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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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23-Dec-2009 10:12
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23-Dec-2009 10:12
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Just spent 3 days here. When you get off the bus at the bus ``terminal`` jump on one of the white volkswagon vans for $4 pesos a person that says zocalo on the window. It will take you up the windy roads to the beautiful church that is Taxcos glory and rightly so. Get out and walk with the main flow of traffic on the flat steet about 1 block to the little plaza san Juan. The hotel is located right on this plaza.
Address: plazuela de san juan numero 7. We stayed here for 3 night for $450 pesos a night for 2 adults and 3 kids (a single tourist here said he was paying $250 pesos a night but he is here long term I believe so price may differ). We had a nice room with 2 double beds, hard as a rock, lots of hot water but it did not come out of the tap until the 3rd person was part way through their shower (so be patient). Nice patio with free wifi - need to ask the hotel clerk for t...
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23-Dec-2009 09:50
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We have been busing and subwaying around and this is what we have found. City buses and mexico city subway - kids pay same fair as adults (cheap). Buses from town to town - kids under age 13 pay half the adult price - this is on the first class buses - not sure about chicken buses. If your kids are small and they can share a seat they pay as one child. We took a bus today from Taxco to Cuernevaca and there were only 4 seats left fo the 5 of us so we paid for 2 adults and 2 kids (not the 3rd kid).
Hope this info helps another family.
now sitting in Puebla bus station waiting for bus to Oaxaca.
cheers
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23-Dec-2009 08:49
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Hello, arriving in Puerto Vallarta at 10pm, once we get out of the airport, will we be able to hop on the bus across the street to sayulita? thanks.
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22-Dec-2009 14:00
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23-Dec-2009 02:20
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Dos this airport have taxi booking booth in arrival hall. Is there a bank before u clear customs/immigration ??? Thanks guys
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22-Dec-2009 13:36
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23-Dec-2009 09:16
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Are the Bull Fights in PV authentic, and worth while seeing?
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22-Dec-2009 08:16
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22-Dec-2009 17:43
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Hi Will be in Yucatan Cancun/Valladolid & Merida May 2010 & get back to Oz for my grandaughters 10th birthday ---in India 2 years ago bought silver necklace which she loves so as i have a plastic bracelet she discarded want to take it & shop for silver one of same size---any one shopped for silver while up in the places i,ll be--would i get nice one for $50/60 ??? hope some one can advise
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22-Dec-2009 06:19
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22-Dec-2009 15:13
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A recent post suggested Valladolid as good option to stay & check out Chichen Itza --want I'd like is single 400 peso approx or if a Piste room simalar. Any advise b great. Thanks
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22-Dec-2009 06:16
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23-Dec-2009 09:25
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Do you need a car in Puerto Vallarta or is the bus easy to use?
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22-Dec-2009 04:26
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23-Dec-2009 13:12
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We will arrive in PV late in the afternoon and will be staying on Madero St.Can we buy bus tickets in Vallarta Viejo for the morning Primera Plus bus to Melaque and will the bus pick us up in town.Thanks for any help.
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22-Dec-2009 03:23
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23-Dec-2009 08:51
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Hi all,
I am Australian living in Mexico until Feb. One of my friends has offered for me to spend Christmas and New Years with him and his family in Saltillo so I am not alone on Christmas day, perhaps with a side trip to Monterrey.
I know nothing of this part of Mexico however would like to find out what this area is like before deciding. Unfortunately his english is very basic and my spanish is very bad so getting exact details from him is proving a little difficult. Am hoping someone here might be able to help me out. If anyone can answer and of the following questions I would be most grateful. At this stage I am thinking to head there on a bus on Wed 23rd (perhaps as an all night trip arriving thurs morning) and will return sometime after NYE.
1. How long is the bus trip to Saltillo and what companies do you reccomend I check for tickets (perferably cheap).
2. What wil...
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22-Dec-2009 02:33
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23-Dec-2009 02:00
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Hi!
wondering if anyone has experience with taking Spanish classes online or via Skype. I did a google search and a bunch of different options came up - a little overwhelming! Alot of them offer a free intro hour...so I could do that trial and figure it out but just wondered if anyone has done this before and has a recommendation. I'm Interested in learning Spanish from a native Mexican speaker who has experience teaching Spanish.
thanks so much!
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22-Dec-2009 01:40
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23-Dec-2009 01:12
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Hi everyone,
We're planning a very last minute trip to the Canyon -- I've read all the posting but still have few questions for the experts out there.
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21-Dec-2009 17:27
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23-Dec-2009 07:28
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Last winter my wife and I (in our 60's) spent a month bussing and backpacking in Nayarit, Michoacan and D.F. This year we have 3 weeks in Yucatan. We want beach, nature, Mayan history, colonial Mexico and a chance to meet folks (we speak Spanish). We want variety without knocking ourselves out to travel huge distance. So here's my plan for January. Please tell me what I'm missing or spending too much time with. Subjective opinions welcome. Informed opinions very welcome:
Arrive Cancun airport. Claim car rental. Head for Tulum.
5 nights in Tulum to allow for:
a day of exploring the town and the Tulum ruins
a day of snorkelling at Akmal
a day trip to Cobå
a day excursion to Sian Ka'an
Then 3 nights somewhere toward Punta Allen soaking up sun (we're Canadian)
Return car to Cancun, catch bus to Valledolid
a day exploring the town (side trip to D...
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21-Dec-2009 16:57
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23-Dec-2009 08:19
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We are planning a six day visit to Tulum with a day trip into Merida. It was suggested we stay at either a hotel called Mezannine or one called Playa Azul. Anyone have an opinion on either of these locations? We are in search of peace, quite and comfort. These is an escape from the Chicago winter.
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21-Dec-2009 16:45
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President Calderon is to blame for Mexico’s bloody drug war
By Jorge Castaneda
Monday, Dec 21, 2009
Three years ago this month, Mexican President Felipe Calderon donned military fatigues and declared a full-scale war on drugs, ordering the Army into Mexico’s streets, highways and villages. Back then, Calderon received broad support, both domestically and from abroad, for what was viewed as a brave, overdue and necessary decision. Tangible results were predicted.
Moreover, former US president George W. Bush’s administration quickly promised support — the so-called Merida Initiative, signed in February 2007 — and public-opinion polls showed that Calderon had, in one fell swoop, left behind the travails of his close and questionable election victory, gaining the trust of the Mexican people. Today, however, things look very different.
At a recent debate with, among others, Fa...
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