January 27 1980 Izmal Mexico
Most tourists go to the Yucatan Peninsula in southeastern Mexico for the resorts such as Cancun or to see the amazing pyramids of Chichen Itza.  Our group of two couples certainly did those two things, but we also were interested in the obscure narrow gauge line of the Unidos del Sureste railway which ran to the standard gauge line in Merida.

I was really keen to ride from Izmal to Merida behind the chain-drive diesel, but when I saw the crowd of passengers and the old coaches, I decided that our rental car would be much more comfortable and safer.