Tips & articles
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The 11 best street foods worth blowing your diet over
27 April 2012
You’re on holiday abroad exploring a local market. Suddenly an enticing aroma encircles you and makes you turn your head...
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The Riviera Maya on a shoestring
27 April 2012
It may seem like the resort-studded tropical coastline of Mexico’s Riviera Maya might be out of reach for the budget...
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Everything you ever wanted to know about traveller’s diarrhoea but were afraid to ask
17 April 2012
Although it’s not inevitable that you will get diarrhoea (commonly known as ‘Montezuma’s revenge’, ‘Delhi belly’ etc) while you are...
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On the trail of Mexico’s best-kept secrets
06 April 2012
Forget the seaside margaritas and hire yourself a set of wheels to explore this huge, varied but eminently driveable country,...
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Mexico City’s ultra-niche museums
03 April 2012
With good reason, guidebooks extol the virtues of the museums in Mexico’s capital, including the world-famous Palacio de Bellas Artes...
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Master the art of cooking like a local
22 March 2012
One of the best souvenirs you can bring back from a trip is some tasty dishes to share with your...
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Whose round is it anyway? The world’s best booze
21 March 2012
Drinking the local beverage is a sure way to warm the hearts of the locals. Here is a selection of...
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Riding the rails: classic train journeys of the world
20 March 2012
Hand the porter your luggage, climb aboard and relive the golden days of railroading on these spectacular journeys.Copper Canyon Railway, MexicoThe...
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Cancún and the Riviera Maya
10 February 2012
Yearning for sun, sand and eye-popping natural beauty? A trip to Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula – and its crowning resort developments...
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Planning the perfect destination wedding
09 February 2012
Wedding gowns that cost more than a new car. Cheesy 1980s cover bands. Bland chicken dinners. Snarling mother-in-laws demanding you...
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Paradises on Earth
09 February 2012
Gin-clear water at bath temperature, a breeze ruffling the coconut palms, and sand as fine and white as sugar –...
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Delicious destinations for iconic dishes
19 January 2012
Cultures and countries are defined by food and many are rightly proud of their culinary heritage. Some dishes are so...
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Fine tune your table manners
19 January 2012
You think that emptying the bottle into your guest’s glass is polite… little do you know that you just designated...
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When the going gets tough
16 January 2012
What are the toughest adventures on the planet? Which extreme exploits push willing participants to their mental and physical limits?...
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A dream trip for art lovers
01 December 2011
So you want to do the Louvre, the Metropolitan, the Hermitage. Okay. You could trot the globe touring the world’s...
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Mexico’s Day of the Dead
01 November 2011
Mexico’s Carnivalesque remembrance of departed souls, Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead, 1-2 November), is one of the world’s most...
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Swimming with whale sharks in Mexico
26 October 2011
Everybody knows you go to Honduras’ Bay Islands to swim with whale sharks. Well at least everybody who loves the...
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The forgotten ruins of Mexico’s Ruta Puuc
24 October 2011
Travel is all about connection: with our planet, with our people, and with our history, culture and spirit. All too...
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Top 10 works of engineering genius
19 September 2011
Those monuments you’ve crossed the planet to see – they’re big, but are they clever? Well, yes, actually they are....
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A smooth landing: 5 tips for timesaving at airports
17 September 2011
One of the most tiring elements of air travel, particularly for frequent fliers, is the ‘getting there:’ You’re landed and...
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Top 10 things to do in Cabo San Lucas
15 September 2011
Once just a placid fishing village at the very tip of the world’s third longest peninsula, Baja, Cabo San Lucas...
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Top 10 festivals and fiestas in Mexico
15 September 2011
The Nobel Prize-winning Mexican writer Octavio Paz said, ‘The art of the fiesta has been debased almost everywhere else, but...
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Top 10 sights in Cancún and Yucatán
15 September 2011
It’s no great secret why Cancún, and to a larger extent the Yucatán Peninsula, has become Mexico’s top tourist destination....
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Street eats in Mexico
15 September 2011
The sweet temptation of street eats seems to be lurking around just about every other corner in Mexico. With food...
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