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Ride from Oaxaca to Bahia de la Luna

After much research we finally find the combi company Eclipse to take us from high in the Oaxaca mountains and down the treacherous 5 hour ride along the 90% or better switch-backed road to our ultimate destination near Puerto Angel, on the Southern Pacific coast of Mexico.

Date: 06/12/2012
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At last we locate the proper combi, the company Eclipse is the one that takes passengers from Oaxaca to Pochutla which is a short cab ride on to Puerto Angel. Sister Suzanne grabs the conveniently sunshade defaced middle seat and I, remembering my last t

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Not even our hotel, the Bahia De La Luna, 3KM down a very rough road from nearby Puerto Angel, can tell us how to get there from Oaxaca. Just take the bus they say, or take a combi or fly. At 9...

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Four years ago I drove my '90 Landcruiser down this drive and it's one I'll never forget. It and a couple near Atitlan in Guatemla have to be my favorite between here and Panama.

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Already high in the mountains of chilly Oaxaca, we have yet to climb a very high mountain range (with near freezing temperatures) before we can descend to the lowlands of beach side Puerto Angel and the moderatly primitive beach resort 3KM away of Bahia d

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Frequency of the small villages falls dramatically as we begin to ascent into the mountain range paralleling the Pacific.

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