You may remember the 40+ hour bus ride I took from San Blas
to Tijuana when I headed north. Well the
trip south was much easier but still took almost 24 hours even though more than
half the distance was by air. I left
Bakersfield at 3 pm on Monday via Greyhound; transferred in Los Angeles; and
the final transfer was in San Ysidro for a bus that takes you straight to the
Tijuana airport. I arrived in San Ysidro
around 8 pm but it took almost 2 hours to go the 15 miles between San Ysidro
and the airport. They never used to but
now they check very closely when you cross into Mexico by bus.
I arrived at the airport at 10 pm for a flight that didn’t
depart until 1:45 am. Luckily there was
a bar right next to my departure gate.
Unluckily, airport drink prices in TJ are very similar to the ones at
LAX: very high! 50 pesos for the same
bottle of beer that would cost 10 pesos at a bar in San Blas.
I enjoyed a very smooth flight on an airline I had never
heard of before: Volaris. The plane was
new and very clean. It landed in
Guadalajara at 6:45 am (including time zone changes) and I took a cab to the
central bus station. To leave the
airport you must use the airport taxies and they are incredibly expensive. It cost $26. For the trip which was less than
10 miles. It only cost me $20 for a bus ticket for a 200 mile trip from there
to Tepic. Another $5.00 for a bus from
Tepic to San Blas and $8.00 for a cab ride from San Blas to Aticama.
A total of 5 buses, 2 cabs and one airplane all within 24
hours. I will definitely find a better
way next time!
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