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Welcome to the Mexico branch!
Welcome to the Thorn Tree's Mexico branch.
We hope you find plenty of useful information about travelling to Mexico here. It is highly recommended that new users check out the Mexico FAQ thread before posting a new thread as you may find many of the answers you seek there. It also contains helpful information about how to search the forum, advice for how to post your questions, and obsolete information was deleted as recently as June 2008! If you are a returning user or a Mexico guru, please help us keep the FAQ thread up-to-date by adding important information which is absent, or pointing out information which is no longer being represented accurately.
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This branch covers travel to and around Mexico.
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15-Dec-2009 13:10
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Hello,
can another fellow traveler advise which 1st Class Bus to take from Cancun to get to Puerto Morelos, and any recommendations on best beach and restaurants in Puerto Morelos. Thanks,
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15-Dec-2009 13:08
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15-Dec-2009 13:52
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Hello,
Can anyone share their experiences of a nice restaurant in downtown cancun? Specifically looking for a good steakhouse and also a good upscale typical (mexican food). I am not averse to a place in the zona hotelera, but prefer downtown. Thanks
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15-Dec-2009 04:50
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Location: On the beach at Las Peñas.
400 km south of Barra de Navidad. 30 Km south of Barra Nexpa / Caleta de Campos
40 km north of Lazaro Cardenas, 25 km north of Playa Azul.
Transportation: Purepechas, Michoacanos, Sur de Jalisco, other buses traveling the coast.
Tell driver you want off at LAS PEÑAS, the village has lots of highway signage.
Walk down concrete paved street past parking area, down the ramp to the beach. Turn left at the palm frond restaurants and go to the furthest one which is named "Enramada Betty". Say the magic word "Camping".
The restaurant has great food. As a plus for "foreigners" can order steamed lobster (fresh caught) which is served with melted butter, rice, veggies, etc.
Fresh caught huge oysters that are out of this world.
Ask for "Coffee Americano" and they will prepare French Roast coffee ground from whole bean fair trade Chiapa...
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15-Dec-2009 03:59
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15-Dec-2009 05:39
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We will be on a cruise ship visiting Cabo, Acapulco, and Puerta Vallarta.
We will be in the area in mid January. Trying to determine where the best place to see whales is, Cabo or Puerta Vallarta?
We have a local guide that will take us to the cliff divers at La Quebardo, eating at La Perla restaurant in the Mirador Hotel. Have had some people post some neagative reports that the food is horrible and not safe here.
Wondering if anyone has any current information about this place. I hate using information about a place that is over a year old.
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15-Dec-2009 03:47
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15-Dec-2009 16:13
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I know that Mexico has a wide array of beautiful beaches, but I want to go to a really nice one with as little people as possible...where you can be on the beach and there will be no one seen for a mile.
Michoacan is of a particularly high interest to me.
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14-Dec-2009 22:00
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15-Dec-2009 02:15
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Hi,
Any advise on where to go, flying in/out of Mexico city, we have two weeks start of April. My partner enjoy's the beach and relaxing which I like as well but i'd also like to to see a little bit more than just the beach. I was thinking playa del carma for a week or so with maybe some day trips and then making our way back to mexico city with a couple of stops on the way. Any suggestions on places to stay and visit would be much appreciated, cheers.
Drew
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14-Dec-2009 15:08
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15-Dec-2009 03:53
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I finally finished the final installment of trip report from Colonial Mexico in October. We spent our final two days in San Miguel de Allende, the mountain town known for its art galleries and American expats. The info and photos are up on my blog - happy to answer any questions.
Chris
http://caroundtheworld.com/san-miguel-de-allende
After a year or so of living in Tampico, the construction project I´ve been working on will be finished late next month. Tampico is a great place to live and work, and very different from any other place I´ve lived in Mexico. I will be a little sad in leaving because I´ve enjoyed my time here, but it´s time to move on to other things.
During the small amount of free time here, I´ve done some urban exploring and found some interesting things, including a cute book called, "En el Tampico Aquel" and have been adapting some of María Antonia Alanis´s short stories for my web site www.johntoddjr.com. You can access the Tampico page from the main page.
There are several other stories I´m working on about Tampico, so you might keep checking back from time to time.
Hope you enjoy them.
John
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14-Dec-2009 03:05
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15-Dec-2009 15:35
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Hi.
I'm just wondering if anyone has been to any of the cabanas in Tulum recently. The last time I stayed there was in 07. Zazil Kim was great at the time, but I know how things can change, and a lot of Tulum has gone upscale from what I've heard. I am looking for cheap, secure cabanas on the beach in the under $40 USD range for a cabana with a double bed for two people. We'll be there in mid January. It would be great if there was a low key bar scene at or near the cabanas and an affordable restaurant. There have been a lot of complaints lately on Tripadvisor about Diamate K and Zazil Kim. Has anyone had a good cabana experience recently anywhere in Tulum? We are not looking for luxury, just basic, secure and clean cabana on a beautiful beach. Thank you for your help.
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13-Dec-2009 14:55
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15-Dec-2009 02:22
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Hello
My partner and I have recently arrived to San Cristobal and are working on getting settled here for a while. Our intention is to be here until May, learning Spanish, exploring, and maybe volunteering and/or teaching English. We’ve been meeting incredibly nice people everywhere we go but would love to make a more concerted effort to establish some friends to hang out and do things with. We’re from Oregon in the US. I’m 36 and she’s 50; though age is not super important to either of us (obviously given our age difference). We’re interested in meeting both locals and expats to have some breakfast, happy hour drinks, hiking, dinner, trips to other areas, and maybe to spend the holidays with. We’re both very left in our politics, are social workers in our normal lives, and have dry senses of humor. We’d like to meet some similar-minded people who are queer-friendly and up f...
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13-Dec-2009 13:51
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14-Dec-2009 05:26
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Yeah, I already know that it's highly lame to post asking for resort recommendations (I'd never be caught dead in one pre-kids.) Anyhow...
I'm taking the family down to Puerto Vallarta in late January and was wondering if anyone had any resort recommendations. Our kids are six and four and they love all the kitchy stuff about resorts that you'd expect, but we're looking for lots o' kids activities, no hassle, enough pools to keep 'em busy, etc. And we're not so naive as to expect quality dining on the resort, but a decent gym and a chance to exercise wouldn't hurt the equation.
Any recommendations? (Even bad experiences/places to avoid would be helpful.)
Gracias.
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13-Dec-2009 12:17
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14-Dec-2009 05:36
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Hello,
I was just wondering if anyone knew of other camping sites on Isla Mujeres besides Hostel Poc Na? Perhaps in a park or on the grounds of another hotel? Even just a palapa to hang hammocks under would be great! I'm going to be there over New Years, and I'm looking for some budget accomodations.
-Sarah
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13-Dec-2009 10:55
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15-Dec-2009 06:20
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Got a good photo to share from off the beaten track, spectacular places, or from downright wierd experiences in Mexico?
My offering is this photo of a Tarahuamara girl standing on the wing of a downed DC-4 cocaine runner abandoned on the side of highway 24 between Parral and the small, end-of-the-road logger/narco town of Guadalupe y Calvo.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15873665@N06/?saved=1
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13-Dec-2009 09:40
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trinekal »
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15-Dec-2009 04:43
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Our planes leaves mx late at the 1. of january. My question is will Centro commersial santa fe be open the 31. of des and 1. of jan? Would like some serious shopping before going home.
Cheers---trine
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13-Dec-2009 06:33
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biscuithead »
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15-Dec-2009 06:43
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I'll be arriving in Cancun on Dec. 15 at noon and leaving the afternoon of Dec. 19. I'd like to see Chichen Itza and the area near Tulum (meeting up with a friend for the day). Not sure yet which to do first. Was thinking of getting near Chichen Itza on my first day so I could spend the night and see the ruins early the next day. I'd like to do this relatively economically. Was considering Valladolid for the 15th. and 16th., then heading toward Tulum before returning to Cancun. Any suggestions for where to stay? I guess I'll be using the bus, unless I can find cheap alternative transport. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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