By Vivienne Stanton and Temoris Grecko

(Published in National Geographic Traveler, Latin America, in April 2009.) 

We’re driving down Cerrillos Road, a six-mile strip of hotels, motels and fast food restaurants, and we’re getting desperate. We’ve rejected two motels already (one smells like eggs, the other stale cigarettes), and many have rejected us, already full for the night. We bump into fellow travelers at each stop. We eye each… Read more