Nice spot with all the room, a tope and anything else you could ask for. My driver was on his last mission's shift on his way home. It was a very nice chat and mezcal was still hitting a bit.

One of the first cars in an empty road. The situations who look hopeless but when we finally never wait much. Nothing to add.

At the tope, got a ride by a taxi-truck. Didn't realize it was one. The driver nicely waved at me I didn't have to pay for the ride when I left.

A couple at the gas station. Got me immediately after thinking about it. Were very nice and recommended me to eat some tlayudas.

A couple at the gas station. Got me immediately after thinking about it. Were very nice and recommended me to eat some tlayudas.

Again, mostly mototaxis on this road. Very few other vehicles. Three guys in a truck, just going straight. I jumped ob the back and here we go.

Walking by the road, Walter stopped. And Walter is quite a character. A life between Mexico and LA, now a successful productor of Mezcal. I couldn't leave without visiting his beautiful town of San Dionisio, hear about the different types of Agave and taste so many differents Mezcals. Was it ideal to keep hitting the road? no. Was it fun? Yes.

The presence of so many mototaxis is not helping to get a ride, but I eventually managed to reach the gas station to keep going further.

Ride from one of the local taxi drivers. the spot is not ideal as people drive fast. But it is kind of the onl place if you visit the Yagul ruins. Or you have to walk back to Tlacolula's exit.

Made it to Monte Alban ! And at the end of the day, the same driver drove me to the city center so I could get out easily of Oaxaca. Funny man with an even funnier daughter.

First car on the road, a pick-up filled with a large family. We were at least a dozen people there.

On my wat to the ruins of Monte Alban. Got this ride from a local at the light. First one I asked.

Didn't get a ride there but Joaquin stopped and started spontaneously talking to me and told me about the books he loved. And then, Horacio who lived by offered to host me for the night. I accepted. There is a roundabout with an obelisk further that seems a better spot to start your journey.

Ride form a taxi driver with a crazy story about his life in the US, was happy to share it and practice English at the same time. Funny because he told everything out loud and kept saying he doesn't want Mexicans to know about his real situation. What a character.

Would recommend to be dropped earlier at the exit of Acatlán. The road is going downhill, cars are speeding and there is no really place to pull over. Got a ride from 2 civil servants (were they ?) who dropped me to the next village.

At a tope, was talking with locals who thought it would be hard for me to get a ride. Ricardo proved the contrary. Delivering cars to his village, he left from México that morning. Good drive, though slowed down a lot because of the work. Told me all about his life, expectations and tough time

Local bus driver picked me up and brought me to the edge of town while I was walking. He shared me his fears and how life was harder nowadays with inflation and the reduction of tourism.

Middle of nowhere, only good space to pull over. A guy was selling roses. I shared my cookies, he shared his tacos. A good banter and wasn't very serious about the road. A very Mexican experience. End up having a ride from two men going home, talked about travel, Mexico, shared pictures. A good time again

Tope's magic moment, I got a ride from Mauricio who brought me to Oxxo for some snacks and a drink. Then he pushed me more SE to be officially on the libre.

After asking to a few cars, I've been asked to get out of the gas station. Plenty of room to pull over, but drivers are going too fast. Got a ride from Cynthia, a student leaving the gas station who pushed me to a tope to improve my chances. She was fun, spoke a bit of english and gave me some chicken.

Walking by the road, Walter stopped. And Walter is quite a character. A life between Mexico and LA, now a successful productor of Mezcal. I couldn't leave without visiting his beautiful town of San Dionisio, hear about the different types of Agave and taste so many differents Mezcals. Was it ideal to keep hitting the road? no. Was it fun? Yes.

Middle of nowhere, only good space to pull over. A guy was selling roses. I shared my cookies, he shared his tacos. A good banter and wasn't very serious about the road. A very Mexican experience. End up having a ride from two men going home, talked about travel, Mexico, shared pictures. A good time again

Recommended by a local as having good traffic going here out of town. Seems he was right. Tony was very excited to tell me about politics and how to be safe in Mexico. Left me with his # in case of anything happened to me

Spot looked not good to stop and I was about to try to find something else, when this truck got me in. Pablo was a nice man who told me a lot of stories about the region's history, Mexico's hostory and his views on the Mexican culture. Very interesting ride and he dropped me exactly where I need to in town. Plus, I received a small tart from her sister.

Average spot, it seems like asking directly at the cars stopped at the streetlight wasn't worth it. Got a ride from someone who waited for me in the hospital parking lot, honking to attract my attention. Gloria was on her way to bring back her mom. As she picked me up, she talked to me about Mexico and called family relatives to see if they could give me my next ride.

Not so great spot on the way to Mexico but it's ok if needed. Cars going pretty fast but it's possible to catch something

Good place for hiking in direction of Mexico. Cars are going pretty fast but they have time to see you.

So at winter I drank some vodka and rode my bear to Chukotka. I stood there for some time until I saw a dog team. So I thumbed up and got picked. The driver dropped me at Alyaska. Ditch Mexico, there's a hole up north!

The last little bit of civilization here before New Mexico is a truck stop. Terrible place. One of the managers doesn't care what you do here, she and her husband house up transients. Due to the weird on-ramp you need a directional sign. Hard to get a ride east.

I was going to Mexico (Jan 2014) and was offered two rides to Chicago before I finally accepted the third. Staff was really chill.

"Cantona" tollbooth (caseta) on the Mexico City/Puebla to Xalapa highway. There's an archaeological site called Cantona 4km away. There's a gas station and restrooms, so you can talk to stopped drivers.

Tollbooth (caseta) on the paid road towards Puebla/Mexico City. You can easily walk here from the small town of Las Vigas. Cars are coming out slow out of the tollbooth, and can stop with no problem. There's no restrooms or gas station here.

Buses from Xalapa center to Banderilla can let you off right here. It's the road to Puebla and Mexico City, but the free one, so you're not likely to get a long distance ride. The spot is a good one, cars have tons of room to stop and can see you long before they get to you. Try to get one at least to Las Vigas, where you can easily get on the paid (cuota) road and hitch from a tollbooth (caseta). If you get stuck, an intercity bus from TRV company going further towards Las Vigas, Perote, and Teziutlan stops here.

Buses from Xalapa center to Banderilla stop about a 5-minute walk away. There's a traffic light right before the division between the free (libre) and paid (cuota) highways towards Puebla and Mexico City. If you're going long distance, the paid one would be better, but those going there would be in the inner, further lanes, so it can be hard to get a ride from here.

A really good place, you can get here by going the yellow metro to Mexico ut (the last station) and then taking a bus no. 25

Take a bus to the new bus station. There is a Soriana market out there. On that big road (the hwy to the East), go left, crossing Av.Patria, still walking and you will see a Pemex gas station, where there are many cars, pick ups and trucks going East (Mexico DF, Morelia, Guanajuato, etc) Tomas un bus hacia la nueva central camionera, a fuera hay un soriana, pues en esa carretera principal vas hacia la izquierda (como volviendo a Gdl), cruzars Av.Patria, y en seguida llegars a una gasolinera Pemex

Take a bus to the new bus station. There is a Soriana market out there. On that big road (the hwy to the East), go left, crossing Av.Patria, still walking and you will see a Pemex gas station, where there are many cars, pick ups and trucks going East (Mexico DF, Morelia, Guanajuato, etc) Tomas un bus hacia la nueva central camionera, a fuera hay un soriana, pues en esa carretera principal vas hacia la izquierda (como volviendo a Gdl), cruzars Av.Patria, y en seguida llegars a una gasolinera Pemex

Direction Mexico city.

Cars go by really fast, but it's the most important route in between Mexico city and Guadalajara, the two biggest cities in Mxico, so, although you might have to wait a little bit, the next ride might take you all the way.

single female had to wait 10-15 min to get ride to New Mexico