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Mexico Branch FAQ

This branch covers travel to and around Mexico.

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8 days in Puerto Vallarta?

I have an 8-day trip booked to Puerto Vallarta for the last part of December with my husband and our young son. We haven't decided yet if we should stick around PV the whole time, or plan a couple of overnights to some nearby area, or maybe take a whole 4 days and go to Guadalajara. What do you think? Our goal is relaxation and family time, not hardcore exploring, but I don't want us to get bored staying for 8 whole days in one spot. Is there enough to do in PV for the whole trip, or where would you recommend as the best nearby location?

Things to do in PV

Going to PV in January, would like to know what are a few worth while excursions. Interested in cultural and informational outings.

Mexico city luggage storage and metro

We have just over 24 hours in Mexico City and were thinking about leaving our backpacks in storage at the airport and just taking our small day packs with us on the Metro. Just wondering if anyone else had done this and if it was safe, both the leave luggage and also on the Metro, I have heard mixed reports from people.

Thanks

Dolphins in the DF!

Howdy, fellow TT people!

I just came back from 10 awesome days in Mexico City... first time there with a digital camera so my trip was spent visiting many places I already know and love to get pics for my students. I did manage to visit some sites that were new to me, such as the Museo Franz Meyer across from the Alameda. Very nice!

Anyway, before I went on my trip, I discovered that there is an aquarium in the third section of Chapultepec Park called Parque Atlantis, where live two dolphins, Zeús and Maya, dolphins that love attention and with whom one can scuba dive or swim.

Thinking that I may never get this close to a dolphin while diving in the ocean, I signed up to do a dive with them the Sunday before Thanksgiving. It was a fantastic experience! Technically the dolphins were not "working", we (the 3 divers) swam around the tank with them, played with them, etc. What i... more »

Safety of Night bus from Oaxaca to Tapachula

I intend to travel from Oaxaca to Tapachula by bus in the beginning of January. From what i saw on the website, only 2 night buses are available each day.

My question is. Is it safe to travel in Mexico from Oaxaca to Tapachula by bus at night?

Thanking you in advance for your comments.

A bit of Information re WIFI in hotels in one part of Mexico

Due to age and some health reasons, the past two years Nancy and I are not travelling quite so much but renting apartments and staying put for a time. Last year we rented an aparmtment in Oaxaca for a month but it did not offer wireless so we left our lap tops at home. This year we are Tlaqupaque (a suburb of Guadalajara) and the aprtment we rented did advertise wireless so we brought our lap tops and are very happy we did so as the connection is consistent and very fast.

We have also done journeys out of here, 3 days to Tepic and Tequila and 2 days to Colima and Comala. We had no idea what we would find for wirless connections in hotel in those cities but we did take them with us in case there was. We checked out at least 5 hotels in each of those cities and, much to our surprise, all but one (in Tepic) had WiFi. Some was only on one floor but most was in all the rooms in the ... more »

Summer in Mexico

I am planing a trip this summer with my good friend and we are unsure where to start our Mexican adventures. Never having been to Mexico I don't know really where to begin.
At the moment I am torn between Mexico City, Guadalajara, or the beach ( Tulum? or Puerto Excondido?)

We both love food and art

Does anyone have any recommendations? we will be there, hopefully, in June and are planning on staying 2 to 3 weeks

We have discussed possibly working on an organic farm through WWOOF for a stint to

Any suggestions would be great