We knew that this was going to be a long day. We had driven most of this route in the Tracker about 7 years ago when we drove from Oaxaca to Cuernavaca on our way to our Argentina flight. That was up hill, this would of course be primarily down hill but in a somewhat bigger and heavier vehicle! With that in mind we left the campground at 9:03. (Having planned on 8:30--about normal. Art needs to reassess his planning!)
As mentioned in the precious post, the on ramp from the Periferico to the 150D through Puebla isn't terribly well signed. Last year we almost missed it and had to back up a few feet to make the turn. This year we were on the alert and had no problem.
Traffic through town was heavy and slow but not the start and stop or dead slow crawl that we see happening on the Global TV Morning News from Vancouver BC!
An hour and 20 minutes later we turned off onto Mx 135D to Oaxaca and half an hour later stopped for fuel at Tehuacan. The weather was fair, somewhat overcast, but it made for pleasant driving, The terrain was so far quite flat, there were lots of small fields under cultivation rather than the mega farms of Mosanto etc that we see on the north west of Mexico.
Before long though the terrain changed as we entered the mountainous Oaxaca region. It made for spectacular scenery, the drive not too stressful , the highway being in good condition.
Soon we were out of the mountains, the land flattened out as we approached the city of Oaxaca.
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