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¡ Gracias a Dios He's Gone!

The short life of the last Longford/Masterson handle leads to me to believe that the old miscreant is gone for good.

Is my hope in vain-am I naive/asking too much of god and creation?

From Tulum to Mexico City !

I'm flying to Cancun and then to Tulum to spend NY's Eve there. And then I thought of heading back to Mexico City driving, so I could stop at some interesting spots on the way, like San Cristobal de las Casas, Palenque, Oaxaca, but then it would end up way too expensive to pick up the car in one town and deliver it in a different town. So im considering in doing this by bus, which would obviously make my array of options a bit narrower. Anyway, here's what I want to know:

1) What are the main interesting and pitoresque villages between Tulum (or Chetumal) and Mexico city that can be reached by bus?

2) Dos anyone know how confortable this buses are?

3) Is it easy/safe/common to hitchike in this area?

4) Any alternative transportation? Bike, horse...?!?

ALL ADVICES WELCOME!

Cheers from Brazil!

Pharmacy in Mahahual/Costa Maya?

Can anyone recommend a good reliable pharmacy in Mahahual/Costa Maya region ??

My father's Parkinson's disease medication is very costly in the United States. We will be in for Mahahual/Costa Maya1 day, (on a cruise ship stop), and are hoping to purchase the medication while we are there at a price lower than the US price.

Any recommendation and contact information for a good pharmacy would be greatly appreciated. Also, please advise if a prescription will be required. Many thanks.

The medication is called Azilect (rasagiline.)

Considering flying to Cabo San Lucas

Hi everyone,

There is currently a cheap flight sale on from my city to Cabo San Lucas. The thing is, I don't want to hang out in an Americanized town (i.e. Monterrey) surrounded by other tourists. All I want to do is chill out a beach with a good book, eat good cheap food and practice my apalling Spanish.

On a previous trip to Mexico, I quite enjoyed the laid back and relatively dead (in June) atmosphere of Puerto Escondido. Is there anything similar near Cabo San Lucas?

-LL

Bare Bones Rental Ideas

Hi fellow travellers,

I am leaving in April for a year of road travel through north and central America for about a year or so. I have varying plans throughout the year, and will be camping much of the time, and will have my own small camper. I plan on heading for Mexico in October and would like to settle in for a month or two in one place. I'm looking for a very bare bones rental. Just a one room shack on the beach would suffice, as long as it was dry. I'm not looking for anything fancy, electricity optional, etc. I will be looking for a little more space than the camper by about then, but don't need much.

Does anyone have any ideas? I'll be on the Pacific coast, and am open to any portion. I'm not looking for a big city, or tourist area, just a small town or village where the pace is much slower.

Thanks.

Jude

Cancun Airport to Playa Del Carmen - killing a few hours:baggage buses

Some months ago I posted a query about the need to kill some time(about 10 hours) in Cancun between flights from Havana and onto LA.
I was grateful for the advice so here is what I did last Sunday. We arrived 7.30am and I intended to store my bag in the airport lockers and catch a bus to Playa Del Carmen for the day. Initially I was intending to enter the departure terminal and use one of the business lounge for the interenet until security informed me that once inside I woiuld have to stay there until my flight to LA left 10 hours later! That would have
been fun.

2 further slight problems - the lockers which previous posters had informed me of can't be accessed for initial storage(you can retrieve your bag at any time if fully paid for in advance) before 9.00am. Plus the first bus to Playa Del Carmen does not leave until 10.50am.

So put bag in locker 9.00ish(cost about ... more »

Perfect beach spot for Christmas and New Year?

Hey,

I'm looking for the perfect beach spot to spend Christmas and NYE.
I'm currently in Gutemala and am planning on heading up through San Christobal and across through Palenque, and ending up on the Yucatan Penisular for the festive period.
I'm looking for somewhere cheap with a laid back travellers vibe where there will be people to party with. Snorkling from the beach would be amazing but I'm not sure this is possible in Yucatan. I also dive and easy access to some great sites would be good.
I've done some research and Tulum sounds nice, but some personal recommedations would be very helpfull.
Thanks for your time
Kate