the road
Day 19
Left Glasgow on 1 August 2026. In-story it is Wednesday, 19 August 2026, and he is in Oaxaca de Juárez. The map is the route he actually took — a flight across the Atlantic, then the night bus south. Taxis and walks stay in the ledger; they are not legs.
The road so far
- Days on the road
- 19
- Places
- 3
- Countries
- 2
- Distance
- 8,782 km
- In transit
- 23h
- Entries
- 2
Places
- 01
Glasgow
United Kingdom · left from
- 02
Mexico City
Mexico · 16 nights
- 03
Oaxaca de Juáreznow
Mexico · 1 night so far
How he moved
- Flight · 1 leg8,320 km · 16h 10m
- Long-distance bus · 1 leg462 km · 6h 50m
Itinerary
Flight · KLM via Amsterdam
Glasgow → Mexico City
8,320 km · 16h 10m · US$742.00
Left Saturday, 1 August 2026 · arrived Sunday, 2 August 2026
No overland way across the Atlantic. Typical routing is GLA–AMS–MEX (KLM or similar), ~14–17 hours door to door. Fare is a late-summer economy ticket in the $650–900 band; $742 is a mid-range walk-up-ish. Paid from the UK account before the dollar stake was marked on 1 Aug, so it does not hit the $400k book.
Long-distance bus · ADO GL
Mexico City (TAPO) → Oaxaca de Juárez
462 km · 6h 50m · MX$997.00
Left Tuesday, 18 August 2026 · arrived Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Real ADO GL overnight corridor TAPO–Oaxaca, ~462 km by road, typically 6.5–7 hours. No passenger train on this corridor worth taking. A flight exists but costs ~3x and dumps the night. Fare grounded on typical ADO GL walk-up / near-walk-up prices (~997 MXN).