Sailing

Hello,

I'll be travelling to South America late January 2013 and would really like to join someone/people on a yacht for a few weeks or even day/weekend trips.
I'm a 27 year old male. I'm very laid back, easy going and hard working. I speak English, German and some Spanish.

I don't have a lot of sailing experience but have a Day Skipper certificate and am willing to gain experience.

Depending on the situation, I'm willing to pay/crew/cook for my time on board.

I'm flexible and would be interested in anything in South America, Central America or the Caribbean.

Aidan

Mexico City airport connecting times

Greetings,

I am booking plane reservations and would like any thoughts or comments on the time between flights. Arriving MEX from LAX at 4:00 in the afternoon and trying to connect to a flight on Interjet to Oaxaca an hour and forty minutes later. I assume we will need to change terminals. We will probably have just carry on bags so we shouldn't be delayed at the baggage carousel. Is it realistic to think we get through immigration and local security to make this connection? Thanks in advance, and Happy Trails.

Place like Tulum near Puerto Vallarta?

hello! I stayed in Tulum sometime ago and loved it. Now I am going to Puerto Vallarta and would like to find a similar place to stay. i.e. a small, low-key village with beachfront huts and some decent food, and far from the crowds. Thanks in advance for any leads, I really appreciate your time!

Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary

Hi,

Does anyone know if it is too early to visit Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary at El Rosario in Michiacan this week? Thinking about stopping there on the way to Morelia. Our schedule is fairly flexible next week and we travel by car.

Thank you All!
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back to Zihua

After about 10 years and many trips to other places in México, I'm returning to my old favorite beach destination. My Spanish is much improved, my knowledge of the customs and culture are enriched and I'd like to get off the tourist track a little. This trip I'm traveling with a friend who has never been to México before! Please offer any suggestions for hearing local music (not blues). local cenadurias, etc. that may be a cab or bus ride out of the centro. ¡Gracias!

Mexico City to Merida

Hello,
A friend and I are going to Mexico near the end of our trip (late december) and have 10 days from landing in Mexico City to get to Merida to meet some family. We have looked into the country and understand 10 days is nearly nothing, but we don't have much of a choice and are finding it hard to decide on places to go, even after reading some other forums. We have looked into many areas on the pacific and gulf side of Mexico including:
The Arch Cabo and lovers beach
Chichen Itza (ruins and cave lake) - most likely a must do for us
Tulum ruins
Cliff divers Acapulco
Matzalan
Teotihuacan, Mexico City (Sun and moon temple)
Monarch butterflies, Michoacan
Coba ruins
Jungle maya tour exploring underground rivers
Marietas islands, Puerto Vallarta and the hidden beach

We probably want to spend 2 or 3 days in Mexico City. Any advice would be helpful on where the best pl... more »

Palenque to Flores via Yaxchilan & Bonampak

Hi everyone this is my first post on thorn tree. Sorry I know that Yaxchilan and Bonampak have been discussed on previous posts but had some questions that hadnt been answered there. I'm in Palenque right now but deciding the logistics of my trip to flores is proving harder than I thought, me and my girlfriend are only in our 3rd week of our first trip so we are pretty rubbish, lol.

All the tours i have seen only give 2 hours at Yaxchilan and 1 hour at Bonampak. This really doesn't seem like very long, we like to have quite a while at the maya sites, spent most of the day at Chichen Itza. Also I would rather do it independently as I'm not a big fan of group tours, seems like cheating, lol.

I was thinking of getting a collectivo to Frontera Corozal, dropping off our backpacks in the hostel (we are still very nervous about all our stuff going missing, lol) then doing bonampak in t... more »

Akumal or Tulum

After a long absence I'm going to be in Riviera Maya area for a nice long stay in January 2013... it's -2°C in Calgary today, and the prospect is warm and warming!

So far:

• start out on Isla Cozumel with a friend - she returns to Canada on 2 Jan, then I will be on my own for the next 10 days.

• 5 nights booked in Playa del Carmen and will be fine with a few things I'll revisit, and rack up as much beach time as possible.

• 5 nights ~ open to suggestions! read on....

• return to west coast Canada is 12 Jan @ 730 pm - suggestions for clean, basic accoms near (or an easy taxi ride to) Cancun Airport for my last night are appreciated - I haven't booked anything, thinking I could also go directly to the airport from PdC, Akumal, Tulum or ?? on 12 Jan.