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Taxi share from Huatulco December 15
December 04, 2012 11:09AM

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Quick! Before the message center goes down again. Anyone want to share a Taxi from Huatulco December 15? I'm arriving at 2:21 from Houston.

Re: Taxi share from Huatulco December 15
December 04, 2012 03:36PM

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Can you change your flight to the 18th?

Re: Taxi share from Huatulco December 15
December 04, 2012 04:58PM

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Sorry, I am definitely tied in to the Dec 15 date.

Re: Taxi share from Huatulco December 15
December 04, 2012 07:07PM

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If you change the date you would only have to pay 1/4 the fare!! You could spend those extra $125 pesos on Fish and chips.

Re: Taxi share from Huatulco December 15
December 04, 2012 07:34PM

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Somehow that wouldn't offset the fact that I would have three less days in Puerto.

Re: Taxi share from Huatulco December 15
December 05, 2012 02:04PM

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Is a 2:21 arrival too late to still catch the SUR bus to Puerto? I thought they ran till around 6 or 7 pm.

Re: Taxi share from Huatulco December 15
December 05, 2012 02:05PM

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No it is not too late. They run into the evening.

Re: Taxi share from Huatulco December 15
December 06, 2012 07:15AM

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I passed by the station in Puerto and the SUR bus is supposed to run every hour (I think it starts at 6:00 am) but the last hour, 7:00 pm actually leaves at 7:20 pm. That is from Puerto to Huatulco. The lady at the counter said it was the same for leaving from Huatulco to Puerto. So it takes (probably a little more than) 20 minutes from Huatulco to the airport so the bus probably passes the airport at between 20 - 30 minutes (Maybe 40 minutes but I would not plan for 40 minutes) after the hour.

The walk to the highway is a 5 minute walk. A little longer if you take it slow. There is a tienda across the street from where you wait for the bus where you can buy something to drink while you wait. There is a nice big shade tree to stand under. There will probably be a taxi or two trying to get your business. At least one of the taxi drivers, Mario who lives behind the Pemex gas station across the road, is very nice. He costs (about) $500 pesos to take you to Puerto. The taxi holds no more than three people comfortably. Really only two people comfortably if you stop and get a case of beer for the ride and he will pull over so you can pee.

I don't know how much the airport taxis cost but I guess about $1200 pesos unless they are willing to negotiate. Those airport taxis hold about 6 people or four people comfortably. I don't know if they will stop for beer along the way or not.

Re: Taxi share from Huatulco December 15
December 06, 2012 11:50AM

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Thanks Puerto Bill. You have answered some of my unasked questions. I have flown into Huatulco before but always had arranged for someone to pick me up from Puerto. I couldn't visualize the road that led from the airport to the Hiway. I have two suitcases to pull and will be arriving in the heat of the day. Does the bus have a place underneath to store luggage? One of my bags will be quite heavy.