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texhanson
Nov 13, 2003, 2:06 AM
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ANyone ever taken a bus from Austin to Potrero, or Ausitn to Monterey then gotten to Potereo some other way?? If so, please let me know the company, price. and phone number if you have it by reply. Thanks!!!
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tripl
Dec 18, 2003, 4:28 AM
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I know people who do it frequently. It's a lot cheaper per mile if you're taking the bus from Canada to Mexico, but I guess that's the price for living so close. If you're already climbing in Austin, then you should ask around. There's always tons of people going back and forth. At the very least, you could offer to chip in for gas and still have a cheaper and faster run to Potrero. As for the exact prices, I haven't looked in years, but a quick call to the Austin greyhound station can fix that. Also, when you get to Monterrey, there's an hourly bus that used to charge about 20 or 30 pesos to Hidalgo. I think the bus or the company is called "Mina". Important beta: take the "directo" bus and not the "pueblo" one - unless you want to stop fifty times along the way at every peublo you (n)ever wanted to visit.
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slavetogravity
Dec 18, 2003, 4:52 AM
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In reply to: ANyone ever taken a bus from Austin to Potrero, or Ausitn to Monterey then gotten to Potereo some other way?? If so, please let me know the company, price. and phone number if you have it by reply. Thanks!!! Yes I have, We left from Sanantonio Texas and arrived on the Mexico side of Loraido on what was the sketchiest 15 dollar bus ride of my life. Lets just say that if you didn’t have any prison tattoos, you where among the minority. After that we jumped on the bus to Monterey. That bus was without a dought the most comfortable ride I’ve ever taken. The bus had double wide fully reclining seats, and even had a stewardess serving drinks! Once in Monterey we handed a taxi driver directions in Spanish to where we had to go. Back in day before Mr. Smith had his business swept out from under him, you used to be able to down load the “Spanish” directions off the net and be good to go. I’m not so sure now. What I do know was that the taxi ride was the most expensive part of the trip (which wasn’t much). Check out the climbers web sights for the places that offer accommodation down there, they should be able to give you more ideas.
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