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RE: Overnight hiking tours/bicycle tours central Mexico

by chris0daniel 31 May 2012

I generally don't take hiking tours, but others here who do have posted good things about the Pueblos Mancomunados in the mountains just…
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: San Felipe del Agua (Oaxaca City)

by mclarjh 28 May 2012

Here are several hotel names I found using Google Maps: *Hotel Villa Oaxaca*; *Hotel Q*; *Hotel Mision*; *Casa de Adobe*; and *Hotel Haciend…
RE: San Felipe del Agua (Oaxaca City)

by Anonimo 28 May 2012

How about [Casa Machaya|http://www.oaxacadream.com/]? We haven't stayed there, but friends have. Tomzap has a lengthy [list of Oaxaca…
San Felipe del Agua (Oaxaca City)

by pkvlopl 28 May 2012

Hello everyone, I am looking for a hotel/B&B in San Felipe del Agua (a suburb north of Oaxaca City). I could not find any in that area…
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,…
RE: Mexico in September

by box-of-rain 27 May 2012

Mexico City, Oaxaca and Guanajuato are all awesome. But if I had 2 weeks and it was an inaugural visit, it would be as follows: 1) Mexico…
RE: Oaxaca Teachers' Protest - happening now

by LornMcKay 26 May 2012

No where in my post did I say that what the teachers are doing is wrong. I was trying to throw out a few tid bits of information from…
RE: Oaxaca Teachers' Protest - happening now

by LornMcKay 26 May 2012

I'm new to this forum and only found these postings because I'm currently in Oaxaca and when one of my friends here tried to explain the…
Re: Oaxaca Teachers' Protest - happening now

by tepetapan 23 May 2012

Oaxaca • Masters of Section 22 of SNTE maintaining an indefinite work stoppage, in addition to a sit in the center of the city of Oaxaca,…
RE: A Guide to the Mexican Bus System

by mclarjh 23 May 2012

It is a good start. I have a few comments: The first photo is labelled "The bus station in Oaxaca..." but there are two major (first-cla…
RE: Oaxaca Teachers' Protest - happening now

by mclarjh 23 May 2012

I would like to know if the museum, the old governor's palace on the south side of the zocalo is still open, or has it been closed, as…
RE: If I wanted to spend a very relaxing month in Mexico...best place to do it?

by northword 21 May 2012

I once did this in Old Acapulco by staying in a cheap but decent hotel on the lower part of the Quebrada. While it didn't have wifi, there…
RE: Tapachula to Guatemala City

by p0gue 18 May 2012

Start your Guatemala experience out right. Skip the fancy Galgos and Ticabus and take a shuttle from the Tapachula bus station to the…
RE: A monk's vacation on the beach

by Sabina89 15 May 2012

OK if you want to go somewehere not that expensive then you should avoid the Riviera Maya. Along the pacific coast of Oaxaca there are…
RE: A monk's vacation on the beach

by northword 14 May 2012

And for culture, there's always Oaxaca city, manageable either coming or going.
RE: Looking for interesting pockets of culture close to Mexico City

by mclarjh 11 May 2012

If you do decide to return to Oaxaca, why not do a circuit of some less-traveled places in the state? Go south from Oaxaca city to visit…
RE: Chiapas recommendations

by hexstatic1 07 May 2012

In Oaxaca? Well, I'd recommend Oaxaca City of course, for starters. The food in Oaxaca is amazing (I liked it a lot better than the…
Re: Is the accent in Oaxaca stronger or am I losing my mind??

by darkmatter 05 May 2012

Pigletinoz, I've lived in Oaxaca for years and my Spanish is quite fluent, but I know what you are talking about. Some people are harder…
RE: Is the accent in Oaxaca stronger or am I losing my mind??

by p0gue 02 May 2012

Seems to me like the people here on the Oaxaca coast are a bit difficult to understand when they are speaking to each other. I didn't…
Oaxaca - daycares for 4-5 year olds

by pkvlopl 02 May 2012

Hello everyone, Does anyone know of a good (well structured) Spanish speaking daycare in Oaxaca City (for 4-5 year olds)? We will be…
RE: Travelling with a toddler

by northword 28 April 2012

I can't think of any place in Mexico where there is a close connection between culture and beaches. You could go to Oaxaca city and then…
Re: Travelling with a toddler

by mexico 28 April 2012

Oaxaca City and environs was good with our kids. Traveling there since they were little, they have now been back by themselves as adults.…
RE: First TIME Yucatan, Oaxaca and Puebla (April 20-May9, 2012)

by johnmorganfield 24 April 2012

i have lived in mexico a few years, and ONE of those years was in puebla (hated it, but...ymmv). in puebla, there are 2 car museums that…
Re: Oaxaca City: House with big garden and extra bungalow (May to December)

by mexijo 21 April 2012

it is available May to December 2012.