Mexico Tips & articles

Tips & articles

  1. Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled Mexico itinerary

    05 November 2009

    Mexico's Sierra Madre is off the edge of the map: it's the wild west, a drug-war ground zero, a clash...

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  2. Coleadero: steer wrangling in Chihuahua

    05 November 2009

    Northern Mexico is cowboy country, sanctuary to bandits and revolutionaries alike; and Chihuahua is its untamed beating heart. Capital of...

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  3. Graveyard goodtimes: the world's best cemeteries

    29 October 2009

    With Halloween and Day of the Dead fast approaching, it’s only natural that our thoughts turn to subjects spooky and...

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  4. Tell us your tale of the unexpected

    17 October 2009

    Ever found a Picasso in a flea market in Paris? Been lost in Lisbon? Ripped off in Rome? Romanced in...

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  5. Fancy a dance with the dead?

    06 October 2009

    A visit to Mexico at the beginning of November will afford an unsuspecting visitor a startling sight: streets adorned with...

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  6. Weirdo a go-go: the world's strangest festivals

    01 October 2009

    Forget Glastonbury & head instead to one of the world’s more unusual festivals – far more exciting than camping, Coldplay...

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  7. Creative nation: Mexico's artistic genius

    14 September 2009

    Ever since pre-Hispanic times, the Mexican people have shown an innate talent for artistic representation and a keen eye for...

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  8. Floating life: cruising Mexico City's canals

    04 August 2009

    Picture this: you’re floating down a network of green canals in a colorful, open air trajinera (gondola) named Viva Lupita....

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  9. Travel on a shoestring

    23 July 2009

    It takes more than hard times to keep a healthy wanderlust down, and our travel community is full of canny...

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