Since I just wrote my acknowledgments for The Rough Guide to Mexico, which included a shout-out to the extremely kind and helpful staff at Budget Rent-a-Car at the Cancun airport, I also remembered I had this photo. Here’s what the road to/from Hell looks like:

Pretty, huh? Don’t be deceived. Ignore the palm trees and the blue, blue sky. That is a vast, muddy lake spreading up and around the bend in front of the truck for, oh, ten miles, give or take. It’s Hell, my friends, HELL. (If you have no idea what this is all about, read this post from November.)