Working in Mexico

Working in Cuidad del Carmen, Mexico, I had to go and meet someone in Cancun. I decided to drive, 12 hours in total to get there.

Cuidad del Carmen is an island Cuidad del Carmen, and you get to it by boat, plane or car, but only by a toll bridge either end of the island.

I set off, up the bridge, paid the toll and drove for 2 hours along small windy roads towards Veracruz. I stopped for petrol. I asked how far away Cancun was in my best pidgeon Spanish, the guy smiled and pointed the way I had come.

4 hours later I was back where I started.