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"Good quality transit" might mean ADO's first-class OCC bus from Oaxaca to the coast, via Salina Cruz (by the way, this summer when I visited the first-class bus station in Oacaca city I noticed they're advertising first-class service via Miahuatlan, although I didn't see it in their schedule last time I checked). A faster route is directly through the mountains via colectivo van, but the condition of the vehicles varies, check the tires before you get in. I prefer the Dodge Sprinter or VW Crafter vans, there are many companies operating between Oaxaca city and the coast, so look around.

Re "security," read the thread about a week or so ago about the teachers' blockades, more an inconvenience than a security issue.

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Or fly - http://www.aerotucan.com.mx/ingles/index.html

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With that road....instead of a collectivo, we would fly. If you elect to take the collectivo make sure you take motion sickness medication.

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Thanks for the good comments. Last time I drove it was with a '73 Campmobile (died at 375,000 miles in Texas). Oaxaca is a special place. Gary

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You'll notice that the airport in Puerto Escondido has changed. Gone is the mud strip ending at the cliffs over Playa Bacocho, the piston-engine planes, and the open-air palapa that served as a terminal; now there's a paved strip suitable for jets just west of town and north of the highway and an air-conditioned building for waiting passengers.

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Hey Mclarjh...In my recollection, that change happened at least 15 years ago, probably more. More recent airport change: Oaxaca City terminal was completely revamped last summer. No more sub-terminal for coastal planes (where luggage wasn't scanned). No more upstairs cafeteria. No more non-passenger seating area. Cafeteria service seems to be at the gate areas,after check-in and baggage scan, but it wasn't open for the early morning flight to the coast a couple weeks ago. Warning: No coffee available in terminal for the 7 a.m. flight.