have made better time since bus drivers cannot drive.

Nah, dude. You didn't say that. You said this:

johninajijic wrote: E Raq - I guess you've never been to Manzanillo although you said you've been to Karmina Palace. What great roads? A two lane road most of the way, then you get into the curvy mountains. A 5 1/2 hour drive NOT 3.5 hours and there's always construction.

Like Manzanillo. The town is a slum, at least the part we drove thru.

There is NO WAY you can drive to Manzanillo from Ajijic in 3 hours, maybe 4.5 at best.

Rosa Venus wrote:

johninajijic wrote:
Why the remark? I never mentioned driving times to Barra as I have never been there.

Why the reply?

Why participate at all in this thread?

Some of us might be interested in knowing how long it takes to drive there under current conditions, which you admit you have never done. Recently or ever.

Before you make a sarcastic remark that has nothing to do with you, read seisdedos post above!

seisdedos - And what does your quoted post have to do with driving to Barra? I was talking about Manzanillo, not Barra. I don't know which is further from GDL or Ajijic.

How can you even function? I mentioned drive times to three different locations. Cuyutlán, Manzanillo and Barra de Navidad.