A few select photos from a very long drive from
Oakland, California, USA to
Solola, Guatemala, Central America

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Only the second Nuclear power plant of the trip...
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My brakes were smoking :(
Home stretch!


Distance: approx 3,200 miles or 5,150 kms
	
Oakland, CA

1. Head southwest on Broadway toward 14th St	
23 ft
2. Turn right at 14th St	
0.4 mi
3. Turn right at Castro St	
0.2 mi
4. Take the CA-24 ramp on the left to Walnut Creek/San Francisco/Hayward	
0.1 mi
5. Merge onto I-980 E	
0.5 mi
6. Take exit 2B to merge onto I-580 E toward Hayward	
61.5 mi
7. Merge onto I-5 S	
312 mi
8. Take exit 134B on the left to merge onto CA-60 E/Pomona Fwy toward Pomona	
52.6 mi
9. Continue onto I-215 S	
4.5 mi
10. Slight left at CA-60 E/Moreno Valley Fwy	
17.9 mi
11. Take the exit on the left onto I-10 E	
961 mi
12. Take exit 256 for I-10 E toward Ft Stockton	
0.2 mi
13. Slight left at I-10 BUS E/W Dickinson Blvd	
2.9 mi
14. Turn right at US-285 S/N Alamo St	
63.9 mi
15. Turn left at US-90 E/W Oak St	
121 mi
16. Turn left at E Gibbs St	
0.7 mi
17. Turn right at US-277 S/N Bedell Ave/Dr Fermin Calderon Blvd	
52.5 mi
18. Turn left at N Veterans Blvd	
2.8 mi
19. Turn left at US-277 S/E Main St	
42.1 mi
20. Turn right at US-83 S/S 1st St	
62.8 mi
21. Take the ramp on the left onto I-35 S/US-83 S	
17.9 mi
22. Continue onto Santa Ursula Ave	
0.1 mi
23. Continue onto San Dario Ave
Entering Mexico
0.3 mi
24. Continue onto San Dario Avenue	
0.2 mi
25. Continue onto Leandro Valle	
0.2 mi
26. Turn right at Calle Miguel Hidalgo	
0.3 mi
27. Turn right at Av Melchor Ocampo	
0.2 mi
28. Continue onto Nuevo Laredo-Sabinas Hidalgo/Sabinas Hidalgo-Nuevo Laredo/Carr Federal 85/Mexico 85	
47.1 mi
29. Continue onto Carretera Federal 85D S/Mexico 85D S/Nuevo Laredo - Monterrey	
74.7 mi
30. Continue onto Sabinas Hidalgo - Monterrey/Carr Federal 85/Mexico 85	
16.8 mi
31. Keep left at the fork and merge onto Monterrey - Montemorelos/Carr Federal 85/Mexico 85	
1.6 mi
32. Take the ramp to Monterrey - Montemorelos/Carr Federal 85/Mexico 85	
230 ft
33. Turn right at Monterrey - Montemorelos/Carr Federal 85/Mexico 85	
98.4 mi
34. Continue straight onto Ciudad Victoria - Linares/Linares - Ciudad Victoria/Carr Federal 85/Mexico 85	
72.5 mi
35. Turn left at Carretera Federal 101/Ciudad Victoria - Heroica Matamoros/Mexico 101	
1.7 mi
36. Continue onto Libramiento Guadalupe Victoria	
7.1 mi
37. Slight right toward Ciudad Mante - Ciudad Victoria/Ciudad Victoria - Ciudad Mante/Carr Federal 85/Mexico 85	
0.5 mi
38. Turn left at Ciudad Mante - Ciudad Victoria/Ciudad Victoria - Ciudad Mante/Carr Federal 85/Mexico 85	
30.5 mi
39. Turn left at Llera de Canales - Gonzalez/Mexico 81	
68.7 mi
40. Continue onto Ciudad Mante - Tampico/Mexico 80	
16.1 mi
41. Turn right to stay on Ciudad Mante - Tampico/Mexico 80	
16.8 mi
42. Take the ramp to Ciudad Mante - Tampico/Mexico 80	
0.3 mi
43. Turn right at Ciudad Mante - Tampico/Mexico 80	
12.9 mi
44. Turn right to stay on Ciudad Mante - Tampico/Mexico 80	
4.7 mi
45. Continue onto Carretera Federal 180/Mexico 180	
1.0 mi
46. Slight right to merge onto Carretera Federal 180/Ciudad Madero - Poza Rica/Mexico 180	
2.0 mi
47. Keep left at the fork	
15.6 mi
48. Turn left	
0.8 mi
49. Turn right	
11.1 mi
50. Turn right toward Carretera Federal 180/Ciudad Madero - Poza Rica/Mexico 180/Poza Rica - Ciudad Madero	
0.8 mi
51. Turn left at Carretera Federal 180/Ciudad Madero - Poza Rica/Mexico 180/Poza Rica - Ciudad Madero	
43.6 mi
52. Turn left at Tamiahua	
18.4 mi
53. Turn right toward A Tamiahua	
21.6 mi
54. Continue straight onto A Tamiahua	
1.0 mi
55. Continue onto De Las Americas	
0.6 mi
56. Turn left at Adolfo López Mateos	
0.5 mi
57. Turn right at 15 de Septiembre	
0.1 mi
58. Take the 2nd right onto Cuauhtémoc	
499 ft
59. Slight left at Vicente Guerrero	
0.3 mi
60. Continue onto A Poza Rica	
19.6 mi
61. Take the ramp	
0.6 mi
62. Continue straight	
8.0 mi
63. Continue straight onto Carretera Federal 180/Mexico 180/Veracruz - Poza Rica	
119 mi
64. Slight right at Poza Rica - Veracruz	
25.3 mi
65. Continue onto Dr Rafael Cuervo X	
1.6 mi
66. Continue onto Blvrd Fidel Velázquez	
0.3 mi
67. Continue onto Fidel Velázquez	
0.7 mi
68. Slight right at Miguel A. de Quevedo	
0.7 mi
69. Turn right at I. Icazo	
0.3 mi
70. Turn left at Ignacio Allende Nte	
0.7 mi
71. Continue onto Ignacio Allende	
0.9 mi
72. Continue onto Miguel Alemán	
0.5 mi
73. Make a U-turn at Miguel Angel de Quevedo	
118 ft
74. Take the 1st left	
72 ft
75. Take the 1st left onto Miguel Alemán	
3.1 mi
76. Continue onto Mexico 150D	
31.9 mi
77. Take the exit onto Carretera Federal 145D S/Cordoba - Minatitlan	
142 mi
78. Continue onto Carretera Federal 180D E/Mexico 180D E	
6.5 mi
79. Slight left toward Minatitlan Villahermosa	
7.4 mi
80. Continue straight onto Minatitlan Villahermosa	
6.7 mi
81. Keep right at the fork to continue toward Carretera Federal 180/Coatzacoalcos - Cardenas/Mexico 180	
374 ft
82. Keep left at the fork to continue toward Carretera Federal 180/Coatzacoalcos - Cardenas/Mexico 180	
0.2 mi
83. Turn right at Carretera Federal 180/Coatzacoalcos - Cardenas/Mexico 180	
4.6 mi
84. Take the exit	
0.3 mi
85. Continue straight	
76.4 mi
86. Continue straight onto Carretera Federal 187/Mexico 187	
45.3 mi
87. Keep left at the fork and merge onto Carretera Federal 190/Mexico 190/Tonala - Tuxtla Gutierrez/Tuxtla Gutierrez - Tonala	
6.8 mi
88. Slight left at Carretera Federal 190/Mexico 190/Tonala - Tuxtla Gutierrez/Tuxtla Gutierrez - Tonala	
14.9 mi
89. Exit on the left onto Internacional	
27.8 mi
90. Continue onto A Tuxtla	
0.6 mi
91. Slight right to merge onto Periférico Pte	
0.8 mi
92. Continue onto Periférico Sur	
2.6 mi
93. Turn right at Carretera Federal 190/Comitan De Dominguez - Tuxtla Gutierrez/Mexico 190/Tuxtla Gutierrez - Comitan De Dominguez	
103 mi
94. Turn left at Ciudad Cuauhtemoc-Comitán de Domínguez	
0.9 mi
95. Enter Guatemala and make random turns :D
~135 mi



Page Karlan T Mitchell (C) 2010-2011
Photography Aaron James Mitchell (C) 2010