Adventures in Mexico Part 2.1

On October 1 of this year I started the 2nd part of my Mexican Adventure. I'm heading to Huatulco to set up a wellness center and small guest house with 2 friends. I packed all I could fit in my VW Beetle, left my parent's house at 7 in the am and drove to Knoxville TN on the 1st day. Lafayette, LA on the 2nd and McAllan, TX on the 3rd. On the 4th I crossed over.
Was a little nervous about the crossing , not sure why, I've crossed a lot of international borders in my time. Maybe it was all the guys with guns!! It was no big deal, got the paperwork straight on me and the car and I was on my way.
Then came 2 days of driving by myself on Mexican roads, very interesting to say the least. I'm very glad I had driven in Mexico before, they don't have the best of road signs and road just seem to end with no apparent explanation. Had to back track a few times to find my way, as you can imagine there was a lot of swearing going on. The 1st night I completely missed the town I was supposed to stop at and ended up looking for a place to stay, in the dark, at a small beach town on the gulf coast. Found a cute little Mom and Pop place, they where very nice and made me feel right at home. I was the only person staying there and it didn't look like anyone else had stayed there in a while. Of course, as I turned off the light I had those crazy thoughts of, what if something happens to me, no one knows where I am, what am I doing!!!! Obviously, I'm just fine.
The next day I headed southwest to a town called Tuxtepec, where my friend Corliss lives with her family. Everyone was very suprised I found my way without multiple phone calls, but as my phone battery was dead and I didn't have any signal when it was alive, calls were not an option.
My friend and business partner, Shoshana met me at Corliss's and we left the next day for Oaxaca city. That was a 5 1/2 hour drive up and over the Sierra Madres. Driving from sea level to 10,000 ft and then back down to 5,200 can really give you a headache!
That's all for this post, will add more later. We just got internet set up at the house so I'll be blogging more soon