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RE: Overnight hiking tours/bicycle tours central Mexico

by chris0daniel 30 May 2012

Lulu, you’ve some excellent, very specific suggestions from others, so here are my general thoughts. You look forward to carrying out…
RE: Thoughts on Tlaxcala for a month?

by lake_wobegon 30 May 2012

If it were my trip, I'd scratch Taxco off the list. I find it one of the most overblown, over-hyped destinations. I'd add Xalapa to…
RE: Thoughts on Tlaxcala for a month?

by p0gue 30 May 2012

Well, if you get bored, you can always move somewhere else. Xalapa is another option in the cool medium-sized city category.
RE: Thoughts on Tlaxcala for a month?

by chris0daniel 30 May 2012

Viajero--It sounds as if you are looking for a medium sized city with many university students, graduates where cultural events regularly…
RE: Thoughts on Tlaxcala for a month?

by dlglidden 29 May 2012

I'm with #1 and #4. I've been to Tlaxcala a couple of times and it is a charming, stressfree small town. But after a couple of days you…
RE: Thoughts on Tlaxcala for a month?

by viajeroabcd 29 May 2012

Thanks for all of the comments. They are very helpful. @chris0daniel: I'm hoping to find a class about literature, or history, or art,…
RE: Thoughts on Tlaxcala for a month?

by Aloysius 29 May 2012

I've been to most all the towns and cities around D.F. My vote is for Taxco, a charming & lively gem of a city. Lots to do and experience.…
RE: Thoughts on Tlaxcala for a month?

by chris0daniel 29 May 2012

Viajero--What type of class to you want to take? That could affect your options for where to go.
RE: Thoughts on Tlaxcala for a month?

by lake_wobegon 28 May 2012

Tlaxcala state has many things to see and/or do. And it also makes for a good base from which to visit places in Puebla, the D.F., estado…
RE: Thoughts on Tlaxcala for a month?

by alterigor 28 May 2012

Indeed, Tlaxcala is pretty and relaxing. There are things to do around: Cacaxtla and Xochitecatl pyramids/sites to the south towards Puebla,…
Thoughts of Tlaxcala for a month?

by viajeroabcd 27 May 2012

I have the opportunity to spend a month in Mexico. Flight is to DF, and I was planning to spend the whole time there, and may very well…
RE: Looking for interesting pockets of culture close to Mexico City

by chris0daniel 15 May 2012

GETTING TO XiCOTEPEC I doubt that very many, if any, of the many people who travel between Mexico City and Xicotepec ever make those…
RE: Looking for interesting pockets of culture close to Mexico City

by RichTX1 11 May 2012

Another vote for Tlaxcala. Check out the state museum just around the corner from the Zocalo... Tlaxcala was sort of the Switzerland…
Re: Looking for interesting pockets of culture close to Mexico City

by Perizoso 11 May 2012

Thanks all for the very thoughtful suggestions. I agree about Oaxaca -- I've taken 7 or 8 trips there -- but I think it's out for this…
RE: Looking for interesting pockets of culture close to Mexico City

by Berto301 11 May 2012

Another vote for Tlaxcala. It's a gem ! Not on the way to anywhere, so its short on foreign tourists. All the arts, culture and food you…
RE: Looking for interesting pockets of culture close to Mexico City

by chris0daniel 11 May 2012

Perizoso -- Given your Thorn Tree user name you may be a potential hot springs aficionado. I especially like the hot springs and caves…
RE: Summer Trip to Mexico with with Popocatepetl Smoking

by chris0daniel 01 May 2012

Thanks #13 for the link to some great pictures of Popo's activity. You live in an attractive area. I think though that if the original…
RE: Mountain Christmas Fiesta

by mclarjh 01 May 2012

Thanks for that comprehensive reply. I like to get to know the geography of a place. Closest I've been has been Tlaxcala, Pachuca and…
RE: Summer Trip to Mexico with with Popocatepetl Smoking

by TLAXCALA 01 May 2012

If you want cool nights come visit Tlaxcala just 2 hours south of Mexico City... Theres an executive direct bus from the Airport or TAPO…
RE: Mexico Central Highland Cities/Towns in May

by TLAXCALA 01 May 2012

The 150th anniversary of the Cinco de Mayo battle is taking place in Puebla... they will have a 3 hour parade on the 5th of May. Also…
RE: First TIME Yucatan, Oaxaca and Puebla (April 20-May9, 2012)

by Berto301 19 April 2012

You're trying to cram to much area into the time available, unless you plan to fly from the Yucatan to the DF. 1) Fly into Cancun and…
Help planning itinerary

by LaArdillaRoja 18 April 2012

Hi everyone -- I'm planning a week in Mexico sometime next Spring and am thinking about possible itineraries. Fairly seasoned traveller…
Re: The best drive/route from San Diego to Mexico City?

by ref_traveller 11 April 2012

The way I see it, you can choose the more expensive, less interesting, and more dangerous option (US border to DF, i.e. Distrito Federal,…
Re: Is Cancun safe? Follow up...examine the evidence!

by rayosx 07 April 2012

Earthlink, I am really sorry about your experience and it has obviously traumatized you. I can only imagine. I remember reading your…
RE: Queretaro to Xalapa bus route

by rayosx 15 March 2012

What I ended up doing (with the great help of Diego, a young man at the Kuku Ruku hostel, help me out) was take Turistar from Queretaro…